Save the baby!

No matter the preparation, the research, the reading and interviews; the number of meetings requested or the number of workshops attended, not everybody is going to like the final decision. This shouldn't be new news but it is something we tend to forget. We have a wonderful, local example.

Amherstburg recently contracted out its police services to Windsor. This was a contentious issue. I have a friend in Amherstburg that had previously been a staunch supporter of a particular Councillor. This Councillor then supported the decision to contract WPS instead of maintaining their own department.

To use terms such as ballistic, uncontrollable, explosive, frenzied and wild are not exaggerations. He was not only upset, he was offended. The morning after the decision, I called his wife, wondering how she pacified him. She told me it was rather simple. She asked him who he was going to vote for in October. Hmmm...

The point is people don't always agree. This is a positive thing which we often forget. Good ideas become great when they are twisted, tweaked and melded with others' input. Nobody is right all of the time, nor is anybody ever always wrong.

Voters must remember this when they look at their candidates. Maybe you disagree on issue #1 and 8, but agree on issues #2-7 and #9-10. You want to find common ground between your beliefs and those of any candidate. When you vote, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater!