As a taxpayer of View Royal, I am angry that we are forced to spend money on a referendum. I am angry that the countless hours I spent attending council, committee of the whole and budget meetings meant nothing. I am angry that the time I took out of my schedule to attend open houses and a public hearing was wasted.
I am angry that our volunteer firefighters and emergency program volunteers are being held as political hostages in an unsafe building. I am angry that the loudest naysayers happen to live either bordering the purchased land that the safe fire hall will be built on or close to it.
I am angry that two-plus years of a very public process is now hinging on the residents of View Royal doing the right thing, when for the last two years, I have sat and listened to the facts and agreed that a safe new fire hall is the only answer.
I am angry that safety is being overpowered by money and spite. I am angry and will be voting yes in the referendum for a safe fire hall on Nov. 17.
Sue-Anne Carter
View Royal
