Council Replaces Rink Attendant with Porta-Potties

Well, you won't have to pee in the bushes, unless you're disabled. The town has installed its portable toilets for skaters this winter now that the lack of a rink attendant will prevent our use of the indoor toilets. Unfortunately, the portable toilets are not wheelchair accessible, so the disabled will have wheel up the road to one of the businesses on Main Street. Hopefully, no one on Main Street went out for the day and the route is clear of ice and snow. (And we know the disabled don't skate, Paul. But they might want to bring their children and grandchildren to the rink.)

But even if you can use the portable toilet, will it be stocked with toilet paper? Where will we wash our hands? (Alcohol hand-rub is not a substitute for handwashing and you can bet it won't be heated.) Is there a change-table for infants? Lights? Hopefully, Who knows, Tough luck, and you probably don't want to see anyway!

Kearney's Lions Club worked hard and raised all the funds through the generosity of the good people of Kearney to build the park pavilion and its washrooms. Didn't cost a single tax-dollar. Previous councils, through good fiscal management and community spirit, provided a part-time rink attendant so that families could enjoy the rink to its fullest. 

But Mayor Paul Tomlinson promised his masters a 9.5% decrease in their municipal property taxes to offset the MPAC increase of 9.5% on their Proudfoot lakefront properties. Then he pissed off every other mayor and reeve within a 100 miles, forcing the town to hire a full-time CBO instead of sharing a CBO with other municipalities, as did every other council before him.

It just goes on and on.

Are you surprised?