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One can understand that being deprived of appies might actuate disgruntlement, I would be happy to buy Mr. Rothenburger a beer and appies for the opportunity to speak reason to the appy excluded. Mr. Rothenburger said “I’m keenly interested in what the City finds out in its consultation process and in what the application for the mine reveals, but none of it will make me feel differently.” – well one loves an open mind. Evidently Mr. Rothenburger has had opportunity to pole several other British Columbia communities, I must confess, I have not; what I am sure of is that I could care a less what other communities think – we can manage our own backyard - take that provincial and federal governments.
I love when the likes of Mr. Rothenburger out of hand just dismiss 400 primary jobs and related spin off – none of the Kamloops youth displaced by the “Kamloops can’t do spirit” are likely to share his view. They have no interest in being suddenly rich; they are interested in the opportunity to enjoy what Mr. Rothernburger has enjoyed here in Kamloops, employment.
“I know I don’t have a lot of company among
local media on this. “ Mr. Rothenburger has plenty and they are as adhered to the politically correct
as Mr. Rothenburger, here he is passing himself off as the “rebel”, when in fact it is the
comfy and established that is trying to close the door behind them. Mr. Rothenburger says, “But to the ass kissers
and fence sitters out there in media land, I offer this challenge — snap out of
it. Stand up for your community.” No one has ever accused me of “kissing asses”,
I just want to make Kamloops is as prosperous as possible; I would ask the people
to “snap out” of NIMBism, and scaredycatism.
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“To
some people, maybe many, my viewpoint is narrow-minded and stupid.
“Wait for the science.”” Why Sir, you already said nothing is going to change
your mind, besides, science can say anything, it can facilitate or obstruct –
it seems clear the kind of science Mr. Confirmation Bias is looking for – the point
is we can figure out what to do. The key is to establish a long term operating
agreement with the mine, so the City can assert our interests.
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I love
to reminisce all the generations before me in Canada too, but one asks why it
is relevant in this instance; I am most concerned about the generation that is
here now, a generation that is under-served by the NIMBism,
the generation that wastes away their lives with under employment.
There has been an open pit mine outside
Kamloops since I arrived in Kamloops in 1984, the first 10 or 20 years I hardly
knew it was here. Ajax will change things here, growth, young people employed
here rather than somewhere else and the opportunity to build a premium residential
development.
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Rather than screaming NO, perhaps we could
attempt to take the opportunity to think about how to do it, do it in a way
that is constructive and considers that health and wellbeing of the citizens of
Kamloops. So rather than say NO, say faster – narrow the mineral extraction
time, if they can do it in 25 years, they can do it in 15. Rather than say look
at the big hole that's going to be there, say imagine a new lake, a sculpted community. Rather than setting your hair on fire over dust, realize that it can
be managed. Rather than screaming that death and destruction will ensue, as some
of our less scrupulous “professionals” have done, realize there are thousands of
old miners who have worked right in mines and related mills their whole life.
Rather than scream that they have refused to say no to smelter, realize that if
we cultivate an extended term operating agreement with the mine we can manage
these things. I could go on, you get the picture, we need a little can do
spirit, rather than ad nauseam rhetoric from the naysayers. Leadership
should quell the hysteria, potential negative impacts are manageable, it will
be fine – we just need to take charge and manage the opportunity.
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Earlier Thinking
Response to Mr. Walsh’s OpEd in Kamloops This Week
http://nthomson2.blogspot.ca/2015/06/ajax-mine-kamloops-have-courage-prosper.html 
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