Having had a deliberately dangerous driver speed around me in a playground zone this morning, I ask if Dean Murdock voted for more funding for police when he was on Saanich council.
I believe Murdock knows there are many streets with narrow pavement in that area, with Rockwell Avenue a safety problem. A few main streets like Gorge West, Cowper, and Dysart do have sidewalks. Some education of pedestrians and bicyclists would help B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ many people do not grasp that they should walk facing traffic, many bicyclists deliberately endanger themselves.
I see police feet on the street as essential to safety, because deliberately dangerous drivers do not care about their own safety, let alone someoneB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s children. They routinely speed and tailgate in playground zones, they run red lights and stop signs turning right B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ a hazard for children trying to get to Craigflower Elementary School for example.
Will current and future Saanich councillors do their duty instead of spending on glitz-like horticultural wonders such as near that school?
Keith Sketchley
Saanich