People problem

I would like to take a moment and introduce you to Mr. Higgens. He is a three year old, 89-pound Golden Retriever. He is friendly, outgoing, playfull, social, loyal, smart, loving and predictable, in the sense that he is all of the above and more every time you encounter him. He has in fact all the finest qualities that we humans look for in each other and in so many cases, seldom find; at least not in such a large cluster. Oh, did I mention that he also has a sense of humour?

Now, it would go without saying that Mr. Higgens is "my best friend" and I know that he considers me his best friend. The thing about good friends, as most people know, is that they are always there for one another. Thus the reason why I decided to throw my two cents worth into this whole matter of a totally dysfunctional family of elected town officials and their "Bow Wow Bylaw".

I purposely waited for the Vanguard's edition of this week before deciding to enter my voice, (and that of Mr. Higgens) into this, in the hope that this week’s paper would bring out comments from other members of the council that hopefully, in some way, shed some sign of common sense and reason to the original comments attributed to Councillor Dares and Pink. No such luck!

Often times, it has been my experience to not just listen to what people say, but just as importantly listen to what they don't say. Therefore, I am left to accept that comments made by the above two councillors do reflect the mentality of the entire current council; which to put it mildly, is totally inappropriate, and lacking in good judgment and common sense.

My friend Mr. Higgens, (who, by the way, has never set a " paw " in Yarmouth's "downtown core") comment to the council is simply POO POO TO YOU.

Did I mention he also had a great sense of humour?

Now, as for me, being Mr. Higgens’ best friend you get a different variant of the English language. Firstly, "you don't mess with my best friend". I'm 200 pounds, and certainly will not be intimidated by the likes of people who place themselves around fancy tables in a copper roof house and proclaim semi- accurate premises and then turn around and draw completely inaccurate conclusions. I am also a taxpayer in this town and at the same time enjoy the same rights and freedoms as do all Canadians under our Charter Of Rights and Freedoms.

Drawing from an aviation background, two scientific principles come to mind. First, Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion, being: "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". Secondly, Bernoulli's Therom: " as the speed of an ideal fluid increases, its pressure decreases".[ You can read into that one what you choose] Both form the basis of why "things fly" and conversely, without them, " why things don't fly".

To the entire group under that copper roof who seem to be awash in wisdom and so far above the rest of us mere mortals, I would strongly suggest you take a try at putting Newton and Bernoulli to the test....and go fly a kite... just make darn sure you are in an approved kite flying area of town, or heaven only knows what might befall you.

Dave Smith,

Yarmouth

P.S. While composing this token of my opinion on this matter, I was interrupted by the arrival of an RCMP police car outside my home. They had been summoned by a neighbour who was made aware of young vandals in the neighbourhood. These vandals had done the usual, knocked down a basketball hoop, turned over several cement bird baths and more seriously, had picked up a rather heavy metal utility trailor and thrown it over a 25-foot embankment and trashed a few neighbours fall/Halloween decorations. My neighbour was alerted by my best friend, Mr. Higgens, who was barking loudly (while trying to get his own good night sleep) at what he sensed was wrong and unusual. So you see council, the people problem IS THE PROBLEM in this town and by no means isolated to the downtown. Good Dog Mr. Higgens.