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Stop signs in Beeton “ain’t gonna happen”

September 21, 2013   ·   0 Comments

Dear editor:

That was an interesting suggestion in the Sept. 12th edition of the Times regarding a remedy to discourage major truck traffic on Beeton’s Main Street (County Rd. 1). Stop signs on the Main Street thoroughfare? The odds of this being implemented by the Town council are about the same as Momma Foo–foo deciding to leave her South Pacific paradise to come her to marry George Smitherman to Barbara Hall. Or the odds of the Jacksonville Jaguars winning the Superbowl. Or the long suffering Toronto Maple Leafs fans celebrating a Stanley Cup victory! In other words, is ain’t gonna happen. Until a proper truck bypass is built accessing the 400, Beeton will have to be content with radar traps and future traffic lights to discourage heavy truck traffic.

On the international front, it looks Ike “Rootin’ Tootin Putin” has outmaneuvered the so-called leader of the free word., Obama, regarding the Syrian crisis. Obama was desperate to appear to be the war hawk and flex his muscles on Syria. The alleged “strike” was to have all the impact of a mouse’s fart. In John Kerry’s words, it would have been a “very small” strike. Now Obama comes out with egg on his face owing to Putin’s stick handling Syria into voluntary “surrender” of these chemical weapons. I always thought Obama was a good orator and great at speedily descending the stairs of Air Force One. But not much else. He has been a poor president. Much like Jimmy Carter. He has been outflanked by the crafty Putin.

Gord Kinnon,

New Tecumseth

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