Divide and conquer. They keep saying that again and again, but that doesn t make it any more true. Of course we can have a plaza that restores to our community the park that was wrenched from us, one that integrates in a useful way with city streets. And of course we can have a bridge that is not an affront to the eye, a bridge that is as beautiful as it is functional. The people who say You can t have both are people who have other interests at heart.
Few politicians are capable of thinking beyond the next election or two.
That s what the lawyers almost universally recommend. You ve got a position, he s got a position, hey, let s find someplace in the middle we can all live with. That s maybe the easy way to go, but it s not always the right way to go. And in this instance, with this bridge and plaza, it is surely not the right way to go. The American members of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority have not chosen to represent us in this.