Don’t tempt me
Letters to Editor
Whistler Pique Newsmagazine
2009-03-25
By Alex Wilde

I would like to applaud Ralph Forsyth for his outburst and abrupt leaving of the council meeting that was reported in this week's Pique.

The hundreds of parents affected by the daycare closures are managers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business owners, supervisors, employees and service providers that help run this town. And our work skills aren't Whistler-exclusive; it was a choice to live here, we can choose to leave too.

My husband and I have talked about leaving if: ….b) child care and other social infrastructure doesn't improve …or, c) there just isn't any work... we'd be outta here.

…. What would Whistler do if all the families with working parents left? Can a town survive without the ones trying to put down roots?

And what is the RMOW going to do about it?