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bob vernon wrote:A great idea. But a terrible idea is to paint a rainbow crosswalk for weak NDPers who will desperately accept votes from all kinds of minorities. Or some kind of green crosswalk for the environmentalists. Another good crosswalk would be good, Conservative blue, with bubbles painted across the street to represent our burgeoning natural gas industry.

zzontar wrote:

bob vernon wrote:A great idea. But a terrible idea is to paint a rainbow crosswalk for weak NDPers who will desperately accept votes from all kinds of minorities. Or some kind of green crosswalk for the environmentalists. Another good crosswalk would be good, Conservative blue, with bubbles painted across the street to represent our burgeoning natural gas industry.

Brace yourself for all the above plus more as once you open the door, there aren't too many they can say no to. Crosswalks are becoming political... wonder why?

This sidewalk is not to celebrate people because of who they are, but to honour our veterans because of the heroic thing they did. It is to honour their actions, not their identity."

jlysholm wrote:Now this is a great idea. Hope the kids won't e looking at their phones so they can appreciate it!

LANDM wrote:But what do you think about the actual topic? The crosswalk in question?

A plan for a poppy crosswalk in downtown Vernon has been nixed by the head office of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Last month, council voted in favour of the crosswalk as a way of honouring veterans, past and present, for their sacrifices to Canada.

However the Legion has strict rules about how the poppy is treated.

“One of them is the poppy will never be laid on the ground because it cannot be trod upon,” said Vernon Mayor Akbal Mund.