By-law The Paradoxal Axymoron Conundrum

By Joe Ingino Editor/Publisher ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States “I live a dream in a nightmare world” Always Remember That The cosmic blueprint of your life was written in code across the sky at the moment you were born. Decode Your Life By Living It Without Regret or Sorrow. By-laws in most communities come out of necessity to mitigate between neighbor disputes. Common sense, Civic duty and respect should be the vehicle by which resolve is dispense without the need of enforcement or coercer someone into compliance. In other word. By-laws guide us to civility. In a homogeneous community, (Definition of homogeneous 1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature. 2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout a culturally homogeneous neighborhood.) Unfortunately, due to social changes, and many other influences the essence of a traditional homogeneous community is no longer the case. For this reason municipal governments create an array of by-laws to force the population to comply with basic civic responsibilities in many cases. It appears that in Oshawa. According to the wording of many of these bylaws, we have a population made up of savages, criminal, irresponsible, uncaring, illiterate according to the number of by-laws written. This in my book is wrong. 1. In most cases the by-laws on the books are confusing, set out to benefit the city and taxpayers second. 2. Most of the by-law today are antiquated, wrongly written, and very vague. Not even by legal interpretation are most of the by-laws binding. But guess what. We the ignorant eat up the threats and the orders eat it up and don’t question. I remember in conversation with Nancy Diamond over parking meters. The old mechanical ones were a municipal sham. 90% did not work. I asked Nancy. Why don’t you have them fixed. She laughed. Oh we do. But those are a million dollar cash cow for the city. Most park get a ticket and for the hassle we put them through for $20 bucks. Most people pay. We the City win. This is in principle is how the city operates when it comes to by-laws.Did you know that by-law officers can enter your property without a warrant? Did you know that by-law officers can peek in your private property windows? When I become your mayor I can assure you that we will respect your privacy. That no one will enter your property without a warrant or just cause. No one will peek in your windows. You the taxpayers will be treated with dignity, the best customer care and respect. By-law will change from an aggressive animal to an assisting and maintenance machine. Promoting civic order across Oshawa. This is our city. We must take care of our people. Look around...is it working for them? It is time for change.