Windsor and Tecumseh: Let's Divide Ourselves as MUCH as Possible! It's Fun!

I read this today in the Windsor Star:

TECUMSEH, Ont. -- Deputy Mayor Tom Burton is so convinced the town’s new dog park is being overused by non-resident dogs that he wants the OPP to collar the offending owners and charge them with trespassing.

Burton got town council Tuesday to approve a motion to make the town’s new off-leash dog park off-limits to anyone who doesn’t buy a Tecumseh dog tag for their pet.

Burton wants a sign at Carling Park near LaCasse Road to warn that its fenced-off dog park was only for Tecumseh dogs. The OPP could charge offenders with trespassing, he suggested.

“We’re not providing a dog park for Essex County, unless Essex County wants to pay the tab,” Burton added.

I think this is a GREAT idea!!
I'll stay out of Tecumseh parks.
I think I might stay out of Tecumseh stores too.
And Tecumseh shops.
And Tecumseh restaurants.
And that big old Tecumseh Corn Fest?
Maybe every single Windsor resident should respect the "Tecumseh Folk Only" rule and leave that to them, and only them.
None of us should go.

Oh? And as far as Windsor?
Well - it's only fair that our parks are for Windsorites only!
No Tecumseh humans or dogs allowed!
Maybe Tecumseh folk can stay off our roads, too.
Stay out of our train station, our airport - our arena.
Better yet - maybe Windsor jobs would be better for Windsor people ONLY?
Tecumseh is doing so well without us, right?
They certainly don't need Windsor to survive.
But - Windsor - we're not doing so hot - so perhaps EVERY SINGLE TECUMSEH RESIDENT who has a job here in Windsor should be immediately dismissed and a Windsor person can take it.

Of course - I'm joking about all of this.
That would be stupid of me, to say such ridiculous things...seriously.

Yet...what Deputy Mayor Tom Burton is saying, is a slow push towards EXACTLY that.
It's unnecessary. It's bitchy. It's annoying.

But mostly, it's sad.
Really, really sad.
Windsorites are using Tecumseh's parks to walk their dog because they don't want to cross a picket line in their own city.

We're taking refuge in Tecumseh parks to give our dogs a place to run.
Our own parks are a mess...they're something we can't let our dogs run free in for fear of their paws being sliced to pieces from hidden broken glasss, or being bitten by burrowing rodents.
It's a nasty mess over here, in case anyone hasn't noticed.
We are a city divided and sliced and cut and chopped up into a million agonizing pieces.

This coming from Deputy Mayor Tom Burton now...It's more division.
More fences going up.
More rules.
More cash grabs.

Would Tecumseh people be okay with this? With their town charging them for a "Tecumseh Dog Tag"? With having to PAY for the right to walk their own dog in a park - a PUBLIC PARK - in their own town?
I wouldnt' be.

I think this is really sad.
It's a snub to Windsor, and Windsor is wounded, on her knees and doubled over at the moment.
I think it's uncalled for and sickening.

I'd like to PERSONALLY invite Tecumseh people to our city.
I welcome them with open arms.
Use our parks.
Shop in our stores.
Eat in our restaurants.
Enjoy our river front.
We need all the help we can get - and we shouldn't be afraid to ask for it.
We shouldn't be afraid to admit that.

But putting up a "WINDSORITES NOT WELCOME" sign on your dog park??
That's low.
And I hope no one in Windsor would EVER sink that low.
I also have faith in the good people of Tecumseh, that they won't either.

Nor should they HAVE to pay for a dog tag to walk their dog in their own park, in their own town.

I remember back in the day - before Tecumseh was a boom town - people said that Tecumseh was a leech - leeching off of...Windsor.

I never said this personally.
I like to think Tecumseh became a bustling little town on its own accord - and more power to them.

But oh, how the times have changed.
And this - this is over the top and disgusting.
And elitist.

It's a park. With grass and trees and it's open to the public.
It's green space.

Why is someone trying to make it illegal to go for a stroll in a beautiful park, in a beautiful town?
Why does anyone want to make such a thing "policed"?
Why should we - and when I say "we" - I mean Tecumseh people - because "we" are all the same - why should WE have to be scanned, and ID'd, and run through a "system" - only to be OK'd to ...walk our dogs?
Tecumseh and Windsor people...WE are the same. We're people. We're FRIENDS.
We work and play with each other. Every single day.
There is no "US" and "THEM" - that's just man made and stupid - usually invented because either a) It's a cash grab or b) someone's ego needs to be put on a leash, so to speak.

So why do we keep doing things like this to ourselves? To each other?
Why do we make something as fun and joyous as dog-walking...a big, ugly battle?
And why would anyone want to?

Do we really want to start doing this? Do we really want to start moving in *that* direction?

Anyone?