...It's hard to believe that Victoria's fire hall was declared a pressing priority exactly a decade ago...

I don't find this the least bit hard to believe. With the exception of bike lanes, which civic infrastructure projects have proceeded in a timely fashion in recent CoV history?

It's hard to believe that Victoria's fire hall was declared a pressing priority exactly a decade ago,

What's so hard to believe? Mega-earthquakes were super likely and super scary back then, hence the uproar about the JSB and the firehall. But mega-earthquakes have become much less likely and much less scary since then, so no big whoop anymore.

...mega-earthquakes have become much less likely and much less scary since then, so no big whoop anymore.

The :eek: CLIMATE EMERGNCY !! :eek: is going kill us all before the "Big One".

Over the span of four years the City was able to plan, budget, finance and build several kilometers of bike lanes, pursue a cannabis regulatory regime, abate the growth of AirBnB throughout the City-proper, introduce several low-barrier housing facilities to the city centre and handle a police management crisis, all while doubling the budget for the new fire hall.

That's pretty good.

But on a serious note, it's bewildering/shocking/tragic that not a single shovel has hit the ground for what has been a #1 emergency services priority over four election cycles.

What's so hard to believe? Mega-earthquakes were super likely and super scary back then, hence the uproar about the JSB and the firehall. But mega-earthquakes have become much less likely and much less scary since then, so no big whoop anymore.

Every time someone says something like that I look around my house looking for places to hide in case the Big One answers to the jinx.