To the Editor,
Re: Solutions available to divert toilet cost, Letters, Jan. 26.
This is not the first time that the taxpayers have paid for public toilets in Nanaimo.
There was a stand alone toilet facility in the centre of Nanaimo circa 1960 that most old-timers will tell you about. It was an absolute failure and was torn down.
Seems like the current test or method to determine wether the city requires a toilet is by counting the tickets that are issued by the RCMP for public urination.
But the truth is someone is going to contest the nonsense in court and prove that urinating falls under our Canadian rights of freedom.
I am not sure how the conversation between the RCMP and city council ends up with talking about the problem of urination. I would love to be the fly on the wall listening.
The city already has city parks, soccer fields, baseball fields and port services with washrooms that are locked down at night. Do we need to build new facilities for people who don’t have keys?
Maybe the simple answer lies in how the people could access locked public washrooms.
If vandalism is the problem, then maybe entry needs to be verified with any sort of identification or remote monitoring.
We could make every locked Nanaimo park facility washroom available to the public 24/7.
No new buildings necessary, just new types of security.
Matt James
Nanaimo
