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“We have seen dog poop on the promenade, yes. We’re going to be taking pictures of any dog poop we see when the dogs arrive (in October). We’ll blow them up and take them to city hall.”

By blow them up, she meant the photos.

On the other hand …

“It would be absolutely fantastic for the area,” Nigel Loewen said. “We had it on the far end before and we had that taken away about six years ago. To have dogs back on here would be great for all of us.”

Year-round?

“Oh, yeah,” he said.

Added Kristopher Flintoff: “Absolutely, I agree with a trial basis. I do not see why dog owners cannot enjoy this beautiful part of the world with their dogs.”

There were photos of dog feces near the promenade train station posted on social media last weekend. White Rock city Coun. Scott Kristjanson, on a Facebook account he’s associated with, NoMoreHighRisesinWhiteRock, accused someone of trying to stir things up.

“Sadly, there is strong evidence that the dog feces deposited in front of the train station last month was placed there by the NoDogs side, in an attempt to show how irresponsible dog owners are,” he wrote.

He later edited out the mention of strong evidence.

Kristjanson didn’t get back to Postmedia News, but he did tell the Peace Arch News that he’s surprised by all the feces, er, fuss, what with a pier to rebuild and budgets to set.

“I just want to point out that I believe council is doing a very good job of listening to the people,” he said. “I think passions are running way too high, and that comes from people feeling like they’re not being heard. I just want to assure everybody that we are listening to both sides.”

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