By MITCHELL G. CUMMINGS I began my working life toiling for my uncle and cousins. Woe to you if Uncle Henry caught you leaning on your shovel having a smoke. I can still hear Hank’s gravely voice: “Do something, lad, even if it’s wrong.” Recently the Dunkirk Department of Planning and Development announced they had received only one response to their Request for Proposal for development of the almost two acre parcel of prime waterfront property the city owns on Lake Shore Drive East between Tim Hortons and the Clarion Hotel. The only responder to the RFP, the Clarion Hotel, proposes to add an addition to the hotel to accommodate an indoor water park; an upscale chain restaurant and parking lot will fill the remainder of the parcel. An article that appeared in the Jan. 12 OBSERVER suggested the city’s Department of Planning and Development is pushing hard for the Common Council’s approval of this plan. Old Uncle Hank would have been proud.