Pubdate: Thu, 15 Dec 2005
Source: Hope Standard (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Hope Standard
Contact:  http://www.hopestandard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1397
Author: Terry Vickerman
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n1945.a03.html

ALL DRUG USERS AND TRAFFICKERS SHOULD GARNER EQUAL ATTENTION

Editor: The Hope Standard

Re: Comments of Mayor Victor in the Hope Standard of December 08, 2005

Mayor Vicktor's comments regarding drug users and "frontier justice"
are most intriguing.

Why the emphasis on the street urchins Mr. Vicktor? Yes, they
definitely engage in petty theft to feed their habits when maybe, just
maybe, there may be a host of socio-economic reasons for their
existence and behavior that the neo-Conservatives prefer to avoid any
discussion of, least wise in the public domain.

Why haven't you brought up the subject of the "well to do" drug users
and traffickers in Hope Mayor Vicktor? They do exist in numbers that
would surprise you if you didn't already know and they too have
socio-economic reasons for engaging in their escape behaviors.

These are the so called pillars of a community, pillars of salt with
habits that they can hide within the confines of their pocket books
while all the while carrying on with a pretense of respectability and
decency. There is no real difference between the two groups.

They are both blights on our town and if you are going to go after one
group please demonstrate the fortitude to tackle the other too.

With regards to the issue of "frontier justice,' why is it that you do
not think it should be tolerated yet I have yet to hear any
disturbance in the farces of the outer rim of the Hope political
galaxy regarding the very grave issue of having a senior election
official (aka District Offical) being assaulted and threatened within
the confines of the C.E. Barry voting station on election day by the
campaign manager of one of the Members of Council? That was frontier
behavior at its worst Mayor Vicktor and if it is to be tolerated and
covered up then you should not engage in the politicization of
"frontier justice."

Sincerely

Terry Vickerman
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