Perhaps the demented senior who signed Lorne Mayencourt's recall petition knew more than he was letting on. Mayencourt, no doubt emboldened by his victory, is now forging ahead with a fresh assemblage of witless observations. ("Dealers turning Bute into drug `boutique'", by Justin Beddall, June 12-18 issue.) The VPD's drug dragnet through the Downtown Eastside has displaced addicts to the West End, says Lorne Mayencourt. "Now we're having a problem with crack dealers."

Really! Astonishingly, addicted people do seek out drug dealers; that's where they get the drugs they need. More astonishingly, Mayencourt doesn't seem to realize that the VPD is not in the business of providing treatment and rehabilitation resources to addicts; this needs to be funded through senior levels of government--one of which he dutifully serves.

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