My mother never told me that life was like a box of chocolates. Probably because there are many areas of life where you know, or at least can predict, what you are going to get.
If I tried the excuse “I didn’t know that would happen” my mother would point out that that was because I didn’t think.
Whatever else you may accuse Abbotsford City Council of, and over the years Abbotsford’s councils have provided a multitude of injudicious actions and behaviours to choose among, you cannot accuse council of being cheap. Not with the millions of taxpayer dollars $$$$$ Council’s unwise actions and behaviours have wasted.
English is such a wonderfully nuanced language you can create false impressions and mislead with perfectly true statements – just ask any snake, flimflam artist or politician.