{"id":1150,"date":"2008-11-24T03:50:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T10:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2008-11-24T03:50:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T10:50:36","slug":"could-insanity-be-the-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Could insanity be the explanation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crime, grow-ops, gangs, increasing violence, murder capital of Canada, homelessness, addiction, poverty, mental illness, affordable housing, hunger\/lack of food, children going to bed hungry, sewage infrastructure, drinking water infrastructure, tire eating roads, paving, line painting or repainting, highest municipal tax levels in the lower mainland, $10 million for warehouse space labeled as a Cultural Centre, millions of dollar$ in cost over runs, etc. etc. etc. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford is deteriorating under council\u2019s mismanagement; people are complaining about increasing tax levels, about large tax increases, crime, social problems etc; yet citizens choose to re-elect the very people responsible for the problems as if they expect them to act differently and solve problems rather than continuing to create\/worsen problems.<\/p>\n<p>A.A. has a saying concerning repeating the same action (electing, re-electing councilors) over and over again, expecting or hoping for a different outcome.<\/p>\n<p>That is the definition of insanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime, grow-ops, gangs, increasing violence, murder capital of Canada, homelessness, addiction, poverty, mental illness, affordable housing, hunger\/lack of food, children going to bed hungry, sewage infrastructure, drinking water infrastructure, tire eating roads, paving, line painting or repainting, highest municipal tax levels in the lower mainland, $10 million for warehouse space labeled as a Cultural Centre, millions of dollar$ in cost over runs, etc. etc. etc. \u2026 Abbotsford is deteriorating under council\u2019s mismanagement; people are complaining about increasing tax levels, about large tax increases, crime, social problems etc; yet citizens choose to re-elect the very people responsible for the problems as if they expect them to act differently and solve problems rather than continuing to create\/worsen problems. 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