{"id":1240,"date":"2009-03-02T03:23:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T10:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2009-03-25T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T03:39:17","slug":"simply-because-we-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1240","title":{"rendered":"Simply because we can?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Mayor George Peary is correct and the Abbotsford Police lack \u201cadequate resources\u201d, why are they wasting any of their limited resources chasing the homeless from campsite to campsite around the City of Abbotsford?<\/p>\n<p>I would not have thought that engaging in the pointless moving of the homeless from campsite to campsite around Abbotsford would have been a priority the APD would be spending its limited resources pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>I am reasonably sure that in this time of cutbacks and restraint (at least for other city councils in BC) that taxpayers, having to dig deep in their pockets for the $4,000,000 increase in the police budget, expect to have that money spent wisely on priority needs.<\/p>\n<p>I am also reasonably sure that taxpayers do not consider chasing the homeless from campsite to campsite a priority when gunfights are breaking out on city streets.<\/p>\n<p>So why are we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Mayor George Peary is correct and the Abbotsford Police lack \u201cadequate resources\u201d, why are they wasting any of their limited resources chasing the homeless from campsite to campsite around the City of Abbotsford? I would not have thought that engaging in the pointless moving of the homeless from campsite to campsite around Abbotsford would have been a priority the APD would be spending its limited resources pursuing. I am reasonably sure that in this time of cutbacks and restraint (at least for other city councils in BC) that taxpayers, having to dig deep in their pockets for the $4,000,000 increase in the police budget, expect to have that money spent wisely on priority needs. I am also reasonably sure that taxpayers do not consider chasing the homeless from campsite to campsite a priority when gunfights are breaking out on city streets. 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