{"id":439,"date":"2008-05-17T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=439"},"modified":"2008-10-25T00:27:51","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T07:27:51","slug":"report-from-the-principals-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Report from the principal&#8217;s office &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">When John Smith started by repeating, almost verbatim the same excuse speech he has been using for the last 2 \u00bd + years for why council is doing nothing to address homelessness and its related problems; when Councillors Smith, Beck and Harris stated their ridiculous Cheerios Theory \u2013 that serving Cheerios in Jubilee Park was at the root of the problems in the Park; I knew Mark Rushton had been correct when he wrote voters needed to vote in a totally new council if they wanted growing problems in Abbotsford such as homelessness to be addressed in an effective, positive manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Calling a Pastor on the carpet at City Hall, like a delinquent schoolboy, for daring to practice his Christian values is unacceptable behaviour. Chasing the homeless out of Jubilee Park at great expense when they will only return is pointless. Why does Bob Bos and his Downtown Business Association deserve special treatment by having the homeless in the Park chased into some other Abbotsford neighbourhood?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><br \/>\nOther cities, with fewer advantages than Abbotsford has, are making solid progress in addressing homelessness on their streets because they have leadership and common sense, while Abbotsford is unfortunately stuck with spendthrift politicians.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When John Smith started by repeating, almost verbatim the same excuse speech he has been using for the last 2 \u00bd + years for why council is doing nothing to address homelessness and its related problems; when Councillors Smith, Beck and Harris stated their ridiculous Cheerios Theory \u2013 that serving Cheerios in Jubilee Park was at the root of the problems in the Park; I knew Mark Rushton had been correct when he wrote voters needed to vote in a totally new council if they wanted growing problems in Abbotsford such as homelessness to be addressed in an effective, positive manner. Calling a Pastor on the carpet at City Hall, like a delinquent schoolboy, for daring to practice his Christian values is unacceptable behaviour. Chasing the homeless out of Jubilee Park at great expense when they will only return is pointless. Why does Bob Bos and his Downtown Business Association deserve special treatment by having the homeless in the Park chased into some other Abbotsford neighbourhood? Other cities, with fewer advantages than Abbotsford has, are making solid progress in addressing homelessness on their streets because they have leadership and common sense, while Abbotsford is unfortunately stuck with spendthrift politicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeless"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Report from the principal&#039;s office ... - James W. 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