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1/ W/respect @SarahPottsH I don& #39;t think #TC editorial unfairly distorted ur TW. Nor do I think ur & #39;singular comment& #39; about t/assault on teen in #BHP being awful should "be the end of the story". (Hence they published ur rebuttal) https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-victoria-needs-to-govern-for-everyone-not-the-few-1.24312027">https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/o...
2/ @timescolonist editorial was responding to the rest of your TW - in which you inferred that if council had supported previous motions of yours, this would not have happened. Can you pls direct me to those? I& #39;ll gladly call out any councillors who denied good motions
3/ (It& #39;s really difficult to find what any councillor has said or proposed about anything... (which is why I re- request that @CityOfVictoria makes public written transcripts of all meetings)
4/ Having written transcripts available, as I& #39;ve proposed to you all ( @JeremyLoveday feel free to chime in.. lol) would be in your interest as well as that of the public. It& #39;s unfair of you to blame media for misinterpreting you; when you don& #39;t make your transcripts available
5/ #TC was also, and I think it& #39;s the point many of us feel is most important - to your conflating assault on teen in #BHP to assaults in mansions. Of course, both occur +both R horrendous - but @CityOfVictoria has direct means available to make unsheltered ppl safer.
6/ Which brings us back to - what is #YYJ @CityOfVictoria actually *doing* to make those in encampments safe? What were your motions? Why were they defeated?
7/ Incomplete/delayed studies such as the one #YYJ city commissioned to @HomesForHope don& #39;t seem to have contributed much to defining the demographics in a way that they can be offered the individualized help many of them need.
8/ I don& #39;t think it takes $40K for any thinking person to know that there is a wide range of people, with varying circumstances, who are all under current council policy; being treated the same.
9/ Young/old, male/female, families/singles/ abled/disabled, mental health, addictions, poverty- fleeing abuse/despair - and known criminals - all mixed in and taking so called refuge together - is a recipe for disaster. NOT the same as being assaulted in a mansion
10/ Of course we need more supports across the board.
But @SarahPottsH I haven& #39;t heard what your solutions to that are.
But @SarahPottsH I haven& #39;t heard what your solutions to that are.
11/ I& #39;m intrigued by your work in establishing a CAHOOTS type program; and think it has merits: but in the meantime, are you OK with current ppl residing in parks to interfere with police attempts to protect this youth?
12/ Or to put it another way - if there is a report of a minor being assaulted in a mansion - would you come to the defence of the assaulter/his supporters -as they tried to keep the victim in place of danger?
13/ Or would you @SarahPottsH dismiss it, as you did with your tweet about the youth in #BHP, by saying "Oh how awful... but assaults happen everywhere - not just in mansions, but in parks? "
14/ (trying to wrap up this thread).
@SarahPottsH you have many platforms upon which to make your voice heard - I think it does you no service to co-opt @timescolonist comments section. I think it& #39;s
to their credit that they gave you space to do so.
@SarahPottsH you have many platforms upon which to make your voice heard - I think it does you no service to co-opt @timescolonist comments section. I think it& #39;s
to their credit that they gave you space to do so.
15/ I& #39;m just going to throw this out to all #YYJPoli peeps.
It may be a biased question - but I haven& #39;t landed on my opinion yet, and welcome comments.
It may be a biased question - but I haven& #39;t landed on my opinion yet, and welcome comments.
16/ Here goes:
While #YYJ citizens R struggling to make our voices heard 2 @CityOfVictoria,do U think media shld devote space for councillors who have many alternate means of being heard-or shld they instead feature comments by regular folks? #YYJPoli
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While #YYJ citizens R struggling to make our voices heard 2 @CityOfVictoria,do U think media shld devote space for councillors who have many alternate means of being heard-or shld they instead feature comments by regular folks? #YYJPoli
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