Pubdate: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 Source: Nelson Daily News (CN BC) Copyright: 2005 Nelson Daily News Contact: http://www.nelsondailynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/288 Author: Irene Evanoff Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) CITY SHOULD GET PRIORITIES STRAIGHT To the Editor, Regarding the proposed pesticide rules for the City of Nelson. How many of that list are gardeners? We the gardeners are responsible and use pesticides at a minimum if at all. We do not need city council to make a rule against pesticide use. Instead they should be dealing with the ever-increasing use of drugs in our city. By the pictures on the Holy Smoke shop, a druggie and a marijuana leaf, this council seems to condone the use of drugs. Why do they not take a tough approach to drugs and help the police all they can. We the citizens need to be vigilant and if we see people coming and going at all hours of the day or night report it to the police. There may be drug dealings going on or if we smell something that smells foul we need to report this to the police. Help them deal with the drug problem. Councillor Mungall now wants to use some of the monies from our recycling to give to the kitchen cupboard. If this is the case, I for one will quit recycling. How about the monies going back to the taxpayers for blue boxes? Many of these transients should be picking fruit in the Okanagan not freeloading off Nelson. They are given a place to stay when they pick fruit and the Okanagan needs these people now, they have to go to Mexico to get pickers or the fruit just rots while we have transients that lay around on the beach and freeload off Nelsonites. Compassion that is what people say, sure we should look after people who live here permanently not transients. Many are on drugs and that definitely is not what we want in our city. More drug problems. My advice to city council is never mind with pesticides start dealing with the drug problem here in Nelson. Irene Evanoff Nelson, B.C. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth