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.
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