Sunday, August 16, 2009

WAITING FOR LEFTY


On my continuing theme of The Olympic Premier who Cares Not a Fig for You or His Basic Responsibilities...

Community groups left in dark over funding

Thousands of cash-strapped organizations growing anxious as province freezes lottery money

By Mary Frances Hill and Richard J. Dalton Jr., Vancouver Sun August 14, 2009

What are we talking about here?

Little league sports, seniors’ clubs, school parent associations, softball teams and soccer clubs, parent advisory councils that are trying to build playgrounds.

Look.

This isn't very mysterious.

Idiots like me and possibly you buy Lotto tickets in the hope that we will hit the big one. We should get a life, I know.

Much of that Lotto money is designated to help local charities - more than 1700 local charities.

The money should be distributed with dispatch.

Keeping thousands upon thousands of citizens hanging on the edge while Rome fiddles is cruel and unnecessary punishment.

This speaks to bad policy and worse execution.

Execution may be appropriate here, but possibly in some other direction.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I forgot.

The Burnaby Little League hockey teams won't be competing in The Big Snowjob next year.

Posted by David Berner at 10:07 AM

1 comment:

Jeff Taylor said...

It's very easy to read between the cuts. Tons and tons of money is going to be needed to pay for the Olympic bills that will start rushing in beginning in the Spring of 2010, if not sooner. You can bet that meeting after meeting are being held to talk about ways to extract money from the middle class in B.C. to pay for the "Whistler" party of 2010. It's not that I have a whole lot against sports or even the Olympics, BUT I do have a lot against a Gov't that's willing to make kids and seniors suffer to pay the bills of a three week party. As for talk radio in Vancouver these days, why does it seem that all they talk about every second or third day is topics like Facebook ? I also get a kick out of the "softball" (speaking of sports) questions that the morning host asks his various guests. Of course this is the same guy that lives 7 minutes walk from the "tower" on West Georgia, but drives to work on the same mornings he's interviewing guests on global warming ! At least take a cab dummy (they are already on the road being driven any ways !). It's no wonder there's no accountability in this Province anymore.
Cheers David,
Jeff Taylor

August 16, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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