Politicians care about money, not people

Wow! Well done Councillors Katie Robinson, Julius Bloomfield, James Miller, and Campbell Watt. You contributed to ensuring that Penticton seems to stay the Crime Capital of the Okanagan. By voting against the mayor’s motion to hire five more additional RCMP officers, you care more about money, than people, and the recommendation of our police superintendent, whom I might suggest has a better knowledge of the needs of our community better than you seem to have.

Then only a few days after that vote on

July 29, you succeeded by seemingly contributing to allowing two thugs to attack a 70-year old proprietor of a local business in a robbery resulting in 11 stitches, and world-wide coverage of this attack.

Money obviously, is much more important than people. Why should we have the police, when look at all the money we could save by not having them at all? Crime could run amuck, but look at all the money we could save.

Well done. Save the city’s funds and let the criminals run the city. Just turn the other way and not look as our city goes down the toilet. $13 million funds might be available for more officers, we actually need 44, but why have any?

Just gate your homes like they do in Johannesburg, South Africa and let’s let the underworld run the show.

Keep on this course and that is exactly what will happen.

Couns. Frank Regehr, Judy Sentes, and Mayor John Vassilaki, well done, at least you are on the right track. Four to five additional police officers are better than two. Two when you need, 44 according to the latest RCMP stats.

Penticton has the highest police work load in British Columbia, because Couns. Robinson, Bloomfield, Miller and Watt seem to care more about money, not people.

Wow. Unreal.

Report, after report, after report, yes, that solves the problem. Try to buy time, good idea when your crime stats seem to climb month after month. Guess what, the optics do not look good here, no matter what you think.

Perhaps this will ensure that tourists, and business go elsewhere, this place is out of control.I will ensure your public voting record receives most widest circulation The world is watching.

Kim Hoath Naramata