SHAME on the City of Abbotsford

I am not sure if you saw the article today regarding some homeless people being pushed out of an area in the @city_abbotsford using Chicken manure. I am absolutely disgusted with the actions of the city manager “GEORGE MURRAY”, granted he may not have been the one dumping the manure but you know perfectly well that he knew it was happening. George stated in an interview that he was “Deeply sorry for our actions”, this to me is all lip service. Yes they may now try and fix the issue but what the city is missing is that the actions have already cause irreparable damage. These people regardless of their situation do not deserve to have their dignity and self-worth stripped away from them due to the feelings of a few at city hall. Instead of using “chicken shit“ techniques to rid your city of the homeless population , why not try and help the people become stronger , more self-sufficient and help them get into affordable housing.  The money spent on staff salary, finding and purchasing then dumping the manure could have been used to fund a day program, feed these people for a month or organize a committee to find ways to relocate people in a dignified manner. Yes today I may be frustrated and angry but we all should be. Being homeless is not a choice that most people make. It could happen to anyone of us at any time with the state of this economy; does anyone remember the 80’s?

Maybe I am just a bleeding heart but when and how can we change the perception that people have about the needy and persons with disability? It’s time for all of us to look in the mirror and address the social issues that we have. I am sure at one point or another we have all looked in our bank accounts and wondered how we will make it to next payday, what happens when we don’t have a next pay day ? We would want people to help us up and get back on our feet wouldn’t we? If more people would sit down and actually listen to someone’s story of how they became homeless you may just find that you are not so different from them, you just were able to catch a break along the way. Most homeless people do not want a hand out , they want a hand up.

In closing to the @city_abbotsford and George Murray , I would love to see you forfeit a weeks’ worth of salary to the people affected by your dumping barrage and use the minimal essentials that these people call there life and YOU sir sleep in that manure camp for a week and walk a mile in a homeless persons shoes. The unfortunate part would be that you get to return to your comfy house and ignore the problems of the outside world because it isn’t happening to you.

#SantaArmy

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http://www.theprovince.com/news/Dirty+Trick+Abbotsford+manager+takes+responsibility+dumping+manure+homeless+campsite/8484252/story.html

@FVSecretSanta