One Step Forward

There has been some good neighbourhood news, as you may remember... one landlord's property has been pronounced a Nuisance Property. What you may not know, is that soon after, two more of this same landlord's properties(also crackhouses) were "condemned" as Uninhabitable. What this means is that it hits his pocketbook...which is exactly where it's gonna hurt him...and possibly help us. So I would sincerely like to thank the city for those steps forward...baby steps, though they may be.
There was also a meeting with the parks department to discuss the future of Nob Hill Park, our neighbourhood park. Looks like there may be some new toys in the future, but no doggie poo bags. I guess that it is alright to be a crackhead shooting up or smoking up in the park, sleeping in the park, pissing and pooing in the park, but dog owners beware! There will be no poo bags provided AND once the new wood chips go in, Animal Control may come give you a ticket if your dog is near the woodchips around the toys..... And the Band played on...be sure to take a walk in our park, picnic, enjoy the oaks, the rocks, the ravens, the view. Take it back. It is ours, ya know?

And yet.....I still harbour some grudges....

can you tell?

Despite the Nuisance Property statement, there is still too much sh....er, stuff going on around here. The drug problem for a town this size is ASTRONOMICAL. And the police force? Undermanned. Tragically.

I am sick to death of pulling back my curtains to watch another hooker work my street. For the love of God, Michael's mom was here. This is a residential neighbourhood. Sure, maybe not the richest, but RESIDENTIAL all the same. How about opening up some city owned property for hookers to work on? Honestly. Is it really that much to ask?

And? This gal is both "working" and dealing....just before this photo, an undercover cop was here in an unmarked car, talking to them.....why did he leave? Just PLEASE sit there and watch them for FIVE MINUTES!!!!!!! You have to know what they are up to....REALLY YOU DO! I don't want this in front of my house. I do pay taxes, you know. Also? This house would be worth AT LEAST $100,000 dollars more ANYWHERE else in town. At least. Do you get it, City? You are losing money, the all-precious, the most important thing you think of...

revenue.

You are losing it to crackdealers and we are losing sleep, a sense of well-being and probably precious years off our lives. ARGH. The frustration is unimaginable.

The City is here daily this week, cleaning up for the Empire Days Parade on Sunday. It may be the only day of the year that the Council actually SEES the southend...and it's all cleaned up for them, sterilized....go figure. The vacant lots have had the weeds cut, the streets will be cleaned, the hookers and drug dealers moved on for the day, the litter patroled....the homeless moved somewhere, the crackheads contained. IT WON'T BE REAL!!!!!

Like I said, I truly thank them for the baby steps....but there is so very far to go....and we would like to be able to imagine the day that the rest of the city embraces the South End for what it really is... the true history of Nanaimo, the heart that once beat for this town.

Okay, that's it. Hadn't ranted in a while...so you had to know it was coming, right???? Ahhhhhh. Whew. Thanks for listening.