They’re coming whether we like it or not
The Guardian Angels that is.
Mayor Kelly and Police Chief Beazley have both stated that they cannot support the upcoming Halifax Chapter of the Guardian Angels. But that’s not stopping the roll out for the boys in shiny red jackets and berets. According to Angels founder, Curtis Sliwa, plans are still proceeding to start having people on the streets in the spring. Just what exactly they’ll be doing and how they’ll be doing it remains unclear.
Sadly, in Sliwa’s reply to this news, he just goes to show how out of touch and uninformed he is with the situation here in Halifax. Bringing up the near infamous 30-man Royal Rumble brawl outside the Dome on Christmas Eve, somehow Sliwa thinks his knuckleheads in their shiny jackets would have prevented people from drinking too much, or would have prevented the Dome’s bouncers from being unable to handle the situation or would have prevented the need for the police to step in.
Throwing additional fuel on the fire, no matter what colour jacket they wear isn’t a solution. This is a situation that will only get more interesting as it continues to develop.
Sliwa is like child. He is too used to getting his way, and believes his own tall tales! Ask him this: if one of his members puts a hand on a Halifax citizen, will he be responsible for the assault charges? Or, for that matter, if one of his stooges gets hurt, will he pay the hospital, or life insurance for him? Ans: NO!!! He’ll be back in NYC talking on his one hour radio program about how HE is fighting crime in Halifax. In fact, he’s ruining the reputation of one of Atlantic Canada’s premier cities. He driving away tourists with his outlandish and overblown talk of out of control crime. If his stooge needs hostpitalization, you, the Halifax citizen will have to pay because of Canada’s public healthcare system. NOT Curtis! He gets away scott free. You pay for the police to protect you, out of your taxes. Shouldn’t you get that for your money? Why do you need a character out of the Slip Mahoney’s “Bowery Boys” comedy? If the good citizens of Halifax feel that there is a problem, let THEM, not some cheap third rate comic book character decide what should be done.
Comment by frankofqueens — 29.12.2007 @ 21:46