WE NEED REAL EMPLOYMENT, REAL EDUCATION, AND REAL CULTURE

JMJ
Aug.04, 2018
St. Jean Vinney , Patron of Priests
           
    To continue with “Tax Funded Drunks” here is a short report on the current spree in the bush. All of these events are funded by the Municipal Office . Since everyone can’t or won’t go to the Kulture Kamp, , Councilor  McLeod passes out booze to those who stay at home. We never get a financial compensation to make up for our non- drinking habit.  It is not known what is happening at the camp. But while some parents and children are away  their young people are involved in a prolonged drunk. At 6 am we listen to EWTN Mass ; at 7 AM there is a knock at the neighbour’s door. The person gets no help so talks to John through our window. He says his sister Amelia Charles is smashing windows at their house and going up the street smashing other people’s window. He wants to phone the police. I do so . He says to tell the police he wanted to talk to them since his baby nephew is home alone .   Then Amelia phones. She informs me that she wants to talk to “John.” I refuse to allow her.  She says that she is going to cut our lawn, right now.  She calls me a racist. I tell her that she is in serious trouble for smashing windows. She says “ Have you proof of that? ! She hangs up and phones again. “ Is Mr. Caswell there? I want to talk to Mr. Caswell , not You!!!  Both of us know that she wants a ride to La Ronge ( 175 km .away) so she won’t be here when the police come. She never gets her demand for rides although this is consistent drunk behaviour from her.  We hear the sound of the mounties’ vehicle with its rattles . The detachment is 45 km away on a rocky, twisting road. This kind of thing has happened often in the past but has increased with the unelected reign of Gideon Cook and Joyce McLeod.
   
    The last major drunk was Canada Day, July 1.  It was heavily financed by the municipality.  Windows were smashed then as well.   The tax payer will pay for that also. The victims will have a long wait for repairs.

     Meanwhile we continue to be one of the few employers who provide work that is not tax payer financed. There has been some purposeful  municipal work done this year.  What we do is financed by us. W e have been working on clearing brush to build a proper fire guard, and  to expand garden space. When we run out of money to pay for the job  we have to quit until PRIVATE donations come through. Gideon’s will be paid by the tax payer, and done by using municipal employees and equipment. 

    It is now 3:52 pm. Fighting and swearing continue next door. “ Free” booze is not tempered by the fact “I’m paying for this and I need to put food on our table.” This blog subject will continue. As long as the Municipal Office continues to fund drunken sprees the situation will continue.  Gay

Tax funded drunks

JMJ
Aug.01,2018

    Since the Local Advisory Commity ( LAC) is only composed of Mr. Gideon Cook and Mrs. Joyce McLeod , both of who were elected by default the policy of tax funded drunks is unchallenged and pervasive.  Whatever holiday is available Mrs. McLeod asks for money from the municipality. Ms. Val Antoniuk hands over the money , no questions asked, no accountability required. Thus there is a tax funded drunk for Thanksgiving, Hallowe’en, Christmas, New Years, Carnival , Canada Day et c. et c. Then there is the Culture Camp that sometimes is a week long excuse for getting drunk the bush.  Now sometimes there is purposeful activity as well, sometimes not. At the Spring Carnival this year it was ws a non-event . The only activity was alcohol was passed out .

    A new twist has been developed. Mrs. McLeod now boot legs the surplus alcohol paid by the municipality. We were loading up the truck for a trip.. Mrs. McLeod, on a school day morning was serving  customers. She and her two customers were already under the influence. The customer asked us if we could pay them for work that they had done a few days ago. We couldn’t or wouldn’t.  Mrs. McLeod became abusive. She said that we should pay our workers up front and said a great deal more besides .Mrs. McLeod is a teacher aid at the tax- funded school. She has about grade three level.

    The other teacher at the “public”school was hired by Gideon Cook, her brother. The school is open about half the required school days.

    There are no official  community events as such,  except drinking. We have many events for everyone but we get tired of competing with free booze and now followed by boot legged booze.  If you are not a drinker or are trying not to be a drinker you simply are not considered part of the community. At one time Brabant Lake had a well deserved reputation for a drunk and drugs place.  We have been here for 23 years. There is a lot of improvements in people’s lives. However the municipal office in La Ronge, 175 km. away and the Northern Lights School Board are definitely part of the problem, not part of the solution. Gay