<OT> To all New Zealand SxS members

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:21:23 -0700
Tom Marinis <tmarinis99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ted Ozolins wrote:
> > burns wrote:
> > 
> >> I've also just heard from my sister-in-law that they are under
> >> evacuation notice as part of the forest fires in Kelowna, British
> >> Columbia (western Canada). 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm across the lake from Kelowna and believe me its one heck of a
> > scary sight. A large part of Kelown is under evacuation notice.
> > Quite a few homes have been lost and more anticipated. This is one
> > fire that should have been stopped dead in its track, but as always
> > too little too late has created one heck of a mess here. 
> 
> Well TED, you *could* make the recommendation to your
> friends that they file a claim in court.
> 
> Make Premier Gordon Campbell and Minister De Jong
> personally and financially responsible for cutting 740
> jobs out of the Forestry Ministry back in Jan 2002,
> and the 600 from WAter Land Air Protection services
> the year befor that,
> 
> [ the argument: despite the advice against such actions,
>    as recommended by the Auditor General's report 2001
> 
>    http://bcauditor.com/PUBS/2001-02/Report1/sec1.htm ]
> 

The one thing we Americans and Canadians have in common, besides the
language, is the best politicians money can buy.  They all suck.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.