<OT> To all New Zealand SxS members

[Myles Green]

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 22:34, Collins Richey wrote:
> 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.

Amen to that!
-- 
Myles Green <myles-green at shaw.ca>