CITY SHOULD GET PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

To the Editor,

Regarding the proposed pesticide rules for the City of Nelson. How
many of that list are gardeners?

We the gardeners are responsible and use pesticides at a minimum if
at all. We do not need city council to make a rule against pesticide
use. Instead they should be dealing with the ever-increasing use of
drugs in our city.

By the pictures on the Holy Smoke shop, a druggie and a marijuana
leaf, this council seems to condone the use of drugs. Why do they
not take a tough approach to drugs and help the police all they
can. We the citizens need to be vigilant and if we see people coming
and going at all hours of the day or night report it to the
police. There may be drug dealings going on or if we smell something
that smells foul we need to report this to the police. Help them
deal with the drug problem.

Councillor Mungall now wants to use some of the monies from our
recycling to give to the kitchen cupboard. If this is the case, I
for one will quit recycling. How about the monies going back to the
taxpayers for blue boxes? Many of these transients should be picking
fruit in the Okanagan not freeloading off Nelson. They are given a
place to stay when they pick fruit and the Okanagan needs these
people now, they have to go to Mexico to get pickers or the fruit
just rots while we have transients that lay around on the beach and
freeload off Nelsonites.

Compassion that is what people say, sure we should look after people
who live here permanently not transients. Many are on drugs and that
definitely is not what we want in our city. More drug problems.

My advice to city council is never mind with pesticides start dealing
with the drug problem here in Nelson.

Irene Evanoff

Nelson, B.C.