Editor:
Re: Ground is broken on $4.2M community animal shelter, April 27
Let me start by saying I am an animal lover. I own a dog and have taken my students to the animal shelter to volunteer to walk the dogs, so I appreciate and respect all of the fine work that caregivers provide to animals less fortunate than our own family pet(s).
I just find it ironic that CAO George Harvie and Mayor Lois Jackson are able to find $4.2 million to stand up and protect these animals, yet when they were approached many times by MAPP and people of South Delta to stand up and protect us against the massive power line upgrade that affects all of our health, well-being and safety, they turned a blind eye.
I was approached by many pet owners (during the power lines struggle) that well over 30 pets living under the power lines in Tsawwassen had died of cancer. People calling in on the radio also informed me their pets had died of cancer and they had routinely walked their pets under the lines in North Delta.
The students of SDSS are being exposed to dangerously high levels of EMF daily and yet mayor, council and Harvie did nothing to stand by our community and fight to have these lines run along alternate right of way corridors.
Jackson and council have also done nothing to call a moratorium on smart meters in our community, yet many other mayors and councils have prevented these meters from coming into their communities.
A vote by Mayor Gregor Robertson and council is even taking place in Vancouver to oppose smart meters in early May.
I am deeply disturbed and disappointed that animals are being taken care of and protected to a much greater extent than the children and residents of in South Delta - shame.
Heather Colls MAPP - Mothers Against Power Poles
