Today was the first day of Rick's 10th season on the air of the Hotline! Can you believe it? It is not an easy job, but he makes it seem that way. I was excited to come to work today with the old hours and back to the regular 3 hour show. We heard from Bruce D., who was keeping kind of a low profile over the summer, but still raising hell elsewhere.
What did you think of the councillors today? We had McInroy and Sloane in and they seem very frustrated about the level of crime in the city. It's not just the city we need to worry about. We had some violent incidents in the city (sexual assault, shots fired), but there were 2 murders over the weekend, one in Digby county and one in Glace Bay. I really don't know what needs to change, but I liked Rick's idea of a council resolution calling for changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act for starters. Caller Bert says the council can do something - scream and yell and make themselves heard on this issue. Let's see if anyone takes that and runs with it at council tonight.
It's so interesting to hear all the callers talk about Shelburne, the former youth jail. So many callers have said when they were kids the mere threat of Shelburne set them straight. Today, no such thing. There is no fear. It was so interesting to hear about Rockhead jail, where people broke rocks as their punishment. Now that would be brutal. No TV, no mail, conjugal visits, just breaking rocks all day long. Is this something we need to look into again?
Rick mentioned the GNEP today...so here's a link for some "light reading" on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.
http://www.gnep.energy.gov/
Well, tune into tomorrow for the start of our regular "Rodenhiser Wednesdays". It should be a lot of fun and when Rodenhiser is in, it's always an open hour!
Talk to you then!
Cheers,
Amber
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Happy anniversary to Rick.
To celebrate the occassion Rick, I think the station staff should buy you 10 pairs, yes 10 pairs of good quality white socks. or a cake at least.
With regards to the HRM councillors barking louder, no matter how much they bark, at the end of the day, no matter what they have passed it must all meet Federal and Provincial guidelines.
It doesn't matter if it is the HRM or the CBRM or whatever council, it is the Feds or Prov that has the final say. Yes or No.
The Councillors are just a link in the chain to get to the real decision makers. The Feds or the Province...And unfortunetly the elected MPs and MLAs have no say either.
They are controlled by the beaurcrats that are running the Rodney MacDonald government, the same as Steve Whats his name is controlled now by the beaurdcrats in Ottawa which are influenced by the Bush administration.
So it all starts with the councillors and the Mayor's of the CBRM and HRM and others to take a stand and stand up against the Feds and Provinces and take control of what takes place in their municipalities.
Otherwise they are just players that are controlled by beaurcrats.
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