Depressing.....

I find the rain so depressing, along with talk about these deplorable conditions in the V-G's transitional unit - so sad and unnecessary.

We don't live in dirt shacks, so I don't know what the excuse is. I know the V-G is an old building, but some of what Sharon Dykeman told us about was just plain gross. She has no qualm with the level of her her mother is receiving, but she doesn't want her mom waiting for a nursing home bed in a dirty place where she has to swat flies away from her bed! That isn't sanitary! A restaurant that smelled like urine and had a fly infestation would be cited, and possibly closed until it was cleaned up (we hope). This is bloody ridiculous! A couple of callers suggested admistrative cutbacks to the cleaning staff could be to blame, making the workers clean more with less time. Certainly sounds like that could be an issue.

I'm going to listen back to the Chris D'Entremont interview from earlier this week. I'm going to put the clips in the audio list and maybe Rick will play them tomorrow. Then maybe we can launch a phone assault asking the minister to simply to what he promised...is that too much to ask?

The other big topic on the show was KFC not delivering to Uniacke Square. I appreciate Dawn's letter, she has to stick up for her constituents, that's what she's paid to do. I really want to believe things are improving over there and if they are, I give Dawn a lot of credit, along with the police and the residents. KFC shouldn't be singled out though, I'd like a list of who doesn't deliver to the area. It's very sad, that a few bad apples have to spoil it for the rest of the community. Good luck with this one, Dawn!

On that note, I should start writing and listening to that D' Entremont interview!

Stay dry!

Amber

P.S. Man, I miss Jerry Blumenthal.