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My city. The lotteried out tight-wads. Sure everyone can drive around in their fancy new SUV's or Beamers, Cadillac's, and Ford 450's. A night on the town is no problem- fancy restaurants, theatre shows, or a night at the high-class bars or clubs.We can have the Alberta premier declare our province debt free, have a record attendance of tourists at the Calgary Stampede, and be given a $100 million gst rebate cheque to the city only to be spent on increasing the tourist attractions. (I have always wanted to know what a rare Hippo looks like at the Zoo...) But when our city needs something, like actually needs something, no one steps up to the plate. Or, people are just too tired to. Or maybe they are lotteried-out. In the early days of spring in our city, we start hearing of lotteries which truly need our help. Sure. STARS Air Ambulance has a lottery and tickets are sold out, no problem. Kinsmen have lotteries, Alberta Children's Hospital, and so many others that it is a bit overwhelming sometimes. The Calgary Police Service has been plugging their HAWC2 Lottery for a couple months now. They have a couple homes, fancy cars, money, and tons of other fun do-dads up for grabs if you buy a ticket. The last day to purchase these tickets is Friday July 30. Last time I heard, they were having problems selling the tickets. After reading an article in the Calgary Herald about the difficulties they were having selling the tickets, I made a heartfelt plea to my dad and his company, Bowen Technology, bought 3 tickets. (Maybe we'll win something this time...) A reporter in the Calgary Sun wrote last week about how he was tired of the cops asking us for money. But he was failing to see the important issues as to why we need to help them out. When you are in danger from some bad guy, would you prefer HAWCS - the police helicopter not to come to your rescue? It's almost like people saying that they will never need STARS air ambulance to help them, so why should they support the cause? I don't see STARS carrying around a list of people who have contributed to their flights financially to know whether or not they should help them while in need. This helicopter is available for EVERYONE. While I agree the Calgary Police Service does rake in a lot of money from Multinova and other money-grabbers, I do also know that if the citizens of our city do not help the police in fundraising for needs like a helicopter, great opportunities to catch the bad guys are gone. The cops are here to help us just as we are here to help them. It's a two-way street. It's too bad that with so little time to spare, the City of Calgary has not stepped up to the plate and donated some money to this helicopter. Oh shoot- I forgot. They have to upgrade the zoo and Heritage Park first. Oops- my bad. Posted by Bella at 3:49 PM# 0 Comments:
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