tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post7744601037557971588..comments2024-03-17T19:10:13.841-07:00Comments on A Closer Look: Jody Paterson: Readers have made all the differenceJody Patersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038299584414910712noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-7850073106768698532012-01-07T13:55:56.235-08:002012-01-07T13:55:56.235-08:00Perhaps there is one reason that you haven't b...Perhaps there is one reason that you haven't been getting much feedback lately. <br /><br />I and other people tried to interest you and other Times-Colonist staffers in horrific stories about nursing homes that are almost beyond belief but you didn't even respond. Just weren't interested. Didn't even want to know the details. Ordered not to touch these stories? Wanted to protect your paycheque? Just didn't care? Who knows. You and the Times-Colonist didn't bother to respond.<br /><br />As a result of such media silence, complicit authorities and enforcement continue to permit many, many vulnerable people to be deliberately harmed in ways that beggar belief, right under our noses, with our own tax dollars. And to get away with it.<br /><br />Everyone who keeps quiet about these crimes is simply helping to create a lawless society where official thugs can run rampant. And before long, we will all be at the mercy of these thugs who will act with utter impunity.<br /><br />So enjoy your Central America sojourn but remember, your kids and grandkids will suffer the consequences of the ever-more brutal society that has taken hold in BC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-43111173874893960262012-01-07T09:01:29.899-08:002012-01-07T09:01:29.899-08:00Jody - I wrote you an email in response to your la...Jody - I wrote you an email in response to your last column but it bounced right back. I guess the shaw email address is no more. How can I send you this email? Dan FraserDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955473235666777065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-24410739200300798892012-01-06T13:14:39.322-08:002012-01-06T13:14:39.322-08:00Jody - I am sorry to see you go, though the next s...Jody - I am sorry to see you go, though the next stage in your life seems so right for who you are. <br /><br />Your articles have always been one of my favourite sections in the paper. I appreciated your insight, your willingness to take on issues, your doggedness in following up and your extraordinary caring for your fellow human beings. <br /><br />Those of us with adequate means are often too far removed from the social issues. You have given many of us cause for thought and encouraged our participation in finding a solution. <br /><br />A big thanks to you. All the best in your future (and Paul's).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-26329299324067692292012-01-06T10:34:28.397-08:002012-01-06T10:34:28.397-08:00Your writing about the then growing crisis for peo...Your writing about the then growing crisis for people with disabilities in BC, was the first to bring to light that the government and Community Living Living BC were not living up to their responsibilities. Families and community living agencies knew what was going on (or rather, the lack of what should have been going on)but CLBC and the government lied about the crisis, acknowledging there was a problem only after months and months had gone by when, through their own mismanagement the problems systemic in the system, became a subject of the nightly news.<br /><br />You have no idea how many families welcomed your columns that continued to point out the growing crisis keeping it front and center while the various ministers responsible denied there was a problem. Thank you so much for sticking with it, column after column. In the end you did prevail and made a huge difference in how services will proceed for the near future anyway. Unfortunately, you are correct; the cycle of government neglect and denial, and sometimes solution, continues on through generations of cabinet ministers from the government of the day. Were it not for you however, this particular issue would have remained buried, while those in charge smiled and told us all to 'move along, nothing to see here'. <br />Thank you.G. Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249107278244258149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-66804118577653661162012-01-06T10:34:26.352-08:002012-01-06T10:34:26.352-08:00Jody,
Thank you for your many years writing column...Jody,<br />Thank you for your many years writing columns for Times Colonist readers. You brought so many important social issues to us and made us feel the importance of doing something on a personal level. I never wrote to you during those years but your columns about PEERS opened my eyes to a social issue I had never paid any attention to before and now I am one of their supporters. I encourage other people to both donate money to PEERS and take things that are needed as listed on their web site.<br />Good luck in Honduras and with your Spanish! I say that as someone struggling to learn the language.<br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-87128082362701749472012-01-06T10:15:31.904-08:002012-01-06T10:15:31.904-08:00I would recommend reading Linda McQuaig's &quo...I would recommend reading Linda McQuaig's "The Trouble with Billionaires" for an excellent, well researched book on increasing income disparity.Shaun from Victoria BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694271902032923541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30710387.post-29360291867040992682012-01-06T10:06:53.204-08:002012-01-06T10:06:53.204-08:00Jody, you will be missed. I've always enjoyed ...Jody, you will be missed. I've always enjoyed your colume and your voice for the less fortunet. Good luck in all your endevours. I especially new you were a good person when I saw you at John Prine concert in Vancouver a few yrs ago. All the best,<br /> Don DuvallDon Duvallnoreply@blogger.com