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I have to congratulate the tenants who sat out in this very hot humid day to sell their goods, they gave a good effort.  I dropped by and hung around for a bit throughout the day, we laughed, joked and they welcomed all the potential customers. At the tenant meeting I offered to help the ladies when it came time to put away the tables and take down the tents and I stuck to my word.  I got the chance to socialize with tenants Marie and Linda…these women are funny as hell. I have no idea how much money was raised but I hope it was worth it.
At the end I asked fellow tenant Deano to assist with the tables and tents, those suckers are heavy and I was sweating bullets.  Deano & I make a great team similar to Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck, I'm Bugs and guess who's Daffy. LOL  Then we got a surprise Mr. David Christopherson Hamilton Centre NDP dropped by, I introduced myself, shook his hand and he asked what we're all about…I told him we’re fundraising and he said “very good”.  He was on his way to do a presentation at the old folk’s home across the street and I think he got lost we gave him directions and off he went.
To the readers of this blog, as an activist I would like to say I do my part in assisting my fellow tenants more so then the rest of the male tenants in this building and I do care what goes on around me.  Urban Native Homes Inc. remember that the next time KMHC try and screw us over with petty polices and asinine rules.

Yep…I’m still enjoying the summer and now I'm off to the downtown YMCA for a well deserved workout. :)




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Tony King said…
Yep! Once upon a time this place did have a community atmosphere.
February 25, 2014 at 10:21:00 AM EST
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