Diversity in the West End? Forget about that, says Randy Helten. Most of the individuals who are different from WEN's notion of the demographics of the neighbourhood are nothing more than stereotypes, apparently.
Last night there was a story on Global about the annual about the Celebration of Light fireworks competition that is slated to begin tonight. In it, there were comments from MLA Spencer Herbert and Brenty Granby of the West End Resident’s Association regarding tolerance for the diversity of the neighbourhood (refer to CivicScene’s Quote of the Day for Granby’s quote). This is of course in consideration of several gay bashings that have occurred in the West End over the past few years.
Now, juxtapose those utterances with the content of this letter from Randy Helten, the “spokesperson” of the West End Neighbours (WEN) group, and you will see how narrow the viewpoints of some lining up against the Mayor and Council truly are.
