Money could be spent to honour our homeless

whatthef...
sounds like a bad SNL sketch
"This 36,000 dollar statue commemorates all the money that didn't go to aiding the homeless"

how about spending the $36 000 on soup kitchens. A statue does fuck all to alleviate hunger or not having shelter.

Talk about insensitive.

Try doing something a little more positive than honouring people who died because of apathy from all levels of Government, Edmontons included.

I'm sure a statue would be of great solace to a person who's hungry cold and helpless.

It's just so some scuzzy politician(s) get a photo op.

I'm sure they'll put some nice park benches all around it.

It'll be a nice place for the homeless to sleep, with the benches and all. Provides a bit of shade on a hot summer day too! Yep, AWESOME plan!

I agree why build a statue when you can feed people with the same money?

Statue won't beg and smell once completed

I can see why they want to raise awareness but a single statue is not going to do anything much considering you can manage much more with that money by funding charity drives or getting local airtime.

Statue won't beg and smell once completed

Think about what you just said.

Statue won't beg and smell once completed

Think about what you just said.

I don't see what you are getting at

I agree I want a statue to that guy who died after drinking a great big bottle of aftershave that I stepped over on the street minutes before he died.

To show how much he mattered to me.

Statue won't beg and smell once completed



Classless...

If I was homeless I think I would be insulted by having good money spent on a statue and not on food or shelter.