Unpublished letter sent to the Record editor, October 28th, 2008

I wish to clear up a misprint that was in the October 25th, Record, "Candidates look for votes". At the [then] recent Queensborough All-Candidate’s meeting I did not say that I had sat on a community policing committee for almost a decade. What I did say was that I was a founding director of the New Westminster Police Service’s Community Policing Committee and had been a director for a number of years following. I, along with my wife, Elizabeth, also volunteered for a number of years with the New Westminster Police Service’s Citizen’s Crime Watch. Through volunteering with these two community services I have become well aware of the need for a permanent police presence in Queensborough.
At last Tuesday’s meeting I also mentioned that Mayor Wright has been promising a permanent police presence in Queensborough since as early as October 2005, stating that it would be in place by 2006. I would like to reiterate that this needs to be a budget priority. The relocation of the casino to Queensborough increases this need and also provides a revenue generator to make this to happen.

- Neil Powell
Voice New Westminster Candidate for Council