DERA OFFICE CLOSED for THREE DAYS
Oldtown News
Vancouver, BC
DERA OFFICE CLOSED for THREE DAYS
The Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) was closed for three days this week so employees could attend court in support of their boss Kim Kerr who is suing former Councillor Peter Ladner. Mr Kerr is the Executive Director of DERA.
DERA closed its doors Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week while court was in session. It seems Mr. Kerr could not stomach attending court on his own and apparently suggested to staff that they should be supporting him. That is code for if you want to keep your job you better do as I demand or else.
DERA receives public funding and one must wonder why staff are being paid to attend court and thereby denying residents of the area the funded services which they are paid to provide.
Thursday the court was in recess so the DERA office re-opened today. Whether staff will again congregate when court convenes is anyone's guess.
One anonymous source who lives in a DERA managed building states, " why does Kim Kerr need DERA staff to accompany him to court when there is a board of directors who are vested with the legal affairs of the society and they should be attending this silly court case and not staff".
The source goes on to claims that this latest episode once again shows DERA's poor judgement and whether DERA has mis-used public dollars by denying residents the services they are supposed to be providing needs answering.
Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com
posted by Jamie Lee Hamilton @ 7:10 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Shameful. It's just blatant sucking up to Kim.
Sounds like the fearless leader may need a diaper change, and many suckholes at the ready to do so.
We're posting it up on our blog:
www.uglychinesecanadian.com
thanks.
On this one we can agree. It would have been more appropriate to ensure a skeleton crew, at a minimum, to keep the doors open and help people in need.
Thanks TUCC and Anonymous. I wonder now if there will be another eviction attempt?
Perhaps DERA's funders should be informed of office closures..
Disgraceful. Tell me, was Mr. Eby in the crowd supporting Kerr since apparently he rushed over to the videographer to ensure that he had Kerr's first comment on tape?
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