To the Editor:
An open letter to the Mayor and Council:
For years I have assumed that Keremeos was a somewhat properous little village with a whole lot of potential... that is until I moved here last December.
The last time I counted, there are at least 15 store fronts either closed or empty on Seventh Avenue.
Why?
Could it be that the village “Higher purpose persons” have lost their way?
Things obviously have to change. Your attitude towards the fruit pickers is an obvious example of your misplaced thinking.
I might be wrong, but it seems to me that fruit is a very precious commodity here in Keremeos, yet you make a decision to chase the migrant workers away
workers away without any ability to stay in a somewhat clean, sanitary environment.
What are you thinking? If the migrant workers aren’t here, how long would the orchardists and vineyards survive?
If you continue this insane practice of chasing migrant workers away, are you prepared to lose another 15 or so businesses that won’t be able to pay their property taxes.
You need to provide portable toilets, portable showers, fire pits and garbage bins immediately. Think about it.
Barry Berger, Keremeos