Stop Mayor Walt Cobb Facebook Page Launched in Williams Lake
Williams Lake, B.C. – Williams Lake City Council’s crime initiatives have raised the ire of a local high school student.
17 year old Arthur McLellan, a grade 12 student at Williams Lake Secondary School, has launched the Facebook page ‘Stop Mayor Walt Cobb’ in response to council’s goal of injecting prolific offenders with GPS tracking chips.
“Well I was just concerned about his (Cobb’s) lack of regard for human rights,” he says. “From what I’m aware it’s illegal and biblically I’m also a Christian so it sounded a bit like the ‘Mark of the Beast’ to me.”
Williams Lake City Council passed a motion to endorse and support GPS tracking on prolific offenders last week.
It was in response to a disturbing apparent gunpoint robbery of a bicycle from a teenage boy in a popular park.
McLellan says he sympathizes with council’s concern but suggests there are other ways to “remedy crime.”
“Like a neighbourhood watch or putting cops on foot patrol in the general area. It happened right near the police department so I think increased police presence would help rather than injecting people with microchips.”
He says his Facebook page has received a mixed response so far.
“There’s been some negative and positive stuff too. They said it had a bit of a negative tone so I toned it down a little bit. But otherwise it’s been pretty good, people have been supportive.”
Regardless of what happens with council’s proposals, he figures they’ve already achieved their goal.
“They’re taking a page from Donald Trump and causing controversy on purpose. I think they deliberately put this out as an attention grabbing campaign. I hope they’re not taking it seriously.”
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I think his statement was tongue in check and taken fully out of context, but here is a thought, If you have no intentions of being a prolific criminal, relax, you have nothing to worry about.
oh an by the way, check out teh web site, the owner of “Stop Mayor Walt Cobb” posted this comment
“Apparently the mayor is actually not in favour of this but he instead supports other means of surveillance. It was actually Scott Nelson who supported the injectable surveillance. I would like to apologise for the confusion.”
” If you have no intentions of being a prolific criminal, relax, you have nothing to worry about.”
That seems to be the mantra of people willing to give up all of their rights.
I have no intentions of being a career criminal, too old for that foolishness…nor do I have to worry about giving up on my rights…
They have had monitoring systems in place for years….
I am in no way saying to inject anything into a persons body, though in time it may happen, times change,, but neither did the mayor in the article above but he is being crucified for it…that was my point
‘…and biblically I’m also a Christian so it sounded a bit like the ‘Mark of the Beast’ to me’
So you’re an idiot then? A waste of media oxygen.
Maybe and idiot but someone with enough integrity to put his name to fighting for Canadians human rights. That’s probably more than you’ve ever done.
So… How is he an idiot?
This is no fight for human rights,. We already have the rights. It would be impossible for a Municipality to bring in any legislation or bylaws that would allow such things as implants.
This is much ado about nothing.
“This is much ado about nothing”
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Well, except for the fact that several elected representatives in a Canadian municipality actually supported the idea, thus displaying their intellect and wisdom for all to see.
Maybe if Trump doesn’t win the election down south, he could buy Williams Lake as a summer property.
NMG~ “Well, except for the fact that several elected representatives in a Canadian municipality actually supported the idea, thus displaying their intellect and wisdom for all to see.”
Lets not forget some of the regular posters on here who supported the idea when it became news on 250news last week. It was quite the display of intellect and wisdom on this news blog as well… I was in awe. ;-)
Cheers to a mayor who supports the rights of all his cities non criminal residents. I hazard a guess that Williams Lake is similar to PG wherein the government funded criminal element are free to do what they like with no fear of extended incarceration or punishment. Of course the chip idea is bs. but how about a negative drug test to get your welfare cheque.
Oh for the days of Grace McCarthy. Case of beer and a carton of smokes for a vasectomy or tube tying.
An offender earns the title Prolific Offender by repeatedly breaking the laws which exist and apply to all members of our society. In some jurisdiction in the USA there is a ‘three strikes and you are out’ law in effect and they get locked up. We do not have that here so our prolific law breakers are out and about roaming freely looking for more opportunities and we have no idea where they will strike next. Apparently we seem to be accepting that fact!
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