My wife is dying in Jubilee Lodge, a facility which is severely overcrowded with four beds to a room with a total of 67 residents. Will this new facility reduce the present undesirable atmosphere at Jubilee Lodge? When was Pat Bell last in Jubilee Lodge? It is a very depressing place at the best of times. I have the utmost admiration for the staff at Jubilee, many whom took a wage cut thanks to Pat Bell and his Liberals. Now we learn that we are paying an administrator an annual salary of 1/4 of a million dollars. Where is all of this taking us? Does anyone really care for seniors such as my dying wife and I or is it just more lip service for political gain? I hope others will comment on this present news story.

Take a walk through the older wing of Simon Fraser Lodge. Four persons to a room. Depressing place to have to take your mother. When you have no other choice, what are you supposed to do? You stay in the hospital for 3 months until a bed in one of these 4 bed wards comes available and they hope and pray that someone will die in the newer wing or in some other facility that maybe your mom can move into, sometime in the next year or so.

These outrageous wages somehow leave a bitter taste in my mouth. Percy

At least this building will be a start, however as the population of Prince George gets older, (and it is very rapidly) we will need more of these facilities. I doubt if much will be done as unless people start to raise hell with our Politicians. As to the Salaries that is a crime, however you will find the same thing with all top Government people in this area. NHA, UNBC, Government, etc. They love to get these high priced jobs. Even our Mayor is higher paid than any other City of similiar size in the Province. When you include his income from the Regional District he is making over $100,000.00 per year plus expenses.

Money invested into Seniors Facilities is a must, however at the moment these seem to be the priorities.

(1) UNBC Sport Plex $30 Million
(2) New Cameron St Bridge $22 Million
(3) Co-Gen plant to heat City Buildings $9 Million
(4) New Police Station $12 Million
(5) New Museum $5 Million
(6) Replay board at CN Centre $850,000.00

These are all nice and fun things, however there is little or nothing for Seniors. If we dont raise Hell with the Mayor and Councillors and our MLA'S it will just go on.

Palopu has expressed the facts as it relates to our politicians' priorities. There is nothing which relates to seniors, the disabled or our ageing population. I think I will be alone, with no support, as I reach the end of my days. After paying high taxes to various levels of government for all of my 46 working years, is this to be the reward for being an honest citizen for all of these years? Will justice be done in the short term or will the aged be nothing but a negative aspect in the eyes of today's politicians?