Council calls for second look at high density development

I love this quote:

“I was born into high density,” McDonald said.
“It sucks.”

http://www.langleytimes.com/news/213183351.html

Abandoned home goes up in flames in Aldergrove (Developer owned)

http://www.langleytimes.com/news/213548541.html

Suspicious fire causes oil slick in Nicomekl River (Developer Owned)

Again, the owner is criminally negligent and should be charged!  Am I wrong??  Is there some reason why the authorities are reluctant to do so??

http://www.langleytimes.com/news/211908941.html

Boarded up home in Langley City goes up in flames (Developer Owned)

http://www.langleytimes.com/news/211061041.html

Langley Welfare Crack-House Shut Down. Let's celebrate! (Developer Owned)

After numerous visits by police, by by-laws, the health department and the fire department the Crack House has been cracked.  FINALY!

The residents have been removed, the house has been boarded-up and keep-out signs posted.  The place is a complete mess with refuse and broken articles strewed all over the property.  Hopefully the place will be torn down or someone will buy it and fix it up for their own honest use.  The place has been the scourge of the surrounding neighbourhood with property crime spiking.  People have had their vehicles and houses broken into and have had their person's robbed while walking on the streets in the area and a crack-head has overdosed at the end of our driveway while waving a crowbar.  Fun eh?  It was a great education for our young kids...

I imagine it would be telling if you could triangulate the recent crime statistics with this house at it's epicentre.  It is good thing it has been shuttered.

The danger is still there though, not only is the place a mess but the boards are only a mild deterrent for squatters and if they end up in there you know it will only be a matter of time before the place goes up in flames.  And being hemmed in by large pine trees a good part of the street could burn.

The lower mainland underbelly now knows the area, and they know that there are other developer and holding company owned abandoned houses around Brookswood were they can live for a time, feed off the local residents and shoot-up.  The above place should be torn down, a lien should be placed upon it and all the police and other service costs that the local tax payers have incurred should be assessed (including wages) and the owner charged.

Wouldn't that be fair considering all the damage this one owner has caused?  The owner should be liable for his negligence, right?  He was the one that didn't screen the residents right??  Or will insult be added to injury and we will just eat the costs as usual as part of our rapidly increasing taxes.  Maybe Langley Township and City should be less circumspect about calculating and litigating these situations especially when they are caused by owner (developer/holding company) neglect and carelessness AND creating a slum as a result.

May then, and only then, will they be forced to care a little about the world around them instead of just thinking about the cash that will line their pockets...