Monday 2 November 2009
Congratulations Dawn Butler MP
Congratulation to Dawn Butler, the Labour MP for Brent South and soon Brent Central. I went to her coffee morning at the Hub in All Souls Church on Friday. She had to leave early to be told that she is now a Cabinet Office Minister. She becomes Minister for Young Citizens & Youth Engagement, although she also retains some Whip responsibilities.
29 comments:
Congratulations to Dawn, she is such a cheerful MP not like the dull Ms Tether. If Dawn can manage to engage our Youth she will do well in the role. She should try to engage those who have support and conections in our estates and our Harlesden neigbourhoods. She should contact the cafe in Roundwood park and see if Marieaska will help her with our youths she knows them best. The kids respect her because she works for them and pushes them to do more than exist.
Chris D. Harlesden
I agree with all that has been said here. Especially about getting the support needed locally, I feel though that Mariaska will have enough on her plate dealing with Brent over the lease negotiations at the cafe. Which I beleive are bogged down by the councills immoral request for back dated rent which will force the cafe to close. Why can't you help with this Councillor Powney as you are the local Councillor and put one over on your nemesis councillor Joseph, who is powerless to help. Go on I dare you to help , it would be a real vote getter locally. John , Kensal Green NW 10
Congratulations Dawn.
You really are an example of how to prosper in this Government.
As the abouve person says try and get Mariaska to help you, as you helped her with the campaign to save the caff. by the way cllr Powney, what is happening at the caff now, perhaps you could blog on that topic.
Steve, Harlesden.
I am rightfully annoyed at how the council has treated the cafe at Roundwwod park.
As a kid, with some behavior difficulties, took part in projects at the cafe. Those summers growing things and doing art and music and movement changed my life. Ms Mari, did that off her own back with no funding from Brent, the times she just sat down and talked to me and made all my issues just fall into perspective and fall away from my life.
As a teenage black male I was one of those kids you all are scared of when you see the hoodies.
As an adult, holding down a job and getting an education, I say thanks to Ms Mari for her persistence with me and for never letting me fall between the cracks in life.
She is an inspiration and even though I used to see her in pain, and finding it difficult to walk, she never just left me without straightening my head out first.
I recommend that Dawn grabs any help she can from Ms Mari, as she has the support of our community and many black teenagers owe there future to Ms Mari's guidance and support.
Finally, someone is saying what we all know, the cafe has never just been about tea and sandwhiches. For years Mariaska has been working her manic on our lives. As a kid, my mother had issues with substance abuse and my home life was not the best. The lodge became a place where I could go and get a meal when there was none at home. Once Ms Mari, knew that i was in this situation there was always food available for me there and Ms Mari never asked for money , just smiled brought a sandwhich
She used to talk to me about life and introduced me to swallows and amazons and a whole literary life I knew nothing about for years as a child I borrowed books from her and she helped me to read books far above my reading age. Keats, Browning, and Voltaire. When other kids who lived in my circumstances where lost to crime and drugs , I escaped to a world of culture and imagination. Ms Mari's house was always full of local estate kids reading and writing and learning things from her that no one ever expected a council estate kid was never going to do. When I still see Ms Mari, and her little dogs she has never changed, still surrounded by little one's learning at her knee. I admire her and even though she has had many health issues her door is always open and many more children like me are able to escape the gutter that is our lives and see a new horizon past the Endz we were raised in. I attended university and my attendance there I attribute to the time Ms Mari lavished on my early education that allowed me to have further education. If Dawn Butler is seeking someone to inspire her as a minister of Youth, I know Ms Mari, will be the best person to help her locally. As a traditional Labour voter I would be happy knowing Ms Mari was there in Dawn's corner and really helping the children of Harlesden. Good luck Dawn.
Well done Dawn, you are a real inspiration to our community. You have climbed high in the ranks of the Labour government and you are an inspiration to our community.
I agree with the person above, that you should ask Mariaska to set up a team for you to consult with, she can really put you in touch with our estate kids. She has guided many of them off the estates and into a different kind of life. She is the only woman I know who is safe /welcome on all the Brent estates or who is willing to go there day or night.
When we had troubles on stonebridge and there were youths who wanted to burn down the new Bridge park complex. Mariaska was one of those who stopped those youths from rioting.
She has the trust of the youth and therefore best placed to help Dawn do what needs to be done.
Tunde Stonebridge
I can't bear the thought of the lodge without Miss Mariaska , she is a total powerhouse of inspiration. I was a pupil at Newfield school and it was always a highlight when Miss Mariaska visited the playground. Everyone new her, and she knew everyone and always encouraged us to do more, we used to have competitions to see who could get the most level fives and we got book tokens and music gifts. When I left Newfield to go to a new school, I told Miss Mariaska I was scared to be going to a new school and did not know anyone there, Miss Mariaska smiled and said don't worry and she introduced me to another boy from my new school who was two years older than me, on my first day st my new school, John the boy she introduced me to was waiting at the school gates, he walked me in and introduced me to his mates and from then on I was never alone . Later I asked John why he had helped me . He laughed and said when he started here, Miss Mariaska asked someone to watch over me, I repaid her kindness to me by helping as I was helped. Miss Mariaska introduced me to the pay it forward method that she lives by, her mind is seriously genius and she can remember all us kids, our strengths and weaknesses. I reckon there is not a child who has come into contact with her tha has not been taught to read and changed forever what they read forever. I learned about Julius Ceasar and his campaigns, and the Art of War, such stratagey to survive anything life threw at me. I have not seen Miss Mariaska for some time now but I still hear from John , who now lives in Dubai and he always asks about her and says until he met her he never thought he would leave stonebridge , never mind working in the gulf , in a job she recommended him for. If Dawn is looking for a really strong friend with a heart of gold then get hold of Miss Mariaska. Before I go I would like to say congrats to Dawn and tell her you have my support and my vote. Jason . Brent London
There is such a big challenge ahead for Dawn, she has come so far so fast and she needs to consolidate a little and take stock of the task ahead. I beleive she is up to the task, and the PM knows what he is doing, I really think that as she is our MP we see her as only dealing with Brent issues, but she has a national portfolio to deal with. Saying that Mariaska would be a great place to start if she is putting a team together. Heaven knows going on some of our council estates is a scary prospect for many of us, but the Queen of Roundwood is up to the task. She inspires such loyalty in Brent. I congratulate Dawn on her new role and wish you all the best. Angie B. Kensal Green
There is a little piece of heaven waiting for Mariaska, as a single mum new to Brent I found Roundwood Lodge through recommendation. There I met a group of mums' with similar problems and suddenly I was not alone and isolated anymore and my daughter had friends to play with. Those early years with my child were made great because of Mariaska made the cafe just right for everyone. I must say that now my daughter is 12 I do not go there like I used to as I am in work, but what a place and what a woman. I saw that Dawn had raised a campaign to save the cafe, can I add saving Mariaska in the cafe too. I hope that Dawn is sucessful in her new job and that she stand behind her promise to save the cafe. If she does she will have my vote .
J Ryan Kensal Green
I, have been shocked by Brent's total attack on
Mariaska, anyone reading the local papers would find it hard not to see how they have demonized her. Those of us who have known the individual cannot reconcile the person we know and the person they are portraying. Mariaska opened that cafe in a wheelchair. I met her first at the willesden community hospital having physiotherapy , following a car accident, where I needed physio Mariaska was determined to get out of tha chair and make a cafe in the park happen. To see her suffer and struggle with her ill health and still managing to find time to help everyone, she is amazing. I hope that Dawn remembers the work Mariaska has done in this community and helps her keep the cafe. And stand up for her against all these awful allegations as I know that Mariaska has suffered with pain and injury for nearl 20 years and how many of you have heard her complain about the restrictions on her life. She just gets on with it and is amazing . Dawn please help rally round Mariaska, and fight this awful slurr on her character. Councillor Powney I also ask you to wade in and support her and the cafe. You will find no end of friends from helping her. Anna . Harlesden
I am so sorry that Mariaska has been put through this stuff. We in Brent know when the dirty squad get going in Brent , mother Teresa would be unsafe under these Liberals.
I was one of those signed the pettition to keep Maiaska at the Lodge. Only to find out that despite Councillor Irwin Van Colle assurances to the community that the council were sympathetic to the situation, that 18 months later they are trying to get back rent on the cafe. In the Executive meeting, Councillor Van Colle said that there were grants available to deal with the arears, failing the Executive's decision to wipe off any claimed entitlement. I now hear that the council is trying to get this money back. Where is Councillor Van Colle now, and what happened to the undertaking Councillor Van Colle gave our community. They seem to have evaporated and memories fade as to promises made. Dawn made a great decision to get involved in saving the cafe. Remember 24500 people signed the petition which is a lot of peoples votes to be messing with in an election year.
Ross Delaney. Brent
Sun Tzu, I remember it well, how strange it was reading books that were written by a Chinese man many hundreds of years ago, The Art of War is the oldest military treatise in the world.
Ms Mari, handed me, a ten year old cocky kid, a copy and said read this and you will know how to defeat all your enemies and she was right.
Just reading that she did this to someone else makes me smile, as at the time it was a private little world for me and Ms Mari, where she told me how to conquer my fears and survive on Church end.
Ms Mari, told me we survive this stuff we don't live it, we affect our surroundings not let them affect us.
I read that book from cover to cover and I tell you a lot of the subtext defeated me, but enough of what she wanted me to learn I learned.
I have found this Councillors Blog today by accident and it has given me an hour of reading taking me back to the times when I thought I could rule the world and that I was being singled out to succeed by Ms Mari.
I smile as I write this as Ms Mari used to smile when I was being silly.
I feel silly, silly and happy and lucky to have met this extraordinary woman who turned my world upside down and made me see that the world was bigger than Harlesden, Neasden, Brent, London England.
I am a teacher aged 35now and some of the things that were taught me I now impart to my pupils. Ms Mari and her pay it forward, oh Lord does that bring memories flooding back.
I now live in Willesden and recently saw Ms Mari, at the sports centre at half term with a gaggle of little Black girls all going swimming with Ms Mari teaching them to swim, they were all around nine or ten years old and following her anywhere she wanted them to go. The pied piper of Harlesden still, making dreams happen for those who least expect them to do so.
I ask everyone who has ever been touched by this colossal woman to rise as she wanted us to do and turn and fight for her. Pay it forward everyone. We all owe her big time, and if Dawn Butler is lucky enough to be able to meet Ms Mari she will see she is in the presence of true greatness. How many people can touch so many others lives and leave them permanently better.
Congratulations to Dawn, there must have been a lot of hard work gone into your achievement.
S. Grant Willesden
I too know this dear Mariaska, and add my voice to cheerng her corner. She is something very special, going the extra mile, with great humanity.
As a friend of some years now, I would also say that any slurs on her character can only come from malice and jealousy, two age-old enemies of intelligence and compassion.
Mrs Summerscales, has hit the nail on the head. If Ms Mariaska is being attacked in this way we really need to look at who is doing the accusing and why they have chosen to do this. Ms Mariaska has enough
love for her locally to withstand the council in it's attempts to discredit her, as no one beleives them at all. They have no credibility and we must ask why the council has chosen to look at the lease of the cafe after so many years of it running this way. If the council now wants a rent that is fine, but should we expect the cafe to pay back rent on a non agreement. Then on top of it to accuse Ms Mariaska of all kinds of things in the newspapers. Everyone knows Ms Mariaska has been struggling with her back and other illnesses for years and even though she has still found the inner strength to help thes children, some of them have written above. Even now besieged by the council Ms Mariaska is still finding time to help children, even the man above said he saw Ms Mariaska taking little girls to teach them to swim. Who amongst us would have the strength to fight the council on keeping the Lodge for us and on these awful scandal making allegations against her. Only Ms Mariaska has the dignity to just get on with her life and help the children of Brent to develop and fight the council without missing a beat. After all this rubbish being said about Ms Mariaska, has anyone seen her in the newspaper attacking Brent, and believe me she could. After all everyone tells her everything that is going on in Brent, as we know she is often confined to her bed with her illness, she is still the most informed woman in Brent and no one has the finger on the pulse of our kids than Ms Mariaska.
If Dawn has the insight enough to see the skills Ms Mariaska can bring to the table she will ask her to get on board with the Youth development
in Brent. Good luck Dawn and congratulations on your success , and may Ms Mariaska win her case and keep the lodge safe for us for many years more. Lora C . harlesden, Brent
I lost my previous post because of computer error. I do not have the time to retype the thing again as the kids are expected from school, the basics were
Marieska needs her own topic on here as people only find this whilst looking Up on Dawns good.
Congratulations Dawn gwan about yuself. If Mariaska is too proud to ask you People to help her I am not. As a kid Mariaska got me shoes when my mother could not afford them and I could not go to school, she asked my mum why I was not in school and my mum told her. She never mentioned it to anyone and I went to school in new shoes that winter because she cared enough to find out why. She gave my mother a letter to take to a shoe shop and the man gave my mum some shoes. I found out later that Mariaska had written to the man guaranteeing payment if my mother failed to pay the £1 per week she could afford. Every week when my mother collected her benefit she went to the shoe shop and paid her £1 to the man. How many people would promise payment on a strangers kids shoes. This lady did this and my mother was able to keep us in shoes by this arrangement all our school life. My mother is now deceased and every year she telephoned Mariaska on her birthday as a way of repaying a kindness to her that she could never repay. I could go on and tell you more stories of this womans kindness. But this is where we say congratulation to Dawn. Leroy. Brent
If a reality check is needed in Brent this is it. When a woman like Ms Mari, can be so badly treated it tells us all it is time to get rid of these idiot Liberals.
In Brent we have few things that we can be proud of, Ms Mari is one of them.
We talk the talk in Brent, with our pride and our Endz, but when it comes down to it we don't protect the things that count.
If we can;t save the cafe, and we cant save Ms Mari from the clutches of the evil empire that is Brent we deserve to lose our homes too. No respect and no pride to anyone of you who votes them in again.
I THINK THE PERSON IS RIGHT, WE SHOULD EXPAND THIS OUT TO BE A DISCUSSION ON MARIASKA.
When I was 9, my dad left my mum, after a very violent relationship, my father was a crack user.
Mum me and my four siblings,lived in the council flats across from the park.
My mum who had never worked, was on benefit and we always struggled. One day after a confrontation with my dad who had come to see us and refused to give any money for food for us, my mum was sitting in the street beaten and sobbing as Mariaska drove by. She reversed her car, came back and asked my mum what was wrong.
My mum who has that West Indian pride thing, found it hard to say what was going on. So Mariaska just sat and consoled my mum and slowly my mum explained that she had run out of money, that we had no gas, electricity and food, that my dad, who now had a new woman, had not brought the money he had promised her and we my brothers and sisters had no food.
My mum even did not have the money to get to the benefit office, nor did she have food for us or electricity she was broken and desperate.
Mariaska, grasped the situation quickly invited us to have some food at the cafe, and spoke to my mum, she then called a friend of hers, who took care of us kids, whilst my mum and Mariaska went to the benefit office. Mariaska stayed with my mum till she had some emergency money and then she drove her to harlesden Plaza to get some power and food and then came and collected us from playing, unaware of the drama past my mothers distress, which at the time we thought was because of dad hitting her.
My mother never spoke about this to Mariaska after that day feeling to ashamed to admit the mess we were in, but she never forgot Mariaska in her prayers.
Now as a grown man, I know exactly how close we were to the edge, and I cannot thank the Angel of Harlesden enough for the act of decency and kindness she showed my mum and the way in which she never to let anyone know what she does for people, we played at the cafe for many years and never really knew how much Mariaska did for us.
I understand that this is a site for Dawn, but as I started off I believe that Mariaska should have her own discussion page.
Well done Dawn and may you one day be the first female and black prime-minister of England.
Ps, get rid of these idiots in the town hall before they wreck everything. I will not sign this, to protect my mothers identity and her embarrassment.
Have you noticed that everyone has something wonderful to say about Mariaska. Yet in Brent a woman like Mariaska can be ignored humiliated and forgotten. We have all heard of her troubles, yet how many of us have written to our council or councillor to support her cause. If Mariasks is being brutalised by this council, it is probably because under the labour administration roundwwod lodge was a source of triumph for them. Unde this Lib Dem bunch, Mariaska has been left to fend off and defend something we all love. Roundwood lodge has been a place where our children can play and we can relax with our kids. Has anyone anything bad to say about Roundwood lodge and it's creator.
Mariaska has withstood the full force of this council in negative mode and she still stands proud and determined, in her place how many of us would have been able to take this brutal attack and carry on undetered . Many of us have experienced her generosity of spirit and her dedication to the people of Brent, most of us would have left brent behind and refused to do another thing. Mariaska has stood proud and said that she is a Brent girl and she refuses to give up on Brent even though the Liberals have seen fit to attack her. The only good thing is that they will not be in power at the next election and hopefuly Mariaska will be released from this persecution. After all who can name the Leader of the council, but we all know who Mariaska
is. Can you beleive we have at least 10 councillors locally around the park, yet which amongst them has put their support for Mariaska and the cafe at the forefront of their local issues. I say you are all damned cowards. Get a spine and do what we elected you to do, fight for what is important locally. Makes me suspicious that their is some political games going on here if none of them are stepping forward, you can imagine that the lithle political groups have their agendas, but you would have expected the Labour party to rise up and fight , perhaps cllr Powney would comment on why the Labour Group in Brent have not stepped on and helped with the situation at Roundwood after all the first lease was agreed whilst you were in power.
F Giordini.
Why don't you people help her and get your councillor's off their batty and do something for Mrs Marie, we all know in Brent who is behind this shutdown on Marieske and the people responsible are going to find themself on the wrong end of an election vote. God don't like ugly and this mess is ugly. I think that those in power are doing this for bad purposes and they better quit their nasty stuff. I can't wait to get on the other end of a voting ballot and get rid of Teather and all that bunch in the town hall and any other councillor who is sitting oh his hands had better watch out, we don't have much in Harlesden but we have loyalty and the power of the vote to show them we don't agree with them. Sarah . Harlesden
I would like to thank Councillor Powney for putting up the link to Roundwood Lodge, it shows a great deal of sympathy with local concerns.
We are all devastated by the thought of the cafe being owned by someone other that Mariaska.
She has weathered all the storms and come through to keep that cafe open for us all.
I agree with everything that has been said about Mariaska, she is warm and generous of spirit and a great community matron.
I hope that you will use your influence in the council to report the concerns of your flock as to the inadvisability of getting rid of Mariaska from the lodge, she creates the stability in this area.
I have even seem on estate agents details, close to the roundwood lodge cafe, and after all have we all not seen our homes go up in value especially because Mariask brought stability to the park and the area in general.
Dawn, I wish you much success with your post and dont forget us on the ground, trying to save something good.
Sue Emmanuelle
Many of you may not know, that Mariaska has been family fostering for many years and has fostered 50 black teenagers, I am one of those boys who was lucky enough to be taken under mums' wing. I was at 13 years old unwanted by my parents and had nowhere to go, the only choice for me wad into care, then along came mum and took me in and I was saved from care. I was raised to be polite and responsible, even though this was not the mindset I came with. Mariaska taught me the joy of good manners.
I was a violent , agressive and rude teenager, but mum rubbed away at those hard edges until there was nothing left of that former me.
I cannot tell you how vexing it is to see my mum go through all this stuff with brent. But you know my mum never has a bad word to say about them, she just carries on doing things her way. Can you imagine what a role model she is to grow up with, incredible. I have been lucky to be rescued by this wonderful, warm and intelligent woman, who is surrounded by people who really love her and has fifty sons who have all benefitted from her guidance and are scattered all over this world doing productive things. I am still here in London, and still very much in need of her support, but I have to be independent now as I am too old to be dependent, but she always takes the trouble to scold me and keep me focussed, can you imagine a mother that phones your tutor every week for an update and who keeps me focussed on the life path she put me on. Sometimes it's really annoying, when you think you are a big man, but it is nice to know she still cares enough to keep me on the straight and narrow. I love her unconditionally and I am do happy to see that so many people love and respect my mum the way I do. Anneas Francois. A proud son.
Mariaska Has always been a local favorite, which makes the attack upon her and what she represents very surprising.
There must be a political edge to this that we are not seeing.
After all under Labour the Lodge has grown and flourished, yet under the present administration Mariaska has been attacked and threatened with eviction from the cafe.
I am not sure if Mariaska has a political side, she always seemed not to be political to me.
But one has to question the amount of rubbish that has been thrown her way and ask could it have a political overtone.
If we the community lose roundwood lodge to outsiders and others, no one will ever go there and it will become the eye sore it was before Mariaska came and wove her magic on the place.
I cannot find anything bad to say about her, no one that I know has ever heard anything but good being done by her, so why the attacks.
We are all aware that Mariaska has had her health issues and indeed often disappears from sight for months at a time to rest her damaged spine,so why is all this rubbish being spoken about her not being sick. It must be discrimination against her disability and that must be against the law surely. I hope Dawn stands up for her and stops the Liberals persecuting this poor woman.
J Holloway. Brent
Does anyone else remember the day about 12 years ago, when there were gun shots in the park and two men were running with guns firing at each other outside the birdcage in the park.
Ms Mari gathered the kids inside the lodge and put the shutters down and stood by the gates of the lodge and made sure no one came inside the cafe area. As a child I remember her calm and her courage, she was not afraid to stand there and risk being shot to make sure they did not come inside the cafe area, which was full of kids. Goodness knows if she can face the guns of Harlesden, she can face up to the Liberal Democrats and their stupidity.
I am 25 now and remember that event like it was yesterday, I wondered if anyone else did, I remember Tim was there and Martin his dad and a few others, they live in Australia now,I just wondered if anyone else remembered it. S Gold.
I was in the park one day on roller blades, and I fell off, I was with my kids and sustained a really bad gash on the brow of my eye,which bled a lot, Ms Mari came to my rescue and applied sticky stitches and cleaned the area, she did it so well that I have no scar.
She has that old fashioned indomitable spirit, the one that never says die.
People like Ms Mari are extinct in England today, that stiff upper lip and get on with it seems to have gone from our society.
She needs to be preserved along with the park as a piece of Brent heritage.
K Allen Harlesden.
Hi Susan, I remember you and I Remember the gun men in the park.
I remember how miss Mariaska took all the kids from the play area at the lodge at full pelt inside the cafe making it a game for us and closed the shutters quickly so we were all safe inside the cafe. eating free ice cream.
She stood out there waiving her walking stick making sure the gun men stayed away from the lodge. They probably thought she was very scary being so unafraid of them as she was.
You cant think that anyone could be so brave or foolish,to risk their own life, but she kept us all safe and we never heard anything more about the gun men, as usual the whole area was flooded with Police, but we were safe inside the lodge, whilst the Angel of Harlesden watched over us.
There were about 15 of us inside and I knew only a few people there, I have written to them to let them know that you were enquiring.
I am sad for what they are doing to Miss Mariaska now,she seems to be besieged with Brent foolishness, she never had these problems under Labour, maybe it is a Liberal political thing.
There are so many wonderful things and stories about Miss Mariaska, it like the Woody Allen movie, Broadway Danny Rose, where they all have a story about the person.
I have only fond memories of free ice cream and clowns and bouncy castles and a feeling of complete safety.
Dasha, Brent
News on the Kensal green drums is that one of Mariaska's son's is opening up the grocery at Chamberlayne road. The old Miro's grocery, which mysteriously closed suddenly a couple of weeks ago. Thank goodness it's in safe hands now with Mariaska's son's running it . Looking forward to what he does with it, if it's anything like the Lodge, it will be great food and unusual things . It's so funny to think that little boy who Mariaska took under her wing, is now grown and copying mum. He was always so polite and nice when he worked at the cafe, so lots of people must know him already. So he will have a lot of support to make it a success.
Yet another investment in our community by this family.
Good luck to Dawn with her new job and to Karim in running the grocery.
A, Carmichael
Councillor Powney, I have read your blog and one thing is glaringly obvious. That Mariaska is extremely popular and well thought of. What are you doing to help Mariaska keep the lodge safe in her hands. Surely the councillors have an input into thes decisions. I think it is important to Labour voters that a people person like Mariaska be supported. All of us know that this rubbish being spread about that Mariaska is somehow involved in something wrong is just Brent being bad again. I have known Mariaska for years and she is riddled with pain constantly and she lives off pain killers and the constant knowledge that her spine could give away at any time. I was in the park once when she collapsed in pain at the back of the cafe. She took her medication after falling down unable to move and was driven home by her carer . I did not see her for two months, all of which she spent in bed recovering from her collapse. She has been a really brave woman, who has a disability yet carries on when she can and bares up with such dignity when she is bed ridden. Even with all her own problems she still takes time to help everyone, I hope Ms Butler will pitch in and help poor Mariaska fight these awful Liberals and the Conservatives who allow it to happen. Anyway we have elections in May and we can all fight them then.
Liz Cox Kensal Rise.
I am shocked at this Liberal councils nerve at writing to the Youth parliament, with threats and intimidation. It just goes to show what everyone is saying here is true that Brent cannot behave itself in a manner we expect from our council. Just because Dawn invited these kids does not give them the right to threaten them. I hope Dawn who was there host is going to stand up and give them hell for it.
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