In councillor O’Niell’s world those of us who work hard for a living and buy goods with our earnings are as much to blame for being robbed as those who steal from us. The message from Cllr. O’Neill is ‘don’t buy anything nice with the money – it you do then it’s your fault that you’ve been burgled’.
As it happens I’m too busy paying my mortgage to own anything that would make my neighbours especially envious, but I cannot believe that anyone councillor O’Neill represents would share his views (unless they happen to be burglars).
O’Neill has shown that he’s out of touch, just as he crossed the boundaries of acceptable behaviour with his Nazi slur – he should resign.
Edit: as a couple of posters have pointed out – it is possible to construe cllr. O’Neill’s post in two different ways, and it is quite possible, and indeed probable that his post did not come out as intended. If this is the case, and I have indeed mistaken his intent then I apologise unreservedly for my mistake. As Confucious once said: ‘in literature, clarity is everything’.
Do you not think its Sad,well in four years a have fought hard and achieved results, Prior to the council i worked as an Appropriate adult along with my full time work, visiting Local Police stations helping any one who needed my help, all levels of our community.I helped to clear the Black Harry, Fit Benches and plants and Establish the Cutting of the Fields,Fight so many cases over the past years i have lost count. But now i support Burglers and should resign? I wish these so called intellectuals sat back and smelt what the real world was like.I see he offers an apology but sadly i bet the post stands.I am unsure who is really out of touch.Perhaps the residents will decide that point?