The Antonio Batista Death-by-Poem Trial
May 28-29, 2007
Why does this trial matter so much? Yes, Political Freedom of Expression. But here is something that was never pointed out in Court.
Councillor Pat Saito is on the Peel Youth Violence Prevention Committee and on the Peel Police Community Liaison Committee --that is Youth and Police Service are very much this Councillor's focus.
Youth. Police.
"operational excellence"... "model of excellent public administration" or "office is incapable of meeting the acceptable standards of response to municipal affairs."
So which is it? It's an important question, don't you think? Which is it?
I leave you with this video, taped mere hours after the close of Mr. Batista's trial --of Councillor Pat Saito expressing her views regarding grafitti and prettying up fire hydrants in Mississauga. I keep watching it over and over as a constant reminder about something that Mr. Batista said at his trial.
"she does not think how you feel"
And so here is video of Councillor Pat Saito Wednesday May 30, 2007 --the day after Mr. Batista's trial closed. For the Councillor, it seemed to me that Life went on as if Mr. Antonio Batista never happened --never mattered.
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