'I understand the frustration, but if you’re sending death threats to people, something has gone too far.'
A residents meeting held at the BGC Cape Breton building in Whitney Pier on Sunday attracted about 50 spectators who came to express their frustration that their neighbourhood has been left out of Santa Claus parade plans. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POSTSYDNEY, N.S. — Christmas cheers have turned into Christmas jeers over forthcoming plans to stage a Sydney Santa Claus Parade next month.
Green was then informed that a local business committee has formed and was taking it over, and they wanted to follow the same route as the Pride Parade route used this past summer.“None of the other councillors were even contacted about this,” said Green. “I just wanted to let people know at the meeting that the decision to go elsewhere with the Santa Claus parade didn’t come from me, that’s all.”
Nathanson said he is putting blame on this decision toward CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall, to the point of putting up signs and encouraging residents to flood the mayor with messages to reinstate the Pier as part of the parade route.Alisha Barron, owner of Fired Creations — The Pottery Painting Café and chair of the Sydney Santa Claus Parade committee:"We’re not going to sit there and be ridiculed and told that we’re racist.
“We’re not going to sit there and be ridiculed and told that we’re racist,” said Alisha Barron, who’s also owner of Fired Creations — The Pottery Painting Café. “Somebody online said that this committee obviously doesn’t care about the little Black kids in the Pier. Alan Nathanson, left, president of the Whitney Pier Group Society, with volunteer Drew MacDonald, place signs up accusing the CBRM mayor for allegedly ignoring Whitney Pier residents and their concerns with not including the neighbourhood as part of a Santa Claus parade route.
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