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Esquimalt: Myth and Reality
A lot of people associate Esquimalt as the 'ghetto' of Victoria due to deeply engrained stereotypes. The media constantly shows the violence and crime that occurs in the area. However Esquimalt is a very diverse community that is constantly changing. Many of the preconceived notions about the area are not entirely true. So what really defines Esquimalt and why are there these stereotypes?
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Esquimalt Mayor Caught With No Drivers License.- No ticket issued
ESQUIMALT: The latest tool used by police patrolling B.C. roads is infrared scanning technology.
Attached to unmarked police cars, the devices check license plates in a matter of seconds identifying uninsured vehicles and possible unlicensed divers.
Police say the technology has greatly increased the number of unlicensed drivers they pull off the road every day.
That's exactly what the Capital Regional District's Integrated Road Safety unit was doing recently when it stopped a car on Esquimalt Road. Inside the car was the Mayor of Esquimalt and the Deputy Chair of the Esquimalt -Victoria Police Board. She has, by her own admission, been driving with a license that expired November 2009.
The mayor says she didn't know her license was expired and did not receive a notice from ICBC.
She says she wasn't given a ticket for the driving infraction, but an officer did give her a ride to a police board meeting, for which she was late.
Well I was told that they would not give me a ticket and that they would warn me at that time and I was very thankful for it, says Barb Desjardins.
When asked if in her role as elected official and also her position on a police oversight body that she should have asked the officer for a ticket and then disputed the fine in court, Desjardins say at the time she was in shock.
To be frank with you I was a little in shock that I had even been pulled over and that I had no license, says Desjardins. So, it's all well and good to look back and say 'Okay I should have insisted on this, or I could have done it this way. I certainly could have walked. I was prepared to walk.
The Esquimalt Mayor says she received a courtesy that she believes is being provided to anybody
I think you are building a lot into it that isn't there, she says. I am certainly a law abiding citizen as much as I can. In fact, I try to hold myself up a little bit higher because of these judgments. And whatever the police wanted to do in terms of whether they gave me a ticket or not -- you can discuss that with them
The supervisor of the Capital Region Integrated Road Safety Unit believes the Esquimalt Mayor wasn't intentionally driving without a license, and he says handing out tickets is up to the discretion of the officer.
Five percent of the law is white, five percent of the law is black and there's ninety percent that is discretionary, says Sgt. Ross Elliot. That's the way I've always worked and it's always worked well for me in my career. I hate to say in this situation 'You will do this' but, expired for ten months to me means ticket.
Elliot says he will be speaking to the officer.
The chair of the Victoria Police Board says he will raise the issue at the board's next meeting.
I'm certain it will be at this stage in time, says Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin. It's one of the things that we should get some information from our Chief of Police just to make sure that we have an understanding of just the scope of what's being said here. But the important thing is that we recognize that no one should be above the law and most importantly civic officials.
The Esquimalt mayor agrees. She says she was not looking for, nor expected, any special treatment. She is now looking to the positive side of being stopped.
If this does anything and makes people look at their license then it's a valid thing, she says.
It's a move that could save you a $276 fine and towing charges.
Tough laws cost drivers - Police seize vehicles
VICTORIA: B.C. drivers caught speeding or drinking and driving are feeling the pinch as the province hits them in the wallet and takes their keys.
The toughest drinking and driving laws in the country came into effect at Midnight, but lawyers and the b-c civil liberties association say they go too far.
The South Island Integrated Road Safety Unit launched a speeding campaign on the Malahat this afternoon and within minutes they pulled over so many cars -- there was barely room for them at the side of the road.
First, there was a woman who police say was driving her son to university. Police say she was driving 128 in an 80 kilometre zone.
The sad thing is we see this all the time, says Constable Eric Thompson The good thing is, the weather today is sunny and the roads are dry. But we even see speeds like this when it pelting with rain.
Two minutes later the team pulls over two more cars, a taxi and a car that police say was tailgating.
The cars were doing 126 in an 80 zone, says Constable Bima Ribeiro and that means they were travelling 46 over the limit. Under the new laws their vehicles will be impounded for 7 days.
And for some of the people driving over the Malahat there's also the added cost of renting another car to get home, as far away as Campbell River.
Police say the impoundment will curb speeders and people who drink and drive.
The drivers who had their cars seized on the Malahat are not happy with the new laws. They say they are happy to pay the fine, but believe the province is treating them like criminals by impounding their cars.
The B.C. Civil liberties association agrees. It says the new laws remove fair process.
Victoria lawyer Michael Butterfield has no problem with the new laws for speeding, but he says it's inevitable that someone will launch a charter challenge against police acting as judge and jury at the side of the road.
Butterfield says challenging a ticket could cost at least 25 thousand dollars. He suspects those who can't afford a lawyer will pay the fine and live with the loss of their vehicle.
That's what the province is counting on hoping drivers will get the message and the number of deaths on b-c roads will drop significantly.
Until then, the only people making money appears to be tow truck drivers, taxis picking up drivers stranded on the road, and the province.
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Stolen Trailer stolen by XXXX from Burnaby BC on March 15th 2012
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Uniontown, PA 4/4/09: The Fayette Central RailRoad Pt. 1
The first railroad to run in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was the Pittsburgh & Connellsville (P&C). The first section ran from Turtle Creek, near Pittsburgh, to Connellsville. Although the P&C was incorporated in 1837, the first trains did not run in Fayette County until 1855. The delay to reach the county seat of Uniontown was even longer.
The leaders of Uniontown initially supported the idea of a railroad. General Henry W. Beeson had been one of the initial subscribers to the P&C, and in the 1830's he supported the advent of the railroads. However, in the 1840's, he changed his position. At a meeting held in Uniontown in July 1845, General Beeson argued that the railroad would take away commerce from the National Road, including all of the businesses in Uniontown, such as black smiths and taverns, which serviced the travelers on the National Road. His efforts slowed the railroads' arrival in Uniontown.
However, when the Pennsylvania Railroad opened a line to Pittsburgh in 1852, the citizens of Uniontown were aroused to the importance of the railroads. At another meeting held at the courthouse on January 11,1853, James Veech, Esquire, painted the picture of prosperity that would be brought by the railroad. Subscriptions began that day for the Fayette County Railroad (the first FCRR). The Fayette County Railroad was the first to reach Uniontown when it opened a line between Connellsville and Uniontown in late 1859 that was officially opened on Monday, January 2,1860.
History loves irony. Despite General Beeson's efforts, not only did both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the B&O reach Uniontown, but also tracks were actually laid right down the middle of one of its streets. The name of that street - Beeson Boulevard! The tracks are still there, and on special occasions the Fayette Central Railroad runs right down Beeson Boulevard.
The Route
FM&P Subdivision of the B&O
The Fairmont, Morgantown & Pittsburgh Railroad Company (FM&P) operated between Uniontown, PA, and Fairmont, WV. It was actually consolidated from five different railroads: The Fairmont, Morgantown & Pittsburg (no h); the Fayette County Railroad; the State Line
Railroad; the Smithfield and Masontown, and the Cheat Haven and Bruceton. When all were consolidated in 1915, the h was added to
Pittsburgh.
The line became known as the Sheepskin Route. Here are two stories about the nickname. The first is that a sheep farmer, angry that the train running through his farm scattered his sheep, cursed it as that sheep skinning railroad. The second explanation is that Morgantown is home to West Virginia University, where students receive sheepskins (diplomas) when they graduate.
In the late 1890's the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad acquired the FM&P and the 11 miles of track from the Fayette County Railroad connecting Uniontown to the B&O main line. This area was known as the Coke Region because thousands of beehive ovens operated in this area. In the 1950's most of the coke traffic relocated to Pittsburgh, but there was a great deal of freight traffic until the 1970's. Regular passenger service ended in 1953. In the 1980's Chessie System removed the tracks from Smithfield, PA to Morgantown, WV.
In 1996 CSXT sold the remaining line to the Fay-Penn Industrial Development Corp. The Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad handles freight service, and the Fayette Central Railroad offers scenic trains to allow people to Ride the Sheepskin Line.
The fourth Rail Diesel Car ordered by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad rolled out of the Budd Corporation's Red Lion plant in Philadelphia on April 15, 1953 and joined the Pittsburgh commuter pool for the Pittsburgh to Versailles route.
On February 1, 1975, the Port Authority of Allegheny County took over the commuter service and leased 9913 until 1981.
Equipment
It was then leased to the Maryland Department of Transportation for use in the Washington-Baltimore area. MARC purchased it in 1991, and it was retired on January 8, 1993.
9913 was donated to the B&O Railroad Museum as the last RDC to retain its original B&O lettering. She has had minimal changes throughout her service life. The Fayette Central Railroad has leased the 9913 from the B&O Railroad Museum collection and restored the car to its original paint scheme inside. Ride in air-conditioned comfort.
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