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l I _ WATERLOO CHRONICLE OWEdncsday. December 7. 2011 - 9 ___.____â€"a____ l -, ., . . . , . , ‘ . l LH llsz [0 THE CHRONICLE Crlme as 1 l Police budget getting $151335 “ ‘ ““5 ““d ”mg “we" Less than a case of beer a o I out OfCOHtl'Ol And don‘t even get me started on IM Park is a great place. no many Vlctlms l l -.retention pay as another money Rdouht about that. but my 1 e ’itft irt l l’; 1* )‘stni l's ,, -_~‘ ‘\ t ' ' . l R + mMm 1 ». f. . ” ‘ ' y y . -_ , , ’ _ . , ‘ morning, Six years ago, was both horrific and l proposed poltt e senIt es the same. Ihe chit-l submits pie tit that we still ova-$55 million. unimaginable l‘ bud" )t'ltil)sw‘s o ' i ’7 . . ’ v . -- - -‘ . . . -. a " . ' . - m- : in" H “WT “it“? 3* llNifil‘H‘ion for haek with some savings by (an million to be paid off by 2031 and 0f town attending a teachers conference when police came to l "It'Tt'aW Mid new hires ~ eelling a few pen and paperelip then goes on it) talk about $55.6 mil- her hotel room to 35k h" to return home. Her house was a l ”W PM“? l’lldgl‘l l" ”’99 Wits orders [he headline then reads lioit outstanding. l'hat means that crime scene and her husband. lason. was In custody after “mi l 555 million. In 1” wars it doubled to “Polite strip budget down to the we have paid at? about $901 million festlng'().lhe hmm “I” and k'dneppmg ortwo.w"men‘ l l ‘;l Ill million tti 2-009 ‘lotlat‘ it is 1 bare bones" ‘tnd "We iteed officers in the Past ltlvears “PM? I knew was destroyed. Moroney writes In her new l ‘ . ‘ . . ._- . . ‘ ‘ f, ‘ - g , , book. through the Glass. “l vowed that one day I would he 1 i stpggt-ripg and bloated 311. million on the street Why do we 5:" rsqlutge it) maze I whole again. “its is mystorv." l lssis'si’. '- . ~. ;' "'. " ’ . . ' « .. . l is for salaries so it he i'liet'ki-d how l’olti'e I" llte budget passes and the numbers did not make any sense l and compasston. I first heard ”f Moroney when ”he was I” mam [lulu t' ”NH t'ts earn U\t‘l tantaver gets hit again and neither do his. V l town la“ month promoting her book. while speaking 0m [.0 l l ‘1')" ”(W on the ”Hm-ll \IIINHIH' lltts is not thotit oiliters oil the l-itlier he is niisquoted or its a audiences aboutthe impact h” husbands crimes had on h“ l l ‘ ' ‘ - ‘ . “cums, along With her own relationships, community status I ‘7} \\t' \ioiiltl lititl lot) oi the to” street “'1‘“ “l beer a 31"” I“ mm" the dd“ and career. ‘ (1 "so ‘tl t'tl s s i- - . i»; . -~"» .. - iv .. r. l .. ”WW d pun" ”I “mm mm“ “mm“ “mm m standing t‘osts associated with ”I“ Moroneytold tire this past week over the phone lrotit her an. mt-rpaid “I a” m_ “TD mummy, ”I; 11w.“ h mm my t‘t\pa\‘ers ill“ Park home in loronto. 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David Hm Austen “(My i. written wllh ”a" (I‘m!) ‘ 0f t l existing rite ins ind stop “hitting hitter/no Hitter/no the grief. confusion. judgment and g t . ‘ ‘ ‘ loss she experienced. Moroney also ' - ‘ f ' 7 km” 7 7 W V ,.., iiiiiii V 7"? ,..,.,.,.,,,,_, 3 shares her journey filled with (‘tintpah- “ 1 i 0 1 ston. forgiveness and hope. l i A few thlngs to get off my chest ; at it... up i..iii.m.h.,m.t..i.1 g : in Kingston. speaking to inmates at 4 j i o mam items to \\‘fllt' about. so little time to "ll“‘lhiIlWflY I'm"0'l'ntln‘lV‘lm'lh"“'115‘1lÂ¥r”l"‘d' l ”W” correctional “"1””5'" said l S get all til my opinions out. l‘ll’sl I'll start With a breakingstatement. l Moroney. who now works in the ‘ MARSHALL 1 t little bit til 1 li-anitp I feel for the people in Norlhdale. l hey've been emerging field of restorative justice. ‘ WARD 3 j ‘\ maple ol melts ago I mote a t‘liltlttll) about [l'I|~ stuck In limbo for years and it must be frustrating. “Prisons are not a "I“. place u, go. but .. "ma. . , a i ‘ gitin Ill [llt‘ st ltools antl I thought I was litir- A“. h A H .. a. NOW. Will] some llll‘k. something (“'1’ it's some of the most meaningful work I do. ‘ l\ tlt'ill about my feelings to reiterate. if . . ‘ t’rete might tome otit olit by liiite. "Speaking to a room full of men who have done awful ‘ m“ “d,” whine” ”I your “hunt ”It." Ma [’[ [( .l. ( )l ‘ But I wonder why. oh why. does it , things, and then hearing some of them say. “t'ou know. I never ‘ lrm- to pay lot it B()U RKF 1 [~th InuniCiP-ll gln‘l'mntt‘ms W long to l really thought about what I did to my family.’ is an emotional l 4 pint“ ”I,” Wu“. l““’l‘lt‘ “”1. UtN‘l hi , 1 get anything done? lhat s a hit tittfatr to . experience," that. “liltll l lulb understand Hut one lt‘lr ‘ munk‘lpill Kowntlm'nls but everything Moroney. who is now remarried and pregnant with twrns, lt‘t “as paint tilar artgn. even to the point . else iii otir lives moves a lot faster while hopes lason i declared a dangerous offender and sentenced in being insulting ‘ 7‘ gutt‘mmt‘nfl In“ Nod along. “If lhl’ to an indeterminate period of incarceration ((‘anada's highest tli- tll'l laretl I had .tn .itttt t liristian" ; h . , mm! Dim it doesn't itlll‘t‘l us. but for penalty] â€" willoneday get the help he needs. lit.ls .tnil ilidnt have the iourage to tll\t uss people lllu' our Ntirllldillt‘ Ill'lghlmut's i “‘What a waste of a life.’ people will say about lawn." lllt' issue til .\1tis|iin prayer rooms In some t ‘ l K - '1 ”MN ht‘llt‘llr Moroney told me. "And yes. it is. Because there is nothing i st litiiils Usually. I tlorit respond to that l .t What'slnaname? going on inside otir prisons. with the exception of a few good i kind of t hiltlish prodding. but he‘s been l .4, . lhat being said. there is one thing programs in tinylittlepocketsofthe system. plt'lh insistent attd apparently doesn‘t l ._ . ' titlllltt‘ians seem quite good at and that ‘ "But for the most pan. there is nothing ~ no treatment. no ‘ understand the lairh simpli- tontept l laid WUUId hl' hili‘klmfklnfl l “Wild ”W l meaningful work. It's just a warehouse. And then we're out above ‘ l entire "Holiday tree" tlist‘ussion stir l shocked when they get out arid tenth-rid, as they have no social i l 1 \gam. ll you want a religious t’lllltilIlUll BRIAN 1 rounding ”I" ”(‘1‘ 1" Willl‘flml PUNK l connections or education." l then pas lot ll there's no anti ( human 1 BOURKE f square to he amusing. espi-t ially the l ltold Moroney that both my wife and me found her book to l ‘ litas In my ititttil it goes for everyone i ‘ speed at which ptllllit'litlh reacted to be one ofthe most compelling. gripping. and eye-opening slo- j llitttlti. \luslttn, llhuddist and lelt handed "*'â€""" '" ‘_" the fiasco Personally I will (all it a rtes we've ever read. 1 iltii'kenmtrshtppeis it doesn't matter to me ( “mum“ ”'1' Y0“ um “I" it Whatever you Will“. it "We all love people who htirt its. arid this is just a very ‘ Vision statement WWW" bother "W extreme case. That's why I'm really grateful that so many pet) l it you were iii the business world a less; years ago “I" ”W PIIIiIIl‘IiH“ “we “at llpl‘tl-Illlllt: lllrlollsl)‘. ple find my book so inspiring." she said. "From the very begin " their vott probably went through the vision and nut det'larmg their allegtant e to Christmas. I was kind til l ning, I vowed to myself that I would let this experience shape sioti statement phase It was all the rage sitting surprised they didn't take a few minutes to remind its 3 my life, bttt not control it. livery day sinee their i worked around iii btiardrmimsinssingotit high minded tilt-as 0' "11‘8th ltU-‘llilIt‘NUflht‘ 100'“ lélln‘mld the PM!” 1 toward restoration and one day at a time I became Whole and trying to figure ex.“ tlv where me were all going “WNW Whill‘ 'hl')‘ WW“ 1" ll 1 again." i l “m n."”mh.(| ”f ”w “in." my "vision" lot I” It was rather lllt‘t' to see we hit] still get under their ’ that is Shannon Moroney's story. and it's one I highly rec 5 I Vortlitlale neigiilmurhotxl was presented last week to “"1 WM and ”if" f ommt‘nd. l l Watt-dim t itv t ottni ll lussenttally the Vision calls for a ‘°' 1 } l diverse neighbourhood. 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