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' i. WATERuX) CHHONICIE - Wednesday. March 12, 20“ - e ". ' o- COMMENT ”f“- f t'”i 4' l‘ R . . ,,. Mi , llll illit.l\i{ii emembermgtheman WWW“! ference is primarily in the form of anptyroomsoirertheriehooupleof with “I bl the“ can“ in the sky financing. Once ultra-conservative years is an invitation to the world. e “8 eyes banks feel the risk is increased. they Not only do we have some of the hile some sense the crane- will no longer lend to build apart- finest educational institutions. but ive years 380 this month. 1 attended the moving memorial We?“ skyline of Water- merits. Md 5° the MP3“ “If“ (0 “M43"! modem housing immedi F for Martin Tarback, a gentle giant with dreadlocked hair k"? ‘s a 518“ of problems _ the PM“? investor market “WWW“ M and the region's most obvious street person, who died of can- 10 com? with 8" “QT-Supply Of Waterloo. known around the One can also guess that the com: cer a! “0690“ Hospital on March 17. 2009. He was 41} condominiums, I believe (118.1 the world for our great universities, is peotive marketwtll drive rents down Tarback spent the last 20 years of his “a: shuffling between future success Of Waterloo W1" be easy to market to would-be intema- in the short term. making our uni- me downtown com ofwmedoo and Kitchener. sufl'ering (mm stronger with each crane in the sky. tional investors looking to put flight versities more appealing to Canadi- WWW and alcoholism, The greatest “OWN“? fiflmmus money into Canadian real-estate. an and international students. And “When we were kids. 1 thougit that he would be a rock star." has always been COMINCUOH- The Our Fathers of Confederation ”Waterloo simultaneously rewives said Carol Tin-back, Martin's younger sister. as photographs 585W“ pyramids PM that 358W found a winning. albeit boring. bonus pomtxforafiordablehoming. from their childhood were displayed on a giant screen in St. yearsback recipe for 0‘" nation: peace. order Keepthosemnesinmeskvmey lohn's Kitchen. where hundreds of people’gathered for the Waterloo has developed a Very and good government. are a sign and symbol of a sumful memorial service. elftcrent construction industry that If" hard to find (33113st winning economy that W“) attract new bUSi- His friend since youth, Ernst Ritzman, wrote a poem as a ‘5 building quality whim 5“ a ma' combination for safe investing any ness. industry and academic growth tribute to Martin. An excerpt read: “A sonable C051, ll takes a community where else in the world. Our stability toWaterloo. brilliant sweet guy falters, for no obvi- several years to develop such a isagifttotheworld. autumn“ ous reason. onthewayside onhisown. WON! COR-“mam" industl’v- Our Canadian perspective tends Waterloo fen off the boat of human connection. We in WaleflOO “GEE“? lhlS mid“ to believe that because these of belonging. of home. floating in the tional source of economic benefit if investors are likely not going to turn murkinas pretending not to cry" We believe that (he high-(00h 58610! a profit in the first year or two that Ritzman believed Martin felt pow. ‘5 our onlyeconomic “811m this is a terrible travesty of decepv erless m impmhjs situation. 3), UP until a few W315 880 W? 53W tion. i suspect that just parking The memorial reminded me that .- ’ an abundance of apartments come money in Canadian real “we lets me amt hommn‘m are many. ’»fp out of the ground. more recently, these investors sleep at night. And and none plus is exempt. And unfor- ‘ ‘ condOS‘ filmed“? often don't know m2“ isenough. tunately. it wasn't until Martin died whether they live in an amt pr What is the future? The fact that mm many people came u, know his a condo. A room 5 a room. The mf‘ there will bf“ in all probability. same story, thanks to his family and friends . who spoke , . ' loe Mancini of the Working Centre MAwR‘SHALL The 1 e of the ant bunmes a "fl“ Mam" “m p g I wrote in 151192. An excrrpt: “(all can“! id h h explain, w at a simp e-min man wou say, or w at e . W ith a touch of spring this week, young men Complains it took 20 years for me to buy that (we, ‘ might just find, ifhe flew away. And I want to fly, but I just can't turn to thoughts oflove. and now l‘m letting the rabbits eat it. How did this seem to find away, Could you help me please. 'cause l'm tryin‘.‘ Older men. older grumpy men, older grumpy become my fault? By the stories friends and families shared, it was evident that men like me. turn their thoughts to other things. l'm more inclined to blame the cat. A completely , Martin was poetic. musical and philosophical. His friend Rim like murder. useless animal who has been as uninterested in l man said. “(Manim wasa beautiful man, an angel â€"â€" who want i ~ Before you call the authorities let's heading outside to achieve anything as l ed nothing to do with our religions“ make it clear 1 am not advocating the have since the first bite of cold weather Manin's older sister. Helena Donation. expressed her gran, ‘ disposal of people. I‘ve watched enough just before Christmas rude to the community that supported her brother throughout wit-Vision to know that is a very poor She quite obviously can't do anything his journey. She said his wishes were that his memorial would plan when it tomes to such activities. ; i . . ‘ ‘ i\ about the bunnies, which are now the he a community meeting, and that he wanted people to have a i No. my homicidal eye is on other size of small ponies. but the mice might hem-r understanding of mental illness and homelessness i creature's, Specifically, mice and bun- be more up her alley, Ritzrnan said in his speech "Martin was so much more than l l mes. 1» It's the first year I've actually spotted ‘ j just layers of clothing and dreadlocks. We have to look beyond ‘ l Point of order Before all you animal mice outside the house. although l have , the appearance. beyond the illnessandsee the man ' 1 l lovers tlimt' after me. just a reminder -â€" seen the end result of their work lllllt’ \ l'flt those who saw the man behind those pien‘ing blue eyes, 7 we are not running out of «other mice or tunnels spmad across the back yard : 1 Martin's legacy will live on as a tribute to the human spirit. hlx ' f bunnies. And we're not going in. based But Sunday one of those lllllt‘ turn 3 . friends and famdy believe ”is “Steffi-mi poctitally said. "Mar * on the MdEI‘KP l have seen fellas poked his head out of a snowbanli l tin n~ wrote the lyricsto howwr- should treat the homeless ' l “no of the beautiful things about llv on the front yard And I know what he i . \ht' ”included by saying she will always be grateful to lit“! l mg in an area with a wide open natural _ was saying. "i am eating your lawn, you big brother “Your? forever my inspiration, and you an- fun-Vi"! E spot behind you is the opportunity to a. «a \ grumpy old man, and there is nothing i. my rtxk star ' ' we the animals frolicking in the spring. you can do about it And l‘m going to i Rr'llt't‘ting on the five year anniversary of Martin‘s death. I rn l (im- of the less beautiful thing is the BRlAN call my friends, and they will eat your ‘ reminded that street people deserve oomidmauon and respoti l chance to watch them eat everything on BOURKE lawn too. And then when spring tomes j ‘ from those of US who are mom fortunate, 1 our lawn. The bunnies â€"â€" those that are we will disappear ‘ ~. . hood fortune can be a fleeting pit. and propit- llkr‘ Martin still able to walk in spite oftheir tremenâ€" lam bigger, I am stronger I am, can remind us how quickly it can slip away Mau‘l‘ any one of . j dous girth â€" have gnawed their way throuipi several theoretically. smarter. 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