The Editor,
Re: "Friend's need inspires girl," News, July 20.
What an inspiring and extraordinary little girl with divine cheer to identify with another young girl who appears so destitute, that she is sent to school without any lunch!
Kianna showed such compassion that she also denied herself.
And now is seeking to raise awareness of such poverty to new heights in the hope that she may change even one life.
I do pray that our mayor and city council, plus the Richmond MLA who have been the biggest spenders of our tax money, will now dig deeply into their savings (not tax money) and set a stellar example to seek to end such horrendous poverty.
When young children cannot eat, there is something very wrong with our leadership and our city.
I was talking with the father of this young darling and he also mentioned the disparity that is in Richmond.
It seems like a playback of "the peasants have no bread," and Marie Antoinette replying, "Let them eat cake." Only our aristocracy happens to be in the political arena.
Esther McIlveen Richmond
