Tammy Robert's Blog

It's not much more than last week, but here's what I know today on the convicted child sex offender/murderer Harold David Smeltzer who is about to be released into the community of Regina on day parole (see www.kimmieslaw.com for more info).

A quick refresher - the Regina Police Service have applied to the Saskatchewan Government's Public Disclosure Committee (PDC) for approval to release Smeltzer's information to the public - a current photo, physical description and the Regina neighbourhood he'll be living in.

Nutana Collegiate's Shirley Figley likely wouldn't agree with me.  The Saskatoon high school principal is thinking about kicking off 2009 by no longer giving students failing grades.  Figley says that "failing marks do not encourage students...the (failing grade) could be accomplished with a term like 'incomplete' or 'no mark'.  We don't need to degrade the student by giving them a number."

A quick update on Harold David Smeltzer - the child sex offender who raped little girls - murdering one of them - and is now about to be released on day parole into the community of Regina.

I want to say from the outset that my point is not to promote 'citizen justice'.  I simply feel that Harold Smeltzer does not deserve to enjoy freedom ever again - regardless of how well-behaved he decided to be after he got caught.  (See www.kimmieslaw.com for more information on Smeltzer.)

I never see Gormley as visibly angry as when we are talking about child sex offenders on the show.

There's a fashion movement in the office today - Barack Obama T-shirts.   And I'm talking about young people.  Very young people, like under-twenty young people.

On Facebook, I'm bombarded with my friend's pro-Obama Facebook status updates: 'Jane hopes everyone 'Ba-ROCKS' the vote today'.  'Adam wants Americans to get it right this year - VOTE OBAMA!' or 'Renee isn't worried, Mr. Obama will take it in a landslide'.

See a trend here?  I think that's the key word - 'trend'.