Truemors
Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Likely, British Columbia, like most small towns is remote and far from the beaten path in the interior of British Columbia, once a booming mining town, it too like many other towns fell on hard times.
But does that give it the excuse for townspeople and town councilors to welcome the Drug trade with open arms?
I say this, as I too am from a small town where absolutely everybody knows everybody’s business.
The town ofLikely, BC, went from economic bust as a small tourist industry to Boom town in what seems virtually every available vacant property for sale in town was bought up by an Vancouver-Richmond based Asian Criminal Drug Organization for the exclusive purpose of running a Marijuana Grow Ops Industry.
Many consider this a harmless enterprise, until one connects the dots to the spate of Drugs for Guns, Grow op related murders and targeted hits including the killing of innocent bystanders who were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
A Town, who turns a blind eye to businesses such as this, is part and parcel why the War on Drugs is a un -winnable War.
Miami, once suffering economically, noticed a economic boom of stratospheric proportions once Drug Money was infused into the economy and businesses, some surmise Vancouver, British Columbia and cities in the lower mainland are experiencing much the same Economic Boom in the last decade as well, perhaps even surpassing Miami.
Vancouver was recently confirmed by Macleans Magazine and Law Enforcement alike as the “World’s Super Criminal Headquarters” of Asian based Criminal Organizations.
Many feel the legalization of Marijuana is the answer, certainly have not done their homework when it comes to Organized Crime allowing it.
Grow-op bust topples small B.C. town's 'number-one crop'Darah Hansen, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, May 20, 2008LIKELY - It hasn't always been easy attracting new folks to the tiny northern community of Likely, B.C.
The little gold rush town of about 250 residents - located about 100 kilometres east of Williams Lake - has seen more than its fair share of economic hard times in recent years with the collapse of the forest industry and a temporary shutdown in gold and copper mining.
"A few years ago, you couldn't sell a house in Likely for $80,000," said Rob Hood, a longtime Likely resident and president of the local Chamber of Commerce.Then along came the pot growers and things started looking up.Properties left vacant as work dried up were suddenly all bought up, and many locals found themselves employed putting in elaborate water systems and erecting huge windowless, barn-like structures on the land.Few questions were asked - even when locked gates were installed across driveways, making it abundantly clear the town's new occupants weren't interested in anybody dropping in for coffee unannounced.
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