Bill 10 Update

[cfred]

I have to ask this.....

For months, my counterparts from other cities and myself have been absolutely killing ourselves fighting this bill. Many of us, myself included, spent hundreds of dollars funding our rallies. I took time off from work to attend a press conference. We've all been printing letters, emailing constantly and tried tirelessly to deal with the rampant apathy of the independent childcare industry. I personally phoned and emailed about 80 providers looking for support for this cause....nada. The last 3 days before my vacation were spent printing 150 emails, entering names and phone numbers from petitions, emailing politicians who attended my rally, etc, etc, etc. I worked until the very last second before I boarded the plane and have continued to email and make phone calls from Curacao. I've lost sleep, weight and have stressed about this endlessly....my boyfriend who has helped me more than any of the local providers in my town can attest to that....or my sister and parents who helped with the rally....this list goes on. But to have only ONE provider attend is, I'm sorry....dismal.

What I want to know is this......for months when I contacted providers and when I posted messages in here about rallies, progress or, frankly, anything about this issue....where was everyone? I was met with resounding silence and non commitment. Now when something adverse to our industry has actually happened, everyone comes out of the woodwork to discuss this? I really don't understand. For those who helped and gave it their all, thank you from the bottom of my heart. For those who couldn't have been bothered until now......either roll up your sleeves with the rest of us who are driving ourselves crazy to deal with this, help out, or just keep your complaints to yourselves. My patience is at an end with this nonsense. We've been fighting for all of us....you included.