British Bureaucrat gets Global 'Award' for Grief Incompassion
Dick Tregea of Halton Borough Council, Runcorn, UK, has been 'awarded' global distinction of 'jackass-of-the-year' for trying to thwart a bereaved father fullfilling the dying wish of his late, "lovely son" - that he not be left alone in the dark. Runcorn resident Peter Robinson had installed two small solar lights alongside Sean's grave, but Tregea and Halton Borough Council want them removed, citing concerns about "Blackpool illuminations" - meaning a tawdry light show.
(PRWEB) January 1, 2005 -- Bereaved parents and other grieving people from
all over the world are adding their support to Peter Robinson's quest to honour
the dying wish of his late, "lovely son", Sean - not to be left alone in the
dark - despite the opposition of bureaucrat Dick Tregea and Halton Borough
Council, in Runcorn, UK, where the Robinson family resides.
Sean died at
just 10 years of age in December 2003, after a brave battle with a brain tumor.
"I just want to grieve for my son in peace," pleads Peter, who still - after
several months of campaigning - can hardly believe Tregea and the Council are
holding fast to what he feels is an utterly senseless stance.
Robinson is
far from alone in this view. Hopeful Thinking, an online grief community based
in Canada and co-founded by another bereaved father, Steve Dawkins, has thrown
its active support behind Peter and his family. Over the past 6 weeks since news
of Peter's plight was first posted on the http://HopefulThinking.org website, "literally hundreds of
emails and forum posts have been streaming their way to 'Dick', but as yet -
unfathomably - there is still no real sign of the 'u-turn' called for in what is
the silliest, yet crudest and cruelest example of grief incompassion I've ever
seen," lamented Dawkins on New Year's Eve.
Aside from pageviews and posts
concerning the horrific tsunami waves of grief now sweeping over southern Asia
in the wake of last week's natural catastrophe, Dawkins said the "Dick vs. Sean"
saga is "far and away" the most active subject on the Hopeful Thinking
website.
"We were shocked when Tregea et al let Christmas go by without
recinding the standing decision, and still hope 'Dick' will 'see the Light' on
this and start the New Year right.. .surely he and Halton Borough Council have
other, more material matters to concern themselves with.. .such as examining how
their own values and conduct has gone through some kind of very dark 'looking
glass', so to speak."
On December 17th, 30 days into the Hopeful Thinking
initiative in support of Peter's quest, http://SpiritualTourism.org, a global Spiritual symposium of
which Dawkins is also co-founder, named Dick Tregea its jackass-of-the-year for
grief incompassion. On December 28th, Hopeful Thinking added a dedicated webpage
to keep supporters up-to-date on the struggle, http://HaltonBurroCouncil.org
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prweb193099.htm