Some interesting stories on ye olde web:
Dianne Watts confirmed that she will run for re-election as Mayor of Surrey, and not for provincial office (Civic Surrey).
Metro Vancouver’s solid waste committee is recommending waste-to-energy to the full Metro Board, which will vote on July 30 (Province).
Another day, another shot at a Council colleague of mine, and another blast from Advance editor Bob Groeneveld (Editor’s Notes):
Here we go again. Someone has figured out that a member of a councillor’s family lives in an area affected by a decision they don’t like, and so it’s got to be some kind of conflict.
No. It’s not. I went over this just a little bit ago, right here.
I understand that some people who are affected by the waterline are not happy. And they have a right to complain. They have a right to voice their concerns, and they have a right to say why they think the decision that was made is a bad one.
But let’s keep the complaints real, shall we? If you don’t like the way Bev Dornan (or anyone else) voted on an issue important to you, then don’t vote for her next time. That’s democracy. But these allegations of conflict don’t accomplish anything better than schoolyard name-calling.
As for “democracy” hanging on a 52 per cent vote at a public hearing… come on! I live in the affected area, and I didn’t go to the public hearing, because I’m not concerned enough about which route is taken to have bothered. Plain and simple. My vote would have been for getting that darned waterline built. Now. Not because it will help me (none of the routes would), but because it will help many, many other people living in the same municipality in which I pay taxes – and so do they.
Doesn’t my vote count? How about the votes of all the people who will receive that water? Or do they not count because they don’t live in the Salmon River Uplands? Who counts and who doesn’t?
Listen, folks. We don’t have magical transporter equipment a la Star Trek. We can’t beam the water into Aldergrove. It has to get there through a pipe. It seems 52 per cent of the handful of people who live between the water and its destination want to wait until the Star Trek technology is invented.
I’m not a politician, so I can say it: “Tough!”
Who knew the Green Party was such a mess (Democratic Space).
Langley Township Council received kudos for supporting mixed use development on the 200th Street corridor (South Fraser OnTrax).
I agree with Bob G. once again – scary eh! Pam Erickson is so off base with her comments. She states she was away for awhile, she may be better off staying away a while longer – much longer. She loves the personal attack route and thinks it does her well. I for one would never visit her business or send anyone visiting the community her way as a matter of principle based simply on how she treats people..
Dianne seeking re-election and not provincial office? That’s not news.
In fact it is a good move on her part, obviously she likes being mayor of Surrey. To run for office the way the BC Liberals are right now is a waste of effort and the money spent would be better used to retire the mortgage early or buy that Big RV.
The only hope for the BC Liberals is that Gordo finally lets go of his stranglehold and the BC Liberals end up with a volunteer friendly, personable yet smart leader. And no, that is not Coleman or Falcon.
“Dianne Watts confirmed that she will run for re-election as Mayor of Surrey, and not for provincial office ”
That’s great news for Carole James. Now if Ms Taylor would make a similar announcement, then James could book the movers for a date in 2013 to take her things from her office in the Ledge to big office.
Not to worry Shane, the NDP is most likely going to fundraise to pay for the reservations for the trucks that will aboard the ferry with NDP Minister’s stuff to be put in their offices.
Meanwhile a line up begins on the Swartz Bay side, with Coleman, Polak, DeJong and a few others driving rented trucks to bring their Ministerial stuff home after cleaning out their offices.
The big benificiary of all this will be of course BC Ferries with the
added revenue from the additional truck traffic.
Gordon Campbell? He rented a tractor trailer with driver to bring all of his stuff back to Vancouver…