“There are no mountains in the City”
The City Manager pointed out this obvious fact when the first draft of the plan for the new City Operations centre did not include space for North Shore Search and Rescue. A bit …
Building and maintaining sewage treatment plants is absolutely the responsibility of local governments whether they do it themselves, or delegate it to some other entity, it is a core responsibility of local government to ‘take care of …
And The Gap Is Only Going To Get Bigger….
In the only Mayoral debate held during the last election, I asked the Mayor if she knew the City tax rate was higher than the District’s. She denied that it was!
I told her the rates: 1.6831 in the …
In recent years, "public consultation" at City Hall has turned into an expensive, corporate exercise. Whenever a controversial decision arises—whether it's an Official Community Plan review or a major corridor overhaul like the "Great Street" project—the city hires high-priced …