Dec.24 2009

Condolences to family and friends of Andrew Nuttall.........R.I.P.

Dec.22 2009

Good morning.....pretty quiet on the local political front.....looks like free enterprise is stepping up to the plate wth regards to affordable housing......Lefevre Group has a proposal submitted for townhouses to be built at the vacant lot next to Shelter Restaurant.......lots of long term rentals available on the www.westcoaster.ca site.......

Tofino Olympic spending and more consultants !

Tofino council has voted to spend $10,000.00 for an info booth at the Richmond Olympic venue....at the same time it has cut hours of operation at the District hall in the month of January.....If you need a dog licence in the afternoon you will have to go to Richmond to get it !!
The Tofino Housing Corporation has been carrying on it's tradition of hiring more consultants....the latest appeared before council on Tuesday morning.......CitySpaces Consulting Ltd. is the latest aboard the THC gravy train.......hundreds of thousands of taxpayers dollars spent and no end in site........special thanks to Gord Johns and Dorothy Baert for trying to stop the info booth in Richmond.......

District of Tofino Wages

http://www.westcoaster.ca/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=7135

here is a link to the Westcoaster article on District of Tofino wages....

Impromptu town hall meeting

An impromptu town hall meeting was held at the Hippie Bakery yesterday......it was decided that the District could improve it's bottom line by reducing wages.......while no one likes to cut jobs the question was raised : Why is the district maintaining staffing at a pre-recession, pre-development moratorium level ?? comments ??

Friday Dec.11,2009

A group of concerned citizens met with Dale Wall, Deputy Minister for Community Services (formerly Municipal Affairs ) to see if something could be done to avert the approaching sewer crisis. It was a very positive meeting and it is hoped that Council and staff will work with constituents in a co-operative manner to get some acceptable grant applications in......Please lobby your council to make this a priority.....

By-election looming ??

Good evening ! Persistent rumours of an upcoming byelection in the District of Tofino....I will report further when this is confirmed or denied......let's hope someone with some fiscal responsibility will run........
I haven't got my invitation to the District engineer's Christmas party ! Must be in the mail....wait.....didn't we get rid of them ? apparently not.......
Many local construction workers have told me that they are out of work as a result of this regime's outrageous Development Cost Charges.....not a good situation any time but really bad going into the Christmas season.....let me know if you have any work available and I will pass it along.........

more rent increases

Good morning, more reports of rent increases coming in as landlords come to grips with the increase in water rates......also reports of frozen pipes as residents can't afford to leave a tap on in this cold weather.....any affordable housing programs will have to consider subsidizing water rates as well as rent......