Read this article, Read the whole thing. Carefully. It is shocking. Mcquade's comments about there being no apparent need for home ownership, is throwing so many people in Tofino under the bus. People who live and work here and make this town go. and simply want an opportunity to own a home in Tofino. She is so disconnected from the town. She should resign. I don't know who she represents on this.
And then it goes on. To allow such opportunities to occur could overwhelm the school and hospital. Now she wants to do the job of the school board and VIHA. Perhaps she should just put a ban on babies until their is a bigger school or a bigger hospital. These are all solvable problems and school boards and health officials, well that is their job. That is what they do. There never would have been a town at all if the oldtimers had such an attitude. "Can't live here, there are already five settlers and no school and no hospital." what an attitude. What about "can do" attitude. All I here is bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, and "can't do"
If you want to address issues of "capacity" how about you start with the number of visitors we can handle, cause just about everything flows from that.
Of course a big reason they have a lot of trouble with the Hospital is that people who do, and might, work there can't find anywhere to live. And there have been teachers who work in Tofino who must commute from Ukee. And the Post office is having the same trouble getting people to work here. This town has lost a lot of good young people because there is nothing for them to buy that they can afford. And they moved on.
I have no comment on the size of the roads, the landscaping, where a path might go etc. Tofino"s subdivision bylaws are capable of addressing those issues, but this kind of proposal, mixed use rental and small lot homes, with long term rental secondary suites is exactly what we need. and lots of it.
Come on man! Spend just a little of your efforts on making some thing work.
What planet is councillor McQuade from? Her comment that "the need for house ownership is questionable" just shows how out of touch she is with all the hardworking Tofino residents who desperately need the opportunity for home ownership. Finally here is a developer stepping forward to offer reasonable, affordable housing and she is questioning the need, really!
McQuade needs to resign, she does not represent or recognize the needs of our community. We could easilyreplace her in an by election while also electing a new major.
Ha well Andrea has been groomed by our mayor Josie to be the next mayor of Tofino. Welcome to the new normal. She may have to step down tho as she does not reside in Tofino, but that has not stopped past councillors from being on our council.
Re: 1:36 AM While not always true, I usually find that people who do not reside in the jurisdiction tend to represent their own political views rather than the views of the Community. Having said that, the same can be said about some of our past mayors and present Councillors that do reside in the jurisdiction.
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Read this article, Read the whole thing. Carefully. It is shocking. Mcquade's comments about there being no apparent need for home ownership, is throwing so many people in Tofino under the bus. People who live and work here and make this town go. and simply want an opportunity to own a home in Tofino. She is so disconnected from the town. She should resign. I don't know who she represents on this.
And then it goes on. To allow such opportunities to occur could overwhelm the school and hospital. Now she wants to do the job of the school board and VIHA. Perhaps she should just put a ban on babies until their is a bigger school or a bigger hospital. These are all solvable problems and school boards and health officials, well that is their job. That is what they do. There never would have been a town at all if the oldtimers had such an attitude. "Can't live here, there are already five settlers and no school and no hospital." what an attitude. What about "can do" attitude. All I here is bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, and "can't do"
If you want to address issues of "capacity" how about you start with the number of visitors we can handle, cause just about everything flows from that.
Of course a big reason they have a lot of trouble with the Hospital is that people who do, and might, work there can't find anywhere to live. And there have been teachers who work in Tofino who must commute from Ukee. And the Post office is having the same trouble getting people to work here. This town has lost a lot of good young people because there is nothing for them to buy that they can afford. And they moved on.
I have no comment on the size of the roads, the landscaping, where a path might go etc. Tofino"s subdivision bylaws are capable of addressing those issues, but this kind of proposal, mixed use rental and small lot homes, with long term rental secondary suites is exactly what we need. and lots of it.
Come on man! Spend just a little of your efforts on making some thing work.
I agree with 11:37 comments
What planet is councillor McQuade from? Her comment that "the need for house ownership is questionable" just shows how out of touch she is with all the hardworking Tofino residents who desperately need the opportunity for home ownership. Finally here is a developer stepping forward to offer reasonable, affordable housing and she is questioning the need, really!
McQuade needs to resign, she does not represent or recognize the needs of our community. We could easilyreplace her in an by election while also electing a new major.
Ha well Andrea has been groomed by our mayor Josie to be the next mayor of Tofino.
Welcome to the new normal.
She may have to step down tho as she does not reside in Tofino, but that has not stopped past councillors from being on our council.
There is no requirement for a candidate to reside in the jurisdiction they seek to represent .
Re: 1:36 AM While not always true, I usually find that people who do not reside in the jurisdiction tend to represent their own political views rather than the views of the Community. Having said that, the same can be said about some of our past mayors and present Councillors that do reside in the jurisdiction.
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