Quote from article: "Provincial tourism fees have also funded new infrastructure in town, including a sewage treatment plant, a park and playground,"
Tell me more about this new playground and park. I don't recall seeing it. Is this related to the slice of Centennial Park, adjacent to the kids playground, that was converted to an industrial pump station? or to the conversion of the kids bike park into pay parking for boat trailers, or to the theft of the Sharpe Rd. parkland, which was given away to affordable housing? or to the ongoing saga of non-use of Monk's point, which was intended to be a public "park- like" venue, but appears to have been lost to the bowels of bureauracracy.
Guess they're talking about the damage to the ball fields, that was repaired after they took the land away from parks for a new daycare building. There's actually nothing "new". Wow!! Great accomplishment!
We need to hire more people in the District office.
You mentioned like 5 community projects including housing for locals. Seeing as your a fossil and don’t actually get out in town much, it may be referring to the brand new park at the Village green that many local children enjoy daily.
Help! Help! I feel a large spoon being forced down my throat. Can’t think of anything correct or redeeming about this article. It is really an opinion piece. “Let them eat cake”
In thirty years Tofino has moved from a tight community where almost everyone was decently housed, worked in a multi sector economy, played on……see above re ball fields etc.. had great rec activity provided by volunteers at no cost to the taxpayer….Need I go on?
Now the multi sector economy has been whittled down to one. The aquaculture activity is slated for extinction thanks to Trudeau’s capricious decision making. The number of people working here has significantly increased, but almost entirely in low wage tourism related seasonal jobs. Working people housed in a complete mess of overcrowded “staff accom” and a mess of trailers and motorhomes sprinkled everywhere. And the housing sector no longer serves as residential housing. It is increasingly either a retreat for the rich from afar or tourist accommodation. Working people just “piss off.”
Property taxes and housing costs are seriously prohibitive amongst the highest in the province, and are out of reach of the common person.
Of course, this does not cause concern for the intelligencia from afar who can simply look past what is in plain sight and concentrate on ideologically motivated analysis, and preordained politically correct conclusions.
A picture included in the article is a perfect symbolic conclusion to the list of inadequacies, and failures of local government.
the district employment roster is almost as big as the co-op's. new age bureaucracy only looks a ideals and data. not people or reality. because they aren't easily quantified and can be ignored as anomalies. the community is one of those anomalies. and the district is still handing out VR licenses?
Still soo many vacation rentals where there isn't anybody living on site full time. So easy to lie and get away with it. Owners show up for their two weeks during summer and that seems to be ok with DOT.
"Tofino Mayor Dan Law says his aim upon election was to shift the district's relationship to tourism." Yes, Lord Mayor Dan has a vision!! Aren't we blessed. Dan, with his vast experience and training in urban development and municipal finance, is leading us all into the future.
The most disgusting thing about watching Dan "govern", is seeing him ignore the clearly stated will of the electorate, and instead insist on "his way". His ego prevents him from a function of "serve", he needs to "rule".
@7:38 Complaints have been made with numerous vacation rentals running with nobody living on site. Some for over 20 years! No action taken from by-law. I think the owners just lie. Sadly, some of these owners live in the states and all the money and profits just leaves Tofino. When will the DOT start standing up for the residents who actually live here? Kinda sad IMO
Long ago, the community decided it was going to be a tourist destination resort. There weren't many other options. What was missing from the tourist destination resort designation was the word successful. For a while we were held back by the stigma of pumping our raw sewage ground up into the pristine waters of Clayoquot sound. After a drum role of about 25 or 30 years TOFINO finally has a sewage treatment plant. So that part is gone. For anything to be successful here there needs to be an abundant source of water. considering that we have run out of water and two years ago we had a number of water leaks from broken pipes between here and Meares Island all emphasizing that our water system is fragile. Everything about tourism is also fragile and that is everything in TOFINO besides the co-op hardware and the fuel dock. even the new sewer system is fragile because it runs on water. For the district council to believe that we can solve all our water problems by conservation methods for a month or two in the summer is delusional. stopping any further development of anything besides a few houses makes no sense if we want to succeed as a tourism destination resort. and for the district to believe that it can put its head in the sand and convince us that we could go along for about 10 years like this is not facing reality. A concerted effort to do the most obvious to satisfy the water requirements for a booming tourism destination resort is upon us. Get off your ass and start the process to source Kennedy Lake for water for the whole coast.. no more consultants Start moving. The minister of health needs to expedite this project in order to preserve the good health of the West Coast,
Quote from article: "Provincial tourism fees have also funded new infrastructure in town, including a sewage treatment plant, a park and playground,"
ReplyDeleteTell me more about this new playground and park. I don't recall seeing it.
Is this related to the slice of Centennial Park, adjacent to the kids playground, that was converted to an industrial pump station? or to the conversion of the kids bike park into pay parking for boat trailers, or to the theft of the Sharpe Rd. parkland, which was given away to affordable housing? or to the ongoing saga of non-use of Monk's point, which was intended to be a public "park- like" venue, but appears to have been lost to the bowels of bureauracracy.
Guess they're talking about the damage to the ball fields, that was repaired after they took the land away from parks for a new daycare building. There's actually nothing "new". Wow!! Great accomplishment!
We need to hire more people in the District office.
You mentioned like 5 community projects including housing for locals. Seeing as your a fossil and don’t actually get out in town much, it may be referring to the brand new park at the Village green that many local children enjoy daily.
DeleteNice to start my day with a laugh! Comedy gold from Globe and Mail
ReplyDeletejust drink the Kool-aid
ReplyDeleteHelp! Help! I feel a large spoon being forced down my throat. Can’t think of anything correct or redeeming about this article. It is really an opinion piece. “Let them eat cake”
ReplyDeleteIn thirty years Tofino has moved from a tight community where almost everyone was decently housed, worked in a multi sector economy, played on……see above re ball fields etc.. had great rec activity provided by volunteers at no cost to the taxpayer….Need I go on?
Now the multi sector economy has been whittled down to one. The aquaculture activity is slated for extinction thanks to Trudeau’s capricious decision making. The number of people working here has significantly increased, but almost entirely in low wage tourism related seasonal jobs. Working people housed in a complete mess of overcrowded “staff accom” and a mess of trailers and motorhomes sprinkled everywhere. And the housing sector no longer serves as residential housing. It is increasingly either a retreat for the rich from afar or tourist accommodation. Working people just “piss off.”
Property taxes and housing costs are seriously prohibitive amongst the highest in the province, and are out of reach of the common person.
Of course, this does not cause concern for the intelligencia from afar who can simply look past what is in plain sight and concentrate on ideologically motivated analysis, and preordained politically correct conclusions.
A picture included in the article is a perfect symbolic conclusion to the list of inadequacies, and failures of local government.
My opinion…….
the district employment roster is almost as big as the co-op's.
ReplyDeletenew age bureaucracy only looks a ideals and data. not people or reality. because they aren't easily quantified and can be ignored as anomalies. the community is one of those anomalies.
and the district is still handing out VR licenses?
Yep all that VR angst for nada. Still handing out licenses to whoever wants one! What a sustainable model
ReplyDeleteStill soo many vacation rentals where there isn't anybody living on site full time. So easy to lie and get away with it. Owners show up for their two weeks during summer and that seems to be ok with DOT.
ReplyDeleteBy law is complaint driven, if you have evidence of someone breaking the rules, report it otherwise it’s pointless speculation and conjecture.
Delete"Tofino Mayor Dan Law says his aim upon election was to shift the district's relationship to tourism."
ReplyDeleteYes, Lord Mayor Dan has a vision!! Aren't we blessed. Dan, with his vast experience and training in urban development and municipal finance, is leading us all into the future.
The most disgusting thing about watching Dan "govern", is seeing him ignore the clearly stated will of the electorate, and instead insist on "his way". His ego prevents him from a function of "serve", he needs to "rule".
@7:38 Complaints have been made with numerous vacation rentals running with nobody living on site. Some for over 20 years! No action taken from by-law. I think the owners just lie. Sadly, some of these owners live in the states and all the money and profits just leaves Tofino. When will the DOT start standing up for the residents who actually live here? Kinda sad IMO
ReplyDelete7:38 if you have dreams of the district of tofino listening to people forget them. They do what they want on their own sweet time.
ReplyDeleteHey Ralph, Any truth to the rumors about Al Anderson maybe being considered to become the next pope?
ReplyDeleteHe would declare conflict of interest
ReplyDeleteLong ago, the community decided it was going to be a tourist destination resort. There weren't many other options. What was missing from the tourist destination resort designation was the word successful. For a while we were held back by the stigma of pumping our raw sewage ground up into the pristine waters of Clayoquot sound. After a drum role of about 25 or 30 years TOFINO finally has a sewage treatment plant. So that part is gone.
ReplyDeleteFor anything to be successful here there needs to be an abundant source of water. considering that we have run out of water and two years ago we had a number of water leaks from broken pipes between here and Meares Island all emphasizing that our water system is fragile. Everything about tourism is also fragile and that is everything in TOFINO besides the co-op hardware and the fuel dock. even the new sewer system is fragile because it runs on water. For the district council to believe that we can solve all our water problems by conservation methods for a month or two in the summer is delusional. stopping any further development of anything besides a few houses makes no sense if we want to succeed as a tourism destination resort. and for the district to believe that it can put its head in the sand and convince us that we could go along for about 10 years like this is not facing reality.
A concerted effort to do the most obvious to satisfy the water requirements for a booming tourism destination resort is upon us. Get off your ass and start the process to source Kennedy Lake for water for the whole coast.. no more consultants
Start moving. The minister of health needs to expedite this project in order to preserve the good health of the West Coast,