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#201 Rob Randall

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Posted 01 November 2014 - 07:32 PM

I resent how Ida is positioning herself as the "discoverer" of the JSB fiasco. We all know that it was mishandled. She can point her finger at Dean (for his ultimate responsibility) all she wants, but that doesn't advance the issue or win her votes.

 

Especially since her only solution is to

 

  1. implement the recommendations of the Huggett report (which obviously is already happening now anyway).
  2. provide "executive oversight" which means keeping an eye on things, which again, every candidate is promising to do anyway.

 

Even Dean has learned his lesson on this and will be watching things more closely I'll bet.

 

This morning I attended a board meeting of an arts organization I volunteer with. Our budget is only in the hundreds of thousands, not hundreds of millions. Yet I know that if revenues are flat due to lack of funding we have to cut programming because our other costs keep rising. Our insurance, heating, equipment costs and labour costs etc. go up with inflation regardless. If we want to go ahead with a new building plan I have to prove to our membership that we can pay for it with new and expanded revenue streams. It's not enough to float vague promises.



#202 Rob Randall

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Posted 01 November 2014 - 07:39 PM

Lowering taxes is fine, as long as you have some other revenue stream that is increasing, the city doesn't.

 

Ida promises to form an economic development office. There already is a Greater Victoria Development Agency but

 

  1. It covers the region, not the City of Victoria specifically
  2. It is not a City Hall group, it's made up of different stakeholders, mainly business and education

 

Chong needs to articulate what this office will do and how much actual development we can expect out of it. Remember, this isn't going to be cheap. Their salaries are going to be in the six figures and will be as much or more than the communications office budget she plans to slash. It's not that startups and Fortune 500 companies don't know about us. They do and they like us. We just have to persuade (bribe) them to set up shop here.



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Posted 01 November 2014 - 07:44 PM

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#204 Bingo

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Posted 01 November 2014 - 09:41 PM

What if teh late arrival is your friend Stephen Andrew or is it only if its Chong

 ... any "not due to any"  that's what I said.



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Posted 10 November 2014 - 05:47 PM

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Posted 10 November 2014 - 05:49 PM

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#207 Nanaimoite

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Posted 11 November 2014 - 05:38 PM

Is she going to pay for her own lunches ?

#208 Barra

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Posted 11 November 2014 - 08:45 PM

She wants to stop "aggressive panhandling". I guess she's not aware that the city has already implemented a bylaw with this intent. It was actually effective. I noticed a difference right away, as panhandlers became aware of the change and they fell in to voluntary compliance.
Highlighting this as a "major issue" says to me that she hasn't been walking downtown streets.
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Posted 11 November 2014 - 08:57 PM

I've never even seen her before. I can at least say that about all the other candidates....

#210 Jared

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Posted 13 November 2014 - 09:58 AM

Highlighting this as a "major issue" says to me that she hasn't been walking downtown streets.

 

She's been walking the streets of Saanich, duh.


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