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[Lover Fighter]

Hopefully a couple more will be announced soon but these are the ones I know of so far:


Oct 28 7:00pm - Unitarian Church (5575 W Saanich Road)
hosted by the Prospect Lake Resident's Association

Oct 29 7:00pm - Claremont Secondary School
hosted by the Cordova Bay Association and the Blenkinsop Valley Community Association

Oct 30 7:00pm - Gordon Head Recreation Centre
hosted by the Gordon Head Resident's Association

Nov 12 7:00pm - Queenswood Centre
hosted by the Cadboro Bay Residents' Association

Nov 3 7:00pm - Lochside Elementary School
hosted by the Broadmead Resident's Association

Nov 4 2:00pm - Church of the Nazerne
hosted by Pastor Gary Bennet

Nov 6 4:00pm - UVic Student Union Building
hosted by the UVic Students Society

[Mike K.]

Loverfighter sent an updated list of dates my way and I've edited the above post on his behalf.

[Jacques Cadé]

This is big. The Saanich Civic League has just published its analysis of the voting records of the current Saanich council, and indicated whether the incumbents' votes are in line with the League's policies.

I am very curious to see what effect this has on Saanich candidates' meetings, this year's election results, and voter turnout. Every municipality should be so lucky as to have such a list.

Saanich COUNCIL VOTING RECORD 2005-2008
Just released http://www.saanichcivicleague.ca

[At the site, click on "Council Voting Record" to see the records of incumbent councilors.]

74% of Saanich respondents to SCL Citizen Survey say they need more information to vote November 15. They asked for a snapshot voting tool, an unbiased, well-researched account of how Saanich Council members vote on major issues.

You said:
I don't have time to attend Council Meetings...
Everyone sounds great at election time...
I need factual information on whether they practise what they preach.
Track the performance of mayor and councillors...

We've done the work within a context of Saanich Civic League's guiding values.

Let us know what you think info@saanichcivicleague.ca

Read it. Forward it. Vote for What You Value.

[Caramia]

Fantastic work! These people should be congratulated. I would love to get involved in something similar for Victoria.

[Lover Fighter]

Wow, that is absolutely fantastic.
Very impressive work and I must congratulate all who put so much effort into the SCL (I've been in contact with one member who has been recently pulling all-nighters and I can now see why).

[amk]

That document is terrific - very helpful indeed.

There's another all-candidates meeting to add to the list:

Spectrum Community School
957 Burnside Road W.
November 13, 2008
7:00 PM
Put on by the Gorge Tillicum Community Association