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[dasmo]

Deplorable behaviour but also a symptom.

[dasmo]

One must ask, why is that happening? Is it perhaps that regular people are so fed up that they are lashing out? Why are they so fed up?

[Mike K.]

The City spoke publicly about the situation with the Court family, over which some people are asking Szpak to resign. I think they learned their lesson about publicly identifying members of the public the municipality is dealing with after the Court incident.

[Lorenzo]

I'm a life long Langford resident am getting so fed up with all this crap. Both sides in this matter are doing their very best to make Langfordites look like the three toothers everyone always thought we were. I really don't care who is in the council seats at this time, and oddly enough neither does anyone I know in Langford, be it friends, acquaintances or neighbours. Everyone is just fine and going about our business. I reluctantly joined both of the opposing groups FB pages so I could attempt to sort through the utter BS that both sides are putting out.

 

Its sickening. This council won the right to govern because the last one got complacent. They have earned the right to do their business. If we don't like what they are doing, well we can turf them out. I agree with everyones right to disagree, but this is getting ridiculous.

[Mike K.]

You sound frustrated that the politicians you voted for cannot carry through with the promises they made to you on the campaign trail. It’s a lot easier to be critical from the side lines, than executing the plans from the driver’s seat.

So you should be frustrated, but I wouldn’t hang my hat on the source being rhetoric. That’s not what’s keeping your municipality from being its best.

[Lorenzo]

You sound frustrated that the politicians you voted for cannot carry through with the promises they made to you on the campaign trail. It’s a lot easier to be critical from the side lines, than executing the plans from the driver’s seat.

So you should be frustrated, but I wouldn’t hang my hat on the source being rhetoric. That’s not what’s keeping your municipality from being its best.

To be honest, I didn't expect too much when I voted. Would much rather had a more moderate, middle of the road option. I wasn't overwhelmed with the newcomers, and felt the old ones were past their best before date. My frustration is the continual bleating and antics of a core group that just can't accept that the only man who could possibly save us from ourselves lost. Not unlike when Richard Atwell took out Leonard in Saanich. I don't care if this council comes back or not. Come election time I'll take a look at how my situation is going and vote accordingly.

Edited by Lorenzo, 15 January 2025 - 07:32 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The City of Langford said ­residents can expect another tax hit this year after the ­province and federal government offloaded the costs of 911 services to some municipalities.

 

For Langford, the cost of emergency calls and dispatches to West Shore RCMP means the city will be on the hook for $1.5 million this year, which will represent a 2.7 per cent tax increase for property owners, and $2.1 million in the years that follow — a 2 per cent tax hit every year.

 

Langford Mayor Scott ­Goodmanson said municipalities that use E-Comm 911 services on Southern Vancouver Island are being unfairly singled out to shoulder the costs of ­emergency calls. “Right now there’s an ­inequity of how it’s being paid for,” said ­Goodmanson. “The vast majority of ­British ­Columbians don’t pay for ­emergency dispatch.”

 

“We’re not expecting a free ride, but there are other ways, such as landline and cellphone charges, to fund this service, which is pennies a person, not an inequitable hit that’s on the homeowner.”

 

Langford said about 40 other B.C. municipalities, with ­populations ranging from 5,700 to 160,000, still have dispatch services paid for entirely by the province and Public Safety ­Canada because they are dispatched through a provincial operational communications centre.

 

Langford and other municipalities on the South Island, however, including Victoria and Saanich, have their 911 dispatching services through E-Comm in Saanich, which is owned by member municipalities, police boards and provincial and federal agencies.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...-costs-10118254

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 January 2025 - 05:59 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

View Royal unanimously adopts Canada-first purchasing policy

Though some councillors expressed concerns over costs, all were in support of taking a stand

 

https://www.vicnews....-policy-7837946

[Victoria Watcher]

And there goes another municipality breaking WTO rules.  Confirming that we cheat at trade.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.wto.org/..._e/gp_gpa_e.htm