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Cuttin a concrete rugValerie Stanley-Jones and Ken Ogden take advantage of the tunes at the first Music in the Park event at Veterans Memorial Park in Langford on Sunday. The summer-long festival of music sees performances from 2 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through Labour Day weekend.Don Descoteau/News staff

Waiting game begins on City Centre developmentCity of Colwood expecting tax money, anticipates new owner

Don DescoteauNews staff

In a way, the exposed rebar at the stalled Capital City Centre development at Col-wood Corners resembles metal weeds that

have sprouted up from a period of neglect.With the liquidation of its assets expected

to start in earnest soon, its clear the League group, which once had a grand vision for the 13.9-acre site, wont be the developers of the site.

The recent decision to include the Col-wood site with Leagues other holdings in the court-ordered mass selloff is good news to Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton.

Were still sitting with a hole in the ground, she said. But Im hoping theres

some attraction to it that will bring some-body to the forefront. Hopefully there will be somebody out there who can realize the benefit to what has already been done.

By the time construction stopped on the project last summer, the only work com-pleted was essentially an underground parking lot.

While investors in the failed company will receive their vastly diluted share of the funds once the companys assets have been liquidated, Colwood expects to see the out-

standing property taxes and fees in full.It also includes interest that has accrued.

The current amount owed, with interest, is approximately $350,000, according to city finance staff. The mayor stressed that Col-wood is not at risk.

The City Centre situation is far different than when the Lehigh gravel pit closed in 2007-08.

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Denise McCormick, left, and Lindsey Hay of the floral department are hard at work setting up at the new Quality Foods grocery store on Langford Parkway.

Langford store makes it an even dozen for Quality FoodsFamily owned grocery chain brings its game to the West ShoreDon DescoteauNews staff

For more than 30 years, Quality Foods has built a following on the mid- and North Island.

In the span of a year or so, the independent grocer will open not one, but two stores on the West Shore, its first outlets in Greater Victoria.

Weve long had an eye to Victo-ria, but the opportunities were few and far between, said Rob McKay, Quality Foods marketing director.

This weeks opening of its store in Langford marks the companys first foray into what McKay admits is a highly competitive grocery market.

Quality Foods has some momen-tum going in, he said.

There seems to be a pent-up demand for Victoria. Weve been getting phone calls and emails and personal comments from people asking us, when are you guys coming down here?

The Langford Parkway location is store number 12 for the com-pany, which began in 1982 when partners Ken Schley, John Briulo and Noel Hayward restored an abandoned grocery store in Qua-licum Beach.

The next location in this area will be in View Royal, on the site of the development at the corner of Helmcken Road and Watkiss Way near Victoria General Hospital. It

is due to open sometime in 2015. Langford Mayor Stew Young is

excited for the economic opportu-nities the new Quality Foods will bring to his community, with 75 to 100 jobs to be filled initially.

The jobs that it creates is obvi-ously number one for our commu-nity. Its great that another large employer has decided that Lang-ford is a great place to move, he said.

We have some of the strongest growth in the region. A lot of our residents need the jobs.

In addition to offering employ-ment opportunities, the new Qual-ity Foods will also provide another grocery option closer to home for Langford residents, said Young, as well as injecting some friendly competition into the mix.

Its healthy for our community and itll possibly lower prices for food which is always a good thing, he said.

McKay said the location of the store is ideal, with its proximity to the new Capital Iron store, as well as City Centre Park.

Were hoping to draw from a greater population area, but our focus, of course, is the West Shore community, he said. Thats pretty good in and of itself.

Capital Iron owner Mike Black said at the time of his stores opening in April that the impend-ing opening of Quality Foods was part of his companys decision to locate in the former furniture store plaza.

Jordan Schley, Kens son, is man-ager of the new store and brings enthusiasm and family pride to the job, McKay said.

Among the features the new

store brings is something it calls Island Smokehouse Barbecue, complete with an in-house smok-ing oven to create such items as barbecued pulled pork, beef bris-ket and other gourmet items.

McKay said Quality Foods has been a pioneer in terms of bring-

ing specialty foods and services to its stores, from freshly made Chinese food and in-store cafs to old-style delis.

For more on Quality Foods, visit qualityfoods.com.

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Grocer tech savvyn For customers who are accustomed to using their smartphones for shopping, Quality Foods has just the ticket.Their app, which is linked to ones Q card (loyalty program), allows shoppers to accept a special online-only deal on their phone, then have it automatically rung in for that price at the checkout once your Q card is scanned.


Former Quality Foods staffer Barry Funk stocks the produce bins at the companys newest store, on Langford Parkway. While he retired several years back, he was more than happy to help pitch in and get the store ready for its opening this week. A special seniors shopping night is planned for 4 to 8 p.m. tonight (July 9), while the official grand opening happens Thursday at 10 a.m.

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That property, now central to the massive Royal Bay development project, was re-assessed at the time and transformed from a revenue-producing operation to a fallow piece of land.

It took a million dollars out of the coffers of the city in taxation, Hamilton said.

A report released last month for stakeholders by court-appointed monitor PricewaterhouseCoo-pers laid out the reasons for Leagues collapse, including the devastating blow to the market value of the Colwood property, on which it embarked upon its first ground-up development. Leagues property holdings primarily consisted of existing buildings.

The report states that League intends to liqui-date all operations and assets by the end of 2014, rather than consider restructuring and attempt some form of development on the Colwood prop-erty.

Answering residents who point fingers at the City of Colwood in this scenario, Hamilton said even with staff and councils best efforts, its dif-ficult to foresee the market changes and other factors that can lead to the financial ruin of devel-opment companies.

We would probably be safer to look (only) at small residential subdivisions, but what does that speak to at the end of the day for the overall health of the community? Not much.

Facilitating economic growth requires taking chances with well-established, well-backed devel-opers who are willing to dig deep and invest in the community, she said.

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Metal rebar tubes stick up on the Capital City Centre development site near Colwood Corners. The project was stalled last year and is part of a disastrous financial situation for League Group investors. However, the City of Colwood, as a secured creditor, expects to see the nearly $350,000 it is owed in unpaid property taxes.

No further plans to continue with Colwood project

Fishing line strung up across Langford roads

West Shore RCMP are looking for those respon-sible for stringing fishing line across two Langford roads.

Police responded to two calls June 29 of vehi-cles driving through fishing line strung across the streets.

The near-invisible lines were intentionally strung across Hull Road at Jenkins Avenue, and near the roundabout on Glen Lake Road at Alouette Drive, said West Shore RCMP Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz.

It is fortunate that no one was injured by this, as the fishing line was strung at a height that would impact a person riding a bike, she said.

Anyone with information on either case is asked to call RCMP at 250-474-2264 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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In a rather wild area a mere duck-hooked drive away from the 17th tee at Royal Colwood Golf Club, Barry Denluck pulls a bee-filled panel out of one of five hives he recently set up there.

Before pointing out the queen for the visitors, the bee-keeper and breeder mutters, I shouldnt really be doing this.

Thatll probably set them back about two or three days, Denluck says of the show-and-tell session. He notes that hon-eybees need to be left mostly undisturbed to produce honey.

We wont see any honey of significance until next year, he says.

The beehive project is a joint venture between Denluck, who is field testing his new design of a coastal weather-sensitive hive, and the golf club.

The project emerged from a professional encounter last year between club general manager Philip Nurse, who had a major bee swarm to deal with on the course, and Denluck, the View Royal-based expert called in to take care of it.

The experience got Nurse thinking about creating a place for bees to gather on the course.

We looked at it from an envi-ronmental standpoint, he says. The combination of having bees around to pollinate flowers and trees on the 160-acre course, and doing their part to help stem the annual winter die-off of bees in the area, was attractive to club

members, Nurse adds.I wanted to put them some-

where where theyd be visible to members, otherwise its out of sight, out of mind, he says.

The hives developed by Den-luck, an executive with the B.C. Honey Producers Association, are designed to attack the issue of bee loss head on.

(It) is designed to accom-modate for the changes in tem-perature and humidity, he says. Winter loss is way too high. Its been as high as 40 per cent among our members in Victo-ria and as high as 60 per cent across the Island. Sustainability requires somewhere around 10 per cent (loss).

The plan for the hives is to monitor them this season and through the winter and create beehive towers to increase the number of bees and their pro-duction as the years go by.

Honeybees, or Apis mellifera as they are scientifically known, are the only strain of bees that do not hibernate, Denluck says. The goal is to breed bees, partic-ularly queens, that have devel-

oped a tolerance to changes in temperature.

Currently beekeepers on the Island are getting about three years out of queens, but with a specialized apiary, they may be able to live even longer, Denluck says.

The existing hives have about 5,000 bees each in them. At the projects peak, he expects there to be in the neighbourhood of one million bees in total.

As for the honey, the objec-tive is to produce about 1,000 pounds per year, with roughly one quarter of that going to the golf club for use in the restaurant and for sales in the pro shop.

Nurse is excited about the potential for the bee operation and says club members are as well.

Its interesting, when you start talking about it, every-bodys eyes light up, he says.

The gazebo covering the hives will eventually be painted with the Royal Colwood Golf Club colours to blend in with its sur-roundings.

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Royal Colwood Golf Club GM Philip Nurse, left, and beekeeper Barry Denluck of View Royal stand next to honeybee hives built by Denluck and placed on the course.Don Descoteau/ News staff

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EDITORIALOUR VIEW

A few weeks before the landmark decision declaring aboriginal title proven by the Tsilhqotin Nation, I picked up a used university textbook that looked like a handy reference.

Geography in British Columbia: People and Landscapes in Transition, by Brett McGillivray (UBC Press, Second Edition) is a good reference, except where it strays from geography into politics.

This 2005 edition came out not long before the B.C. Treaty Commission started producing agreements, notably with the Tsawwassen First Nation. It recounts the establishment of the Ministry of Native Affairs by the Bill Vander Zalm government in 1990, and the election the next year of Mike Harcourts NDP, who reversed the provinces historical legal position and tried to accept the existence of aboriginal title.

At this point the textbook departs from the facts and leads its freshman pupils into left-wing dogma.

McGillivray writes: When the Liberal Party won the 2001 election (with all but two seats), it launched a province-wide referendum on treaty negotiations, prompting commentators to suggest the government was trying to impose 19th century ideas on a 21st century problem.

Commentators in the above quote is of course only one commentator, veteran lefty Vancouver columnist Stephen

Hume. This quote was indeed

representative of the media consensus at the time. On TV,

aboriginal leaders burned their ballots while denouncing the referendum as racist and divisive. The public, and later university students, were taught that Gordon Campbells government was exploiting racism for political gain.

In fact, this referendum was one of a long series of efforts to untangle the legal knot left by Canada and B.C.s failure

to complete historical treaties after 1900.

Seven of the eight questions in the 2002 referendum were simply to confirm the existing position of B.C. treaty negotiators. The purpose, then as now, was to settle treaties.

The first question asked if private land should be exempt from expropriation for treaty settlements. Private property rights are not so much a 19th century idea as a 17th century one, defined in 1690 by John Locke.

What remains true today is that no society has made significant social and environmental progress without individual property rights. See the woeful state of most of Canadas communally owned aboriginal reserves, where individually owned property isnt permitted.

The Tsilhqotin dropped claims of property held by non-aboriginal residents from their appeal to

the highest court, a wise move considering that pushing people from their homes would lead to violent confrontations.

Other referendum questions related to preserving public access to Crown land for hunting, fishing and park use. All were endorsed.

The only new question asked if aboriginal self-government should have the characteristics of local government, with powers delegated from Canada and British Columbia.

Arguably, thats what has emerged from the Tsilhqotin case, which upholds provincial jurisdiction over public forest policy on environmental and fire protection on aboriginal title lands.

By 2009, frustrated with a lack of progress, due to Ottawas inaction as well as inconsistent leadership from aboriginal communities, the Campbell government tried to cut the knot. Its proposed Recognition Act would have accepted a form of aboriginal title across the province, based on 30 historical indigenous nations.

That idea originated not with the province but with the First Nations Leadership Council. It was rejected by a broader group of aboriginal leaders later that year.

The best way forward, also endorsed in the 2002 referendum, is sharing land use planning. B.C. has also begun sharing resource revenues.

The most likely path, however, is back to court for years to come.

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It is not just Murphys Law that causes those most in need of an optical correction to experience the most difficulty getting a quick replacement lens in an emer-gency situation. Complex, strong or difficult prescrip-tions can take longer to make. If you are helpless with-out your glasses, be prepared for loss or breakage. Whether in the jungle, on safari or on a luxury cruise, the nearest optical lab can be a long way off.

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Contact lens wearers should be especially careful to anticipate problems. If you wear expensive custom made contact lenses, you may balk at the idea of buying a spare pair. Disposable contact lenses might provide tolerable vision in an emergency even if not a precise match for your correction. Discuss this idea with your Optometrist.

Contact lens wearers should wear glasses for long airplane flights because of the dry air supply. In fact, everyone could benefit from lubricating drops in these dry conditions. Contact lens wearers should also be aware that some countries have high levels of air pol-lution and contaminated water supplies so be careful about hygiene. Fastidiously wash your hands before handling your contact lenses. Montezuma can take re-venge on your eyes as well as your tummy. Bring your own solutions if you are not sure of their availability at your destination

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Rebels gain stability as season nearsCoaching, QB situations ironed out for 2014 Don DescoteauNews staff

Theres been a few bumps along the way, but the West-shore Rebels are moving for-ward with some key pieces in place for their football puzzle.

The B.C. Football Confer-ence junior squad staged what was, by most accounts, a successful training camp last weekend at Westhills Stadium.

You can tell theres a lot of excitement on this team, said head coach Andrew Axhorn, who lost co-coach Tom Fong due to personal reasons last week, but gained a new assistant head coach in for-mer Rebel Sheldon Sulliman. Theres a lot of players look-ing forward to this season.

Some elements of the week-end workouts left Axhorn smiling, including the way the offence stepped up their game for the Sunday scrimmage.

Part of that had to do with the appearance at camp of Hunter Lake, who will help

settle the teams quarterback situation.

The 20-year-old Richmond native put finding a job or going to school on hold to come back for a third year with the Rebels, and sounded awfully glad he did.

Camp was awesome, he said. Everyones going gung-ho. You could hear the hits around town, it was lots of fun.

Lake, the leading passer for yardage in the BCFC last season with 2,051, was also the teams leading rusher last year with 329 yards. While he would love to pilot a run-and-gun style offence, he expects the ground game to be a big part of the Rebels attack.

No matter what the play is, well be doing a lot of running, Im not worried about that, he said. I trust my feet more

than I do my arm.Sulliman has some foot-

ball cred with the players, having played for the team and won a BCFC title in 2003 playing alongside new Rebels defensive co-ordinator Ryan Henderson.

Guys already came up to me to say, its nice to have someone who played for the team coaching, Sulliman said. They believe in you that you respect the tradition of the Rebels and that you understand where the team has come from and where we all want to see the team (go).

The teams goals for the sea-son are simple, he said.

Were not going say were going to be the champion, our goal is to have a successful season and build on that. Our plan is to build this program for the future. Our teams a very young team, which gives us an advantage, cause these guys will be our core guys and thats the way you really become a championship team.

The Rebels open the season on the road in Kamloops on July 26 then return to Lang-ford for their home opener against the arch-rival Vancou-ver Island Raiders, on Aug. 2 at Westhills Stadium.

There will no doubt be home field pride on the line in that game, since the Raiders hammered the Rebels 71-0 in the final game of last [email protected]

Don Descoteau/News staff

A defender (in dark) breaks up a passing play during the Westshore Rebels training camp scrimmage on Sunday at Westhills Stadium.

Don Descoteau/News staff

Westshore Rebels quarterback Hunter Lake looks downfield to a receiver as defenders close in on him during the junior football clubs training camp scrimmage on Sunday.


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Thirteen teams will battle it out for provincial under-14 A girls supremacy at this weekends Softball B.C. championship tournament in View Royal and Saanich.

And theres a good chance at least one local team will be in the hunt right up until the end.

The Langford Lightning edged out the Victoria Devils 2000s for the South

Vancouver Island U16C league title the girls play up an age group to gain experience and both have done well in tournament play this season.

The Lightning have been finalists in a number of outside tournaments this season and have only lost a half dozen or so games, while chalking up more than 40 victories. Head coach Pat Guiney says the teams strengths include its balance and the players great work

ethic, not to mention their athleticism.

Weve got some exceptional athletes in some complementary sports like basketball and soccer, he says. That really helps us.

The Kevin Bobroske-coached Devils 2000s named for the players birth year have an equal amount of depth, with four strong pitchers and some serious power at the plate.

When we talk about power, we have had some girls hit home runs this year, he said. Its certainly power that Ive never seen at

this level before.The Devils 2001s,

coached by Paddy Strandlund, are also playing in the tournament, but are not expected to challenge for the title this time around.

Among the top out-of-town teams entered are the White Rock Renegades, who Bobroske said play more of a singles style of game that focuses on putting the ball in play. Guiney agreed that the Renegades, who will host the nationals this summer, are the big dog of the tournament. Also

expected to stick around late in the draw are the Surrey Storm 2000s.

Pool play runs all day Friday (July 11) starting at 8 a.m. at Helmcken-Centennial Park, with opening ceremonies there at 6:15 p.m. The playoff round begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at both Centennial and Hyacinth Park in Saanich, continuing Sunday at 8 a.m. at both parks.

The championship game goes at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Centennial.

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Members of the Langford Lightning 14-under girls A softball team collectively work on keeping their eye on the ball during a break in practice at Centennial Park in Langford. Fresh off winning the South Vancouver Island 16-under B league, the Lightning are one of three local teams that will compete in the provincial 14U A championships in View Royal this weekend.Don Descoteau/News staff

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaw at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS at CITY HALL, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 6:45 p.m.

1. COLWOOD LAND USE BYLAW NO. 151, 1989, AMENDMENT NO. 140 (CD12 ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT-571 LATORIA ROAD), BYLAW NO. 1545, 2014.

The general purpose of Bylaw No. 1545 is to amend the text of the Comprehensive Development 12 (CD12) Zone of the Land Use Bylaw No. 151 by adding detached dwellings as a permitted use in order to facilitate a subdivision creating up to 4 single-family residential lots varying in size from 350m2 to 500m2.

The property affected by the proposed zoning text amendment is located at 571 Latoria Road and more particularly described as Lot 5, Section 60, Esquimalt District, Plan 6605.

A copy of the proposed bylaw and other related material may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from the date of this notice up to and including Monday, July 14, 2014. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 478-5999 or [email protected] .

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Arnold LimNews staff

Hammered steel is spread out in the math class-room.

Flasks and test tubes are replaced by art prints in the biology lab, and an assortment of random household items that will soon be art are spread out in the chemistry lab, where there isnt a for-mula to be seen. Instructors and students are in the classes, but the discussion isnt about high school, it is about art.

The Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts at Pearson College, in its 30th year, attracts hundreds of artists from all over the world. Partici-pants from Belgium, the United States and across Canada come year after year some have been coming for decades yet pottery co-ordinator Meira Mathison said many locals dont know it exists.

(It is) more than 40 classes over the two weeks with more than 450 students, she said. Because we are bringing in absolutely incredible renowned instructors, it has been wonderful. I have been able to see the best in the world and get to know them and get to see what they are doing.

Cindy Moyer, incoming executive director, referred to the gathering of artisans as an inter-national school founded by international artists.

Its an amazing collective of workshops and seminars, she said, a retreat opportunity where you are isolated in the midst of nature and have access to facilities with great teachers, (which is) what has made it magical for 30 years.

Offering everything from pottery and printmak-ing, to steel work and basket weaving, the school engulfs the sprawling Pearson campus for two weeks every summer. Many students, including 17-year participant Al Scott, a long-time potter, say it is among the best two weeks of their year.

Each year I come out, I pick up some new ideas (from) people not only in the pottery community, but every other art form, he said. There is a sharing of ideas and tal-ent.

The Vernon resident teaches pot-tery full time in the Interior, but makes his way to Metchosin every year with a goal of learning some-thing new he can share with his students.

People are so open to sharing their talents and they dont hold back. They (give that) little piece of info you need to be able to take that package and apply it through your own hands and to your own life. There is no holding back here, that is the big thing, he said. And this is such an idyllic situ-ation, I tend to sit in the same spot and look out onto this bay.

Kristin Murray, who sits at the next wheel, is on Vancouver Island for the first time. She enrolled after getting a tip from her pottery instructor back home in Brandon, Man.

You are learning not from just instructors, but general conversa-tions you are having with people from other classes and other back-grounds, she said. It becomes an interesting dialogue with people who have been in the business for many, many years.

After only two days the univer-sity student is already looking for-ward to an opportunity to return to Metchosin.

The space is beautiful, you couldnt ask for a better space. If you ever need inspiration, you just walk outside and you have all the inspiration you need. Just how pos-itive people are and how creative

and willing to share that comes from the com-munity and that has been the best (thing) so far. I hope I can come back again next year.

For more information on the summer school visit missa.ca.

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Locals may be MISSA-ing out, on summer arts school30th annual gathering at Pearson College a boon for arts tourism


(From left) Kristin Murray, Al Scott and Libby Ray work on pottery at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts at Pearson College.

Its an amazing collective of workshops and seminars, a retreat opportunity where you are isolated in the midst of nature and have access to facilities with great teachers, (which is) what has made it magical for 30 years.

Cindy Moyer

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LETTERSColwood sewage letter hits the mark

Re: Colwood should think twice before locating sewage plant (Letters, July 2)

Kudos to Dave Wing of Langford who sums up in his letter the concerns residents of Colwood should have about letting council proceed with putting a sewage plant, given the fiascos of the two real estate projects on Wale Road and Colwood Corners.

He expressed my concerns exactly. Small councils do not have the necessary experienced staff to deal with large construction projects, as evidenced by the lack of requirement of a performance bond to guarantee satisfactory completion from the companies whose projects failed.

If a performance bond had been held on the first stage of the Capital City Centre project, steps could at least have been taken to protect what had been built so far against the weather as opposed to it being a total write-off. Council has a duty to protect the city and its taxpayers against the impact of incompetent and/or inadequately funded construction companies.

Change orders are the norm on large projects just look at

the example of the contractor for the Johnson Street bridge, who requested an additional $7.9 million on a fixed price contract of $90 million.

The prospect of large cost overruns on a wastewater plant project, or the cost to fix a plant having a catastrophic failure such as (what) happened in Halifax being borne by the small base of Colwood taxpayers is a very daunting one indeed.

Eileen BellColwood

Council too idealistic for residents liking

Bravo to Dave Wing for telling it like it is.

Colwood, unfortunately, has a reputation for building holes. In fact it has become a bit of a joke, but not to this Colwood taxpayer. While I realize development company bankruptcies are nottotally councils fault, they must learn to examine proposals more carefully and get their collective heads out of their we are the greenest, airy fairy mindset that seems to prevail.

Sure, being green is important, but not to the extent of overlooking more

pressing, more realistic aspects of municipal development. Who cares if we win awards for solar schemes when not enough people have embraced the concept and signed on. Who cares if we win the race to install more electric car charging stations than any other municipality before we surveyed how many Colwood residents own electric cars.

In 2011 I voted for people I truly believed would bring good management to our city.Instead we get waffling, poor decisions and on top of that, a weak declaration that not enough people were interested in putting the amalgamation question on the ballot this time. Who did you ask?

On amalgamation, look at Langford, which, by being more aggressive, is getting things done.Think what this attitude and some sound business acumen could mean when merged with Colwoods landbank a high-end real estate development with parks, sports facilities and more.

Heres to Langwood or Colford, whichever you want to call it.

Pamela JacksonColwood

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3170 TILLICUM ROAD LOWER LEVEL OUTSIDE OF TILLICUM CENTRE

ACROSS FROM PEARKES REC. CENTRE 250-475-7501

Store Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30am - 9:00 pm Sat. 9:30 am - 5:30 pm Sun. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

VICTORIA3170 TILLICUM ROAD LOWER LEVEL OUTSIDE OF TILLICUM CENTRE ACROSS FROM PEARKES REC. CENTRE 250-475-7501

Store Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am - 9:00 pmSat. 9:30 am - 5:30 pm Sun and Holidays 11:00 am - 5 pm

3170 TILLICUM ROADLOWER LEVEL OUTSIDE OF TILLICUM CENTREACROSS FROM PEARKES REC. CENTRE 250-475-7501

Consideration and adoption of the Annual Repor

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Goldstream News Gazette, July 09, 2014