Governance Review: No argle-bargle, please!
RE: Councillor wants review of how city is governed, Times Colonist, Oct. 22, 2020. A governance review for the City of Victoria is very welcome and holds potential for doing…
Untold millions spent on tent city cleanups
EDITOR’S NOTE: City staff told CTV and CHEK News that it cost $85,000 to clean up Pandora Avenue (including staff costs) during the last several months (Oct. 3, 2020). Centennial…
Does Mayor Helps wear too many hats?
Helps joins Trudeau Foundation board EDITOR’S NOTE: Mayor Helps is also the co-chair of the informal B.C. Mayors’ Caucus, described as a non-partisan group of the province’s 13 largest cities.…
GUEST COLUMN: Emergency response streamlining urged
Amalgamation Yes calls for an immediate response to intractable and insular municipal relationships and the need to streamline emergency response BY JAMES (JIM) ANDERSON, CHAIR, AMALGAMATION YES Once again senior…
It’s time to take back Beacon Hill Park
Our municipal overlords at city council seem to have forgotten the words of John Muir, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where…
Is there a conflict of interest at GVHA?
Elected public officials earn $10-15,000 annually as directors of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Taxpayers now have a better idea what elected public officials are compensated on the Greater Victoria…
OPINION: A plan gone wrong in Saanich !
EDITOR’S NOTE: This opinion piece by Mr Anderson does not necessarily reflect the position of Grumpy Taxpayer$, and is meant for discussion purposes. BY JAMES D. ANDERSON The draft Uptown-Douglas…
Questions on sewer treatment costs raised
EDITOR”S NOTE: This is part 2 of a question and answer (Q and A) interview with Colin Plant, chair of the CRD on the region’s most costly capital project in…
A perfect past-time for pandemic pitched
If puzzles, knitting, bird watching and adopting pets are enjoying a resurgence during the pandemic, who knows, holding politician’s feet to the fire has potential as a pastime. When 5,100…