"To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication." Sam Harris
So the Chair claims the use of profanity is the reason the board can't get "any kind of business done"? He's referring to me saying jesus christ when the chair's wife during question period at the Mar. 22 meeting decided she could question me and that other landowners could question me. How is that preventing... Continue Reading →
Another accurate article from the Comox Valley Record reporter Scott Strasser. https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/draft-plan-for-union-bay-coal-hills-remediation-to-be-submitted-this-spring/ Photo courtesy JET Productions. Draft plan for Union Bay coal hills remediation to be submitted this spring West Fraser Mills is paying for the installation of an engineered membrane SCOTT STRASSER Apr. 25, 2018 3:00 p.m. NEWS A draft plan for the remediation... Continue Reading →
This excerpt is the CAO of the Comox Valley Regional District presenting the Annual Report Apr. 24, 2018, and specifically mentioning the funds for each area are kept in that area which should put the matter to rest and stop the misinformation that this new trustee keeps spewing as a reason to oppose becoming a... Continue Reading →
Attended the CVRD meeting Apr. 24, 2018, with an update by Duncan Williams, Executive Director, Crown Land Opportunities and Restoration Branch. Thanks to Mr. Williams and the West Fraser rep for answering questions after the presentation. For some reason, the UBID Admin was at the meeting which commenced just before 4 pm. As usual, no... Continue Reading →
An Annual General Meeting April 19, 2018, with the finances presented to the landowners but the Admin is unable to answer financial questions as he wasn't prepared and didn't have figures with him. Shouldn't this have been the very meeting with the Admin prepared for these questions? The information package at the meeting for landowners... Continue Reading →
Election is over for another year. Time to get back to the problems with the Union Bay Improvement District. Improvement Districts are set up with staggered elections so there will always been experienced Trustees on the board at any given time. The new trustees benefit from the knowledge of those trustees. That didn't happen here... Continue Reading →
Votes counted Haraldson 274 Elliott 242
It's hard to keep track of all the problems facing this improvement district. Every meeting is a disaster because rules and regulations in place are just completely ignored and rulings are handed out willy nilly with nothing to support the decision. To listen to the Chair read out the letter from the Ministry just leaves... Continue Reading →
They never disappoint - still as screwed up and dysfunctional as ever. @ Hein. I asked the same question you asked tonight regarding the 29% increase in water tolls projected for 2018 and the Admin claimed that at the rate the water was being used, the water tolls would increase to around an additional $100,000.... Continue Reading →
Union Bay Improvement District Annual General Meeting Tonight @ 7 pm Community Hall UPDATE; APR 19, 4:19 pm. It just gets worse. The Admin sent a copy of my Privacy complaint to the very person he shouldn't have given my email address to! A Privacy complaint distributed in the very email he's admitting he... Continue Reading →
https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/union-bay-improvement-district-trustee-election-april-21/ Union Bay Improvement District trustee election April 21 Incumbent Jim Elliott seeks re-election; Ted Haraldson challenging Apr. 18, 2018 6:00 a.m. COMMUNITY The Union Bay Improvement District by-election for one trustee position takes place Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Union Bay Community Hall. The candidates are incumbent Jim... Continue Reading →
People have short memories. UBID, KIP and the Ministry are all touting the progress of the water filtration facility for Union Bay. Since all the landowners are paying for the facility, why did it take so long? The boards up until April 2011 put off any decisions because they believed KIP would be providing the... Continue Reading →
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