Greetings all,
Pardon the lapse in posting but Christmas wasn't that long ago, January was catch up for some of us and February saw some of us out of country. Meetings therefore were postponed during this time. We would have posted a post but it was temporarily not updated.
Here, is the day of the parade, 87 entries in the parade so we hope all that spectated the event enjoyed it, even in the 'liquid sunshine'. We hope the rest of the events of carnival see as good of turnout.
In other news, here's a recent article on area amalgamation. http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/opinion/290713491.html Interesting that information provided is deemed not to be "recent" so let your representatives know what your opinions are now. Then perhaps, this issue will be brought up when desired and not to fulfill 'campaign promises' as the article comments.
The supposed 'outdated' info. can be reviewed/downloaded from http://www.rdno.ca/index.php/services/planning-building/planning-projects/electoral-area-annexation-impact-study .
For the other article on annexation was one we found interesting and recent http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/290989561.html "Swan Lake sought by city." As Mr. Fleming succinctly said "It represents 22 per cent of our total tax base in Areas B and C
and 35 per cent of the tax requisition for fire protection. It won’t be
transferred to the city without compensation.” For if not compensated, we would face increased tax rate for same fire protection.
This is it for now, the blog will also be updated again this month after our next executive meeting, which will be 7 PM, Tuesday, Feb. 17th, 2015 @ "the People Place". Interested individuals wishing to attend can R.S.V.P. by calling (250) - 542 - 1056.
Until then keep reading & writing,
