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Archive for January 11th, 2008

Langford Council sends Loan Authorization Bylaw through third reading

Posted by insidelangford on January 11, 2008

An Inside Langford editorial

December 27th, 2007 Langford Council held an unusual Thursday night meeting where they acted to bring two bylaws to 3rd reading. These two bylaws serve the construction of the Spencer Road Interchange.

Bylaw # 1147 Local Area Service Establishment and
Bylaw# 1148 Loan Authorization Bylaw

Little notice of that meeting was given to the public. Less notice was given of these bylaws going to third reading; a notice at the entrance to City Hall seen on Monday Dec.31st stated the bylaws were to be given first reading but a call to the office inside found that third reading had already happened. Read the rest of this entry »

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Interchange loan riles Langford citizen group

Posted by insidelangford on January 11, 2008

By Rick Stiebel -
Published in the Goldstream News Gazette – January 11, 2008

Symbolic counter-petition launched to rescind borrowing bylaws

A group of Langford residents are organizing a counter-petition they know won’t fly to show many residents don’t approve of the way the City passed borrowing bylaws for the Spencer Road Interchange. Read the rest of this entry »

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$25 Million for Who?

Posted by insidelangford on January 11, 2008

“Langford council must still have been swimming in holiday spirits at the December 27 meeting, as of the three councillors to whom Monday spoke, none seemed to recall the bylaw actually passed third reading.”

Published Jan 11 2008 in Monday Magazine

Opponents of the proposed Spencer Road highway interchange in Langford are taking their case door-to-door in an attempt to block a $25 million loan from the municipality to Bear Mountain property developers. Read the rest of this entry »

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