Another, somewhat differently, edited version of this letter appeared in the Times Colonist, and is available here.
- Steven Hurdle -
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letter to the Goldstream News Gazette
Feb. 20, 2008
As a 14-year citizen of Langford I am dumfounded and outraged that last Wednesday Langford mayor and council allowed construction to begin for the Spencer Road Interchange.
More than 2,250 Langford residents signed a petition asking them not to proceed until a referendum was called about borrowing $25 million to lend to developers for this project.
This construction has begun even though the financing has yet to be secured. The bylaws creating the agreement to build the interchange have not even been adopted. Read the rest of this entry »