Here’s a note about a radio interview Herman Surkis and I will be doing tomorrow for those who’d be inclined to tune in.

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Break’in Ice is broadcast every Tuesday between 4:30-5:30 pm PST on CFUV UVic Campus/Community Radio 101.9FM / 104.3 CABLE or you can listen to the show on our website at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca/listen/listen.html 
 
This Tuesday on Break’in Ice we’ll be interviewing Steven Hurdle, We’ll be discussing the results of his campaign to prove that Langford voters reject the City of Langford borrowing 25 million$ on behalf of developers to build the Spencer Road Interchange. Also Langford’s Official Community Plan…. or is it Langford’s Official Developers ‘Change It To Suit Your Needs’ Community Plan?
 
My co-host will be Jack Etkin
 
Richard Habgood
Break’in Ice
CFUV/UVic

Coun. Blackwell typifies rot in Langford

letter to the editor
Times Colonist
Published: Saturday, March 08, 2008
Re: “Councillor caught on YouTube ‘exercising’ middle finger at protesters,” March 6.

Langford Coun. Denise Blackwell has been caught on tape giving the finger to citizens at a council meeting.

Anyone else behaving this way would have been summarily arrested by city council’s RCMP friends, thrown out and ridiculed by the media.

It’s no surprise that the corrupt dealings of Langford have raised public concern to a fevered pitch.

As if it hasn’t already bent over backward enough for its greedy friends, city council plans to hand over $25 million of public money for a loan on behalf of the Bear Mountain developers.

Your article states, “The money is being repaid by five development landowners in the area.”

Since when was journalism a predictive science? Who knows if the developers will repay the money? If the scheme was as sound and beneficial as we’re told, the developers would raise their own money. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps this news story should read:  “Quigg group, Bear Mountain settle legal differences SAYS LEN BARRIE”.  I think it’s interesting that we always hear this from Len Barrie’s perspective.  As a result we know little about how upset with the Bear Mountain Master Partnership that Quigg was (or even why, except for what was mentioned in their legal filings and we can’t be certain that’s a complete list).  At this point we know nothing about what was offered to Quigg to make them happy again.  The increase in density is interesting, especially since media reports haven’t indicated that Langford Council was part of the decision to increase density by another 200 units.  Aren’t these decisions usually made by our city councillors, not the developers?  That seems like something worth looking into.

- Steven Hurdle -

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Quigg group, Bear Mountain settle legal differences

Times Colonist
Published: Sunday, March 09, 2008

Bear Mountain and the Quigg Development group have settled their legal disagreement.

Quigg, which plans a multi-tower $1.4-billion condominium project at Bear Mountain, late last month launched a lawsuit alleging the company had been misled about the pace of development at the resort, the placement of a reservoir and the sale price of some of the units. Read the rest of this entry »