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SCC nominates candidates for November elections

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Paul Hillsdon

The Surrey Civic Coalition has nominated a partial slate of candidates for November’s upcoming municipal elections, albeit without a mayoral opponent to take on Dianne Watts. The left-leaning party has faced a series of blows in recent years as former … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Election | Tagged bc, bob bose, City Hall, civic coalition, hospital, living wage, lrt, politics, scc, stadium, surrey, transit | Comments Off

Surrey moves to start own transit network

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

Clearly dissatisfied with the lack of movement from TransLink on the transportation question, and awed by the success of Portland‘s autonomous action of building streetcars, Surrey City Council has directed staff to begin exploring opportunities for the City to begin … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Transport | Tagged bc, bob bose, dianne watts, funding, judy villeneuve, light rail, lrt, portland, streetcar, surrey, transit, translink, vancouver | 2 Comments

Veterans vs. new blood for City Council [poll]

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Judy Higginbotham’s planned return to civic politics raises some important questions about the makeup of City Council, as well as democracy in Surrey. Her comments to the Surrey Leader underline a long held concept about winning civic elections in the … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | Tagged barbara steele, barinder rasode, bc, bob bose, career politicians, council, democratic reform, dianne watts, election, judy higginbotham, judy villeneuve, marvin hunt, surrey, system, tom gill, vote | 1 Comment

What are Surrey’s Major Challenges? [survey]

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

The Voice, an Indo-Canadian publication, recently had an interview with Councillor Bob Bose about the major issues and challenges in Surrey. Bose took issue with Mayor Watts, saying she isn’t confronting these problems: RCMP Credibility and Crime Issues Ward System … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | Tagged bc, bob bose, challenges, community, consultation, crime, Development, dianne watts, growth, issues, priorities, rcmp, secondary suites, surrey, transport | 2 Comments

SCC renewal underway

Posted on April 15, 2009 by

The left-wing Surrey Civic Coalition, which managed to elect Bob Bose to council and Laurie Larsen and Ijaz Chatha to school board in November, recently changed leadership at the top. At the SCC AGM, 22 year old polisci student Stephanie … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | Tagged bob bose, City Hall, civic, civic coalition, first, left, party, politics, rina gill, stephanie ryan, surrey | Comments Off

Sustainability Charter: Delayed!

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

Surrey has been very quietly working on a Sustainability Charter, an overarching planning document for all development in the city to meet economic, environmental, and social sustainability [aka: Surrey's version of EcoDensity]. While it had been planned to be released … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Environment, Social Services | Tagged bc, bob bose, charter, Development, dianne watts, economy, Environment, green, Social Services, surrey, sustainability | Comments Off