city council
Marvin Hunt, Bruce Hayne expected to join Surrey First
February 4, 2011 | Paul HillsdonAccording to The Now, Marvin Hunt, former SET councillor and the lone independent on Council, is expected to join Mayor Watts’ Surrey First slate. He would be the last of the former SET councillors to join Watts’ team, earlier defections by … Read More
Wither the Surrey Civic Coalition?
January 31, 2011 | Paul Hillsdon
From left to right. Top row: Terry Allen, SEF; Reni Masi, SEF; Shawn Wilson, SEF; Ijaz Chatha, SCC. Bottom row: Laurie Larsen, SEF; Laurae McNally, independent White Rock rep; Pam Glass, SEF.
Last week, major political news broke when two Surrey Civic Coalition school trustees broke off from the left leaning political party to join the new, non-partisan coalition party Surrey Education First, modelled after Mayor Watts’ Surrey First team on City Council.
Former SCC trustees Laurie Larsen and Terry Allen join with former SET trustees Pam Glass, Shawn Wilson, and Reni Masi to become SEF. Only Ijaz Chatha remains as an SCC representative.
In news reports, SCC President and former Council candidate Stephanie Ryan was quoted as saying the defection reeked of “opportunism” and was a “betrayal of values“. With the SCC diminished to just one school trustee and one council member, and the party’s poor performance last election, I asked Stephanie where the SCC will go from here. Her unedited response is included below:
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Susan Thomas joins the race for Council 2011
October 25, 2010 | Paul HillsdonHot off the heels of Judy Higginbotham‘s intentions to run for City Council next year comes relatively unknown Susan Thomas with her plans to join the race in 2011. Thomas has been quietly soliciting her Council bid for roughly one … Read More
Judy Higginbotham mulls return to council
September 29, 2010 | Paul HillsdonThe Surrey Leader reports that veteran City Councillor Judy Higginbotham is mulling a return to municipal politics. In October 2008, making a bid as a federal Liberal candidate for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale, she opted not to run in the … Read More
Villeneuve joins Surrey First
February 18, 2008 | Paul HillsdonIn a move that’s been expected for some time, Coun. Judy Villeneuve has joined the mayor’s political coalition.It’s a coup for Mayor Dianne Watts’ fledgling Surrey First, which has succeeded where other parties have not.
The Surrey Electors Team, which … Read More
