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Tag Archives: government
Tell government your budget priorities
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has been touring the province to ask residents about their priorities for the 2012 Budget and is about to make its way to Surrey! The committee will hold a public meeting … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Events, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged bc, budget, funding, government, surrey
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Dianne Watts to announce intentions next week
According to CKNW, Watts has been humming and hawing about running for the Liberal leadership, and plans to make her intentions clear next week. This Saturday, the Liberal executive will meet to discuss how and when the leadership race will … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc, dianne watts, gordon campbell, government, leader, liberal, mayor, politics, premier
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Let’s Draft Watts together
Yesterday, I wrote about why I believe Dianne Watts is the best choice to replace Gordon Campbell as Premier and how in such a role she could continue her work in improving Surrey. As the media begins to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc, candidate, dianne watts, gordon campbell, government, kevin falcon, leader, leadership, liberal, mayor, popular, premier, replacement, resign, surrey
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Drafting Dianne Watts for Premier of BC
Now that Gordon Campbell has stepped down as Leader of the BC Liberals, and thus the Premiership of the province, all eyes turn to potential replacement candidates. The public sentiment that has driven Campbell to resign demands somebody with a … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged bc, convention, dianne watts, frontrunner, gordon campbell, government, leader, liberals, mayor, party, politics, premier, province, replacement, resign, surrey
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Premier declares SkyTrain for the South Fraser
Premier Gordon Campbell, upholding what has become an annual tradition, spoke today to civic leaders across the province at the UBCM conference where he unveiled his plan to “build on Olympic momentum for the 21st century.” The UBCM speech has … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Environment, Fleetwood, Guildford, Transport, Whalley
Tagged bc, fraser, funding, gordon campbell, government, langley, light rail, lrt, metro, premier, rail, rapid transit, skytrain, south fraser, surrey, Transport, ubcm, valley, vancouver
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City relaunching website Oct 4th
The City’s website has been re-designed (finally!). It will be unveiled Monday, October 4th. Stay tuned.
City embraces social media [poll]
In the past six months, and in particular since the spring, the City has made great strides in embracing social media as a tool to inform and engage residents. Social media, that fabulous democratizing phenomenon that you are experiencing as … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Library
Tagged adoption, bc, blog, civic, department, Events, facebook, government, Library, municipal, politician, social media, surrey, twitpic, twitter, vancouver
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