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		<title>Mayor Watts support transit expansion for Surrey</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/07/21/mayor-watts-support-transit-expansion-for-surrey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Pachal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported on Frances Bula’s blog, Mayor Watts sent the following letter to the media in support of transit expansion. Do We Want our Region to Become Los Angeles? Let’s make one thing clear: Metro Vancouver Mayors approved a two &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/07/21/mayor-watts-support-transit-expansion-for-surrey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surrey First targets Bose with Bruce Hayne appointment</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/06/30/surrey-first-targets-bose-with-bruce-hayne-appointment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/06/30/surrey-first-targets-bose-with-bruce-hayne-appointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Hillsdon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrey First, Mayor Watts&#8217; coalition of incumbents, officially launched its campaign for this November&#8217;s municipal elections last night. The big news of the kickoff was the addition of Bruce Hayne to the party&#8217;s slate. Until now, Surrey First has essentially &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/06/30/surrey-first-targets-bose-with-bruce-hayne-appointment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SCC nominates candidates for November elections</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/05/09/scc-nominates-candidates-for-november-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Hillsdon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Surrey Civic Coalition has nominated a partial slate of candidates for November&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/05/09/scc-nominates-candidates-for-november-elections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wither the Surrey Civic Coalition?</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/01/31/whither-the-surrey-civic-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.civicsurrey.com/?p=1830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; Surrey First team on City &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2011/01/31/whither-the-surrey-civic-coalition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dianne Watts to announce intentions next week</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/11/dianne-watts-to-announce-intentions-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/11/dianne-watts-to-announce-intentions-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.civicsurrey.com/?p=1588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/11/dianne-watts-to-announce-intentions-next-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drafting Dianne Watts for Premier of BC</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/04/drafting-dianne-watts-for-premier-of-bc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/04/drafting-dianne-watts-for-premier-of-bc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/04/drafting-dianne-watts-for-premier-of-bc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Province tries to draft Watts, The Now wants her to stay</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/02/the-province-tries-to-draft-watts-the-now-wants-her-to-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/02/the-province-tries-to-draft-watts-the-now-wants-her-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it was fashionable in previous times to theorize as to whether or not Mayor Dianne Watts would jump ship into the provincial political arena, for well over a year now that discussion has died down. Following a car accident &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/11/02/the-province-tries-to-draft-watts-the-now-wants-her-to-stay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Susan Thomas joins the race for Council 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/10/25/susan-thomas-joins-the-race-for-council-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/10/25/susan-thomas-joins-the-race-for-council-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.civicsurrey.com/?p=1461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the heels of Judy Higginbotham&#8216;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/10/25/susan-thomas-joins-the-race-for-council-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judy Higginbotham mulls return to council</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/09/29/higginbotham-mulls-return-to-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/09/29/higginbotham-mulls-return-to-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.civicsurrey.com/?p=1241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 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 civic &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/09/29/higginbotham-mulls-return-to-council/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Watts steps down as TransLink Chair &#8211; but why?</title>
		<link>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/02/03/watts-steps-down-as-translink-chair-but-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/02/03/watts-steps-down-as-translink-chair-but-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Dianne Watts has decided to step down from Chair of the Mayor&#8217;s Council of TransLink. She has been the Chair since the inception of the Mayor&#8217;s Council, part of the reshuffling of TransLink&#8217;s structure by former Transportation Minister Kevin &#8230; <a href="http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/02/03/watts-steps-down-as-translink-chair-but-why/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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