Speaking of Council Pay

Yesterday I watched the video of the discussion of Council remuneration at Monday’s Council meeting. https://pub-nanaimo.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=01f43fd5-6872-404d-9e49-48a687a733aa&Agenda=Merged&lang=English I then checked the reports on Monday’s agenda for some background information on the subject. There was no report on the historical methodology or amount of Council remuneration as background to this new scheme for re- setting Council’s pay […]

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Mea Culpa

It has been pointed out to me by both Tyler Brown on Facebook and our Mayor by email that my facebook post of a quote from a September 13 email from Mayor Krog not identifying him as the source and thus calling all members of Council into question could be seen as disingenuous. After some […]

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Is it a Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood?

Ron Bolin: Sept. 15, 2019 On Thursday, September 19th Nanaimo faces a Public Hearing at which Council, after hearing from the public, will decide whether moving a major density apartment development into the middle of a basically single family Old City neighbourhood is a good idea. The project at 388 Machleary Street leaps from downtown […]

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Neighbourhoods and Developments

Lawrence Rieper’s Presentation to City Council on August 26 re: 388 Machleary Street: I have lived in the Old City Neighbourhood for many years. This proposal is ridiculous. The proponent refers to the site use as Medium Density Residential. With upwards of 175 units on about 4 stories, it qualifies for high Density Residential, normally […]

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Public Right to Public Information

Ron Bolin: July 31, 2019 The following correspondence with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC outlines my correspondence with the OIPCBC and I hope defines my reasons for requesting the legal opinion obtained by the City and pursuing the OIPCBC in response to the refusal of the City to comply. Democracy, […]

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SAVING MORDEN MINE: A REMARKABLE GRASS ROOTS ACHIEVEMENT

By: Eric Ricker* NEWS ITEM: PROVINCE WILL SPEND $1.4 MILLION REHABILITATING MORDEN COLLIERY PROVINCIAL HISTORIC PARK undertaking, this uniquely significant heritage site will finally be rescued from oblivion, it’s time to give thanks to all those who made it possible. I’ll start at the very beginning: Without the interest and persistence of the very well-connected Vancouver businessman, […]

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Is the Nanaimo Rifle Range Safe?

Written and Presented to Council by Lawrence Rieper As part of the construction of Nanaimo Army Camp, NRR was started in July 1940 and opened almost exactly a year later. It is variously described as encompassing between 800 and 860 acres. The actual firing points are between 600 yards (maximum) near the main entrance at […]

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The Role of the Public in Public Hearings and Public Meetings

Ron Bolin: May 24, 2019 It is ironic that the only Council meeting at which the public is legislatively mandated to be able to give comment is, via the Local Government Act, a Public Hearing.  The public is permitted to speak at other Council meetings at Council’s discretion.  Yet Public Hearings are the only meetings […]

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Governance, the Governors, and the Governed

Ron Bolin: Jan. 23, 2019 The City of Nanaimo has recently undertaken to exchange its “Committee of the Whole” for a “Governance and Priorities Committee”, a move to which I look forward with considerable anticipation.  I say this because it is my contention that successful governance is the key to successful government. But what is […]

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Proportional Representation

If you haven’t done so yet, please be sure to get your vote for or against Proportional Representation in TODAY or it will be too late and you will be responsible for an important question which you have left up to others… Personally I have voted to ensure that any party which cannot achieve a majority […]

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