Reposting of a Jan 20 Post: If we don't counter petition the borrowing bylaw down aren't we in effect agreeing to pay for it in its entirety. Will we get the same reaction from the province: “I think our treasury board would have a great deal of trouble providing money for something that’s already been funded,”
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By NEIL CORBETTJan 20 2007 http://www.abbynews.com/This week’s news that Premier Gordon Campbell will not smile on Abbotsford’s application for further Plan A funding hit city councillors like a slushball to the back of the head. Must taxpayers now go it alone on their new 7,000-seat arena and the other two Plan A projects?
Our reporter found the premier incredulous that we in Abbotsford would even suggest the province should fund a project that local taxpayers had already agreed to pay for. “I think our treasury board would have a great deal of trouble providing money for something that’s already been funded,” he said, apparently resisting the urge to add a sarcastic “Duh!”
From a letter to editor in Abbey News Jan 20:"Premier Gordon Campbell is quoted as saying Abbotsford will probably not receive provincial funding because Plan A is already considered funded (by you and I), as we voted on funding Plan A through our referendum. I believe many did so in good faith, with the understanding that the province would assist, as suggested by the Plan A steering committee. If our council took us to referendum, to later find out the proper process – that to get funding from the province, they should have done so before going to referendum – then I for one feel taxpayers are justified in recalling our entire council. "
Don Quixote Note: Does this sound anything like the water referendum and the Grant Money that we got from senior governments?
Originally posted Jan 20/07
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