Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Regarding "Rossland Chamber of Commerce Supports Economic Development"

by Ken Holmes on 3 September 2009 - 11:43am

Dear Editor,

I have been involved in the DCC issue for the past 5 years and do not recall ever being told that “…these costs (Development Cost Charges or DCCs) are needed to look after old infrastructure around town” as stated in the article by the Chamber of Commerce. DCCs are only intended to cover growth related infrastructure costs and “looking after old infrastructure”, which I...

COMMENT: BC First Nations and Municipalities Cheated

by Contributor on 17 August 2009 - 10:49pm

British Columbia’s forest-dependent First Nations Communities today called on the province’s municipalities to join the fight to get long- promised funding to address the pine-beetle exacerbated fire threats.

“First Nations have been cheated out of tens of millions of dollars that were promised to make their pine-beetle devastated communities safer from fires, but other...

LETTER TO THE PREMIER: MP Atamanenko on Glacier Howser

by Contributor on 3 August 2009 - 1:33pm

Dear Premier Campbell:

On 24 July 2009 I submitted a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office, expressing concerns with the proposed Glacier Howser Private Hydroelectric Project. Attached please find a copy of this submission.

An overwhelming majority of people in our area are against this project as evidenced by over 1100 people who showed up to a Environmental Assessment...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Proposed Dance Studio

by Contributor on 9 July 2009 - 10:15am

Dear Editor,

I have been in the midst of negotiating the purchase of the Jehovah Witness Hall in Rossland. Everything is in place except the re-zoning from Church status to C-2 Commercial status. At this point city staff is strongly recommending to Council that in order for the Church Hall to be re-zoned to C-2, I will be required to give them 16 feet of this property (SROW –...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Finding A Realistic DCC Value

by Contributor on 29 June 2009 - 2:50pm

To The Mayor and Council, City of Rossland

The challenge of setting DCC's is that of matching possibilities and probabilities in a realistic scenario, absent complete information. I regret that other commitments prevented me from attending the open meeting to discuss this with you directly.

From what I know, the principal issue with water-related DCCs stems from an unclear rate of...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MEE TOO

by Graham Kenyon on 1 June 2009 - 11:24am

Far, far away, high in the rolling, jungle-clad hills of the Golden Triangle north of Chiang Mai in the farthest reaches of Thailand is a small village. This village appears to be of considerable inspiration to the rulers of our Mountain Kingdom, so much so that there is talk of a sister city, yet another to add to our sisters in Zimbabwe and Moab, Utah. The name of this village is Mee...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Development Cost Charges in Rossland

by Ken Holmes on 31 May 2009 - 6:55am

This letter will hopefully serve as a “wake-up call” to those citizens of Rossland who do not wish to see their taxes increased to pay for infrastructure for future development.

To refresh peoples memories, a Development Cost Charge (DCC) bylaw was introduced in Rossland in December 2004. It set the amount for a single family dwelling at $2,400. When there...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City IPP Stance

by Ken Holmes on 19 May 2009 - 8:00am

Regarding your article “Speaking for Rosslanders – Council takes a stance on IPPs” and the discussion question you raise.

I agree with Mr. Kenyon that this is not an issue that Rossland Council should be getting into. The letter they are proposing to send to the Provincial Government certainly does not represent my views and seems to...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City Administrator Resignation

by Laurie Charlton on 22 April 2009 - 7:21pm

Dear Editor,

A leadership vacuum is developing at Rossland City Hall. As many people know by now, the City’s Administrator, Ron Campbell resigned early last week.

I wish I could provide more details about his resignation but I can’t. I don’t know any details. Mayor Greg Granstrom has refused to circulate Mr. Campbell’s letter of resignation to council and a meeting of...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Act To Save Rivers

by Contributor on 26 March 2009 - 9:17am

Dear editor: Just a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday March 26th, is the day of action to keep our rivers wild and our power public. Every step of the way, this campaign has been successfully pushed forward by you. Without all of us out there talking to our family, friends and neighbours, this issue wouldn't be on front pages, TV screens, and radios, and in the hearts of minds of people all...