Blogs about: 2008 Civic Election
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An open letter to Mayor Sharon Shepherd
Dear Mayor Shepherd: I am as disappointed as you are with the pathetic 20% voter turnout in the recent civic election, but I don’t think that your suggestion of a modified ward system is the answer.… more →
Save Paradise
An open letter to Mayor Sharon Shepherd
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Dear Mayor Shepherd: I am as disappointed as you are with the pathetic 20% voter turnout in the re … more →
Our new city council
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I want to congratulate all the winners in the civic election especially Angela Reid and Charlie Hodg … more →
Kelowna civic election -- the big winner is apathy
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Apathy was the big winner in the Kelowna civic election. With only one out of five eligible voters b … more →
Results of the Kelowna 2008 Civic Election Survey
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Total responses = 88 Q1. How satisfied are you with the current city council? Very satisfied 6% … more →
Letter of support
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: IN SUPPORT OF J O H N Z E G E R For Kelowna City Councillor In my opinion, over the past 34 year … more →
Elect a new city council that opposes CD 21
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Citizens for a Livable Downtown is endorsing a group of candidates that we are supporting for the No … more →
The great swindle of the downtown CD Zone and density bonusing
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I am providing a link to a recent article in the British newspaper The Evening Standard about London … more →
Did Given and Blanleil originally vote in favour of appealing the court decision upholding the Simpson Covenant?
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: As Kelowna City Council has yet to pass a resolution to make public the vote held in August to app … more →
City council's decision to drop the Simpson Covenant appeal does not exonerate them
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: On September 27 Kelowna City Council voted to drop its planned appeal of the BC Supreme Court ruli … more →
Electing nice people without knowledge or conviction doesn't make for a good city council
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I have had a look at the campaign statements and websites of my opponents for the position of city c … more →
Kelowna City Council circumvents democracy yet again
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I am appalled at the audacity of Kelowna City Council which by sending the matter of the downtown Co … more →
Kelowna city council directionless on affordable housing
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: The decision at the September 15 Kelowna city council meeting to approve a strata conversion of a 30 … more →
Letnick does the right thing
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Councillor Norm Letnick has announced that as he is seeking the Liberal nomination for MLA in the Ke … more →
Survey of Kelowna residents regarding the 2008 civic election
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: I have created a survey for Kelowna residents in order to better help me to understand the attitudes … more →
Letnick should choose which office he's seeking: more
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: It seems that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama does not have a monopoly on audacity as there … more →
Dissent on city council is healthy
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: In breaking with the majority on city council over the Simpson Covenant court appeal, Mayor Sharon S … more →
The City should drop the appeal on the Simpson Covenant court ruling
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday Mayor Sharon Shepherd personally committed to reversing the decision of Kelowna city cou … more →
No four year terms for city council
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: The Union of B.C. Municipalities is in favour of increasing the term of city councils in the provinc … more →
Letnick should choose which office he's seeking
John Zeger wrote 1 year ago: It disturbed me to read that Councillor Norm Letnick is going door to door in our city while campaig … more →
