Over the last little while - a number of local media organizations, throughout BC, have started a local debate around this November's civic vote including Kamloops Daily News and Parksville-Qualicum News (a Black Press paper which would be a sister paper to the Williams Lake Tribune, Quesnel Cariboo Observer and 100 Mile Free Press)
In fact - Parksville-Qualicum News on their website have started to ask the politicians there about their re-election plans and have listed who is running for local City Councils and both the Regional District/School Board. See this article here
Why the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Williams Lake Tribune, and 100 Mile Free Press does not want to do the same here is perplexing to me. In fact - I would argue it would start a community debate around local offices (Council, Regional District and School Board) and make people think about whether or not they are happy with their currently elected officials - Mayors, Councillors, School Trustees and Electoral Area Directors.
I get a number of people reading my blog post from earlier this year about Williams Lake Council Races (see that blog post here)
I openly challenge these 3 local papers in the Cariboo-Chilcotin to start the debate by contacting the local elected officials, in Wells, Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile and both the local School/Regional Districts, for their re-election plans (if they refuse comment, then go ahead and print that) and sit back & allow the debate for November's civic elections to commence. After all - it would be in both their (Cariboo Observer, Tribune and Free Press) interest and the Cariboo-Chilcotin communities interest
SBF
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