Earlier today, Township of Langley (TOL) Councillor Jordan Bateman announcing that he is resigning to take a post with the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. His resignation takes effect Monday, August 15th
See his blog post here, a story from the Langley Advance here and Langley Times here
I wish Mr. Bateman and his family all the best in his new job. I know he will be as effective in his new job as he was being a TOL Councillor
SBF
Showing posts with label Township of Langley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Township of Langley. Show all posts
Monday, August 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Mayor Green declares war on Township Councillors
In today's Langley Times - they reported Township Mayor Rick Green unveiling his 7 member "team" for the civic elections in November. See here
A point of interest though - he directly attacks Township Councillors Jordan Bateman, Bev Dornan, Steve Ferguson, Charlie Fox, Grant Ward, Bob Long and Kim Richter and called them the "Six Pack plus One"
Councillors Bateman, Ward, and Ferguson - I understand because of the intense personal interaction between these Councillors and TOL Mayor Rick Green. But I must profess - I was scratching my head when he said that Councillors Dornan, Long, Fox and Richter must go as well. These Councillors rarely if ever (all of the times I've observed Township Council meetings) had any interaction with Rick Green at TOL Council meetings. As such - it is my conclusion that Mr. Green feels that all 7 of these Councillors have voted as a "block" and because of how they voted, contrary to his wishes and his 2008 campaign platform - Mr. Green has decided these 7 Councillors should all go, save TOL Councillor Mel Kositsky
I believe TOL residents should be scratching their heads at both this move and comments from TOL Mayor Rick Green
Again - this move plus any others in the Township of Langley, relating to the civic election in November, will make this muncipality the one to watch on November 19th
SBF
A point of interest though - he directly attacks Township Councillors Jordan Bateman, Bev Dornan, Steve Ferguson, Charlie Fox, Grant Ward, Bob Long and Kim Richter and called them the "Six Pack plus One"
Councillors Bateman, Ward, and Ferguson - I understand because of the intense personal interaction between these Councillors and TOL Mayor Rick Green. But I must profess - I was scratching my head when he said that Councillors Dornan, Long, Fox and Richter must go as well. These Councillors rarely if ever (all of the times I've observed Township Council meetings) had any interaction with Rick Green at TOL Council meetings. As such - it is my conclusion that Mr. Green feels that all 7 of these Councillors have voted as a "block" and because of how they voted, contrary to his wishes and his 2008 campaign platform - Mr. Green has decided these 7 Councillors should all go, save TOL Councillor Mel Kositsky
I believe TOL residents should be scratching their heads at both this move and comments from TOL Mayor Rick Green
Again - this move plus any others in the Township of Langley, relating to the civic election in November, will make this muncipality the one to watch on November 19th
SBF
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Civic slate coming to the Township of Langley municipal election
As reported tonight - local Langley blogger and Township of Langley (TOL) Councillor Jordan Bateman reports that current Township of Langley Mayor Rick Green has formed a civic slate called "Vote Langley Now". See his blog post here
Now, from what I read on TOL Politics - slates are not new but haven't been seen since the former LLT or Langley Leadership Team days of former Mayor John Scholtens. It will be interesting to see how this development will affect this fall's TOL civic election and especially what impact it'll have on both the challengers to TOL Council this November and also current TOL Councillors Bev Dornan, Charlie Fox, Steve Ferguson, Grant Ward, Bob Long, Kim Richter, Mel Kositsky and Jordan Bateman
Please keep in mind that anyone watching TOL Council knows that TOL Mayor Rick Green has not gotten along with TOL Councillors Grant Ward, Steve Ferguson and Jordan Bateman
The TOL civic race will likely go down as being one of the important civic elections to watch in all of British Columbia
SBF
Update at 11:52pm Tuesday - Langley Advance is covering this development here and here
Now, from what I read on TOL Politics - slates are not new but haven't been seen since the former LLT or Langley Leadership Team days of former Mayor John Scholtens. It will be interesting to see how this development will affect this fall's TOL civic election and especially what impact it'll have on both the challengers to TOL Council this November and also current TOL Councillors Bev Dornan, Charlie Fox, Steve Ferguson, Grant Ward, Bob Long, Kim Richter, Mel Kositsky and Jordan Bateman
Please keep in mind that anyone watching TOL Council knows that TOL Mayor Rick Green has not gotten along with TOL Councillors Grant Ward, Steve Ferguson and Jordan Bateman
The TOL civic race will likely go down as being one of the important civic elections to watch in all of British Columbia
SBF
Update at 11:52pm Tuesday - Langley Advance is covering this development here and here
Monday, July 25, 2011
PG City Council decides to proceed with Censure Motion against PG City Clr Skakun
At a meeting of Prince George City Council tonight - they voted to proceed to a hearing on a censure motion against PG City Councillor Brian Skakun after receiving a report from PG Mayor Dan Rogers and after hearing from Councillor Skakun's legal counsel. It should be noted that Councillor Skakun left PG City Council Chambers during the discussion on this item, at the advice of his legal counsel.
See the Opinion 250.com story here and the Prince George Citizen story here
It should be also noted, contrary to PG City Councillor Murry Krause's comments that this censure motion was the 1st in BC - in fact, it would be the 4th censure motion considered by local governments in BC during this term (2005-2008) of local government but the 1st in Prince George Council history
As well - PG City Council has agreed to consider this censure motion not later than September 14th
Finally - Interesting that, unlike the Township of Langley and the Cities of Fort St John and Quesnel who dealt with censure motions behind closed doors and then ratified in public, PG Council chose to debate the whole series of issues, relating to a possible censure motion, in public. I wonder as well what impact that this will have on the PG City Council election in November, especially for both Councillor Brian Skakun and Mayor Dan Rogers
See the Opinion 250.com story here and the Prince George Citizen story here
It should be also noted, contrary to PG City Councillor Murry Krause's comments that this censure motion was the 1st in BC - in fact, it would be the 4th censure motion considered by local governments in BC during this term (2005-2008) of local government but the 1st in Prince George Council history
As well - PG City Council has agreed to consider this censure motion not later than September 14th
Finally - Interesting that, unlike the Township of Langley and the Cities of Fort St John and Quesnel who dealt with censure motions behind closed doors and then ratified in public, PG Council chose to debate the whole series of issues, relating to a possible censure motion, in public. I wonder as well what impact that this will have on the PG City Council election in November, especially for both Councillor Brian Skakun and Mayor Dan Rogers
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