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Email to Mayor: Who’ll Step Up, Take Responsibility?

Frank Murphy — October 12, 2010 Re:   Long road ahead to recover money From:    <frankmurphy@shaw.ca> To:    <Mayor&Council@nanaimo.ca> CC:    <GeneralManagers@nanaimo.ca> Mayor...

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Where’s the Beef? Here’s the Beef!

Ron Bolin:  May 7, 2011 Re: “Politicians explain decision on annex”, by Derek Spalding, Daily News, on May 06. I am puzzled by the city’s ability to leap from a call for expressions of interest based,...

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Generous to a Fault

Ron Bolin: June 17, 2011 The words of Matthew (25:29) rang true on Monday night as Nanaimo City Council undertook the entire cost of installing a City sewer installation in the Green Lake area.  This...

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Blogs, Brennan and Bad Information

Ron Bolin: July 9, 2011 Re:  Blogs not great for information, Diane Brennan, Daily News, July 8, 2011 Unfortunately it is not only blogs that are not great for information.  A great deal of the problem...

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Another “Vote to get a Vote” referendum – water flowing underground

Ron Bolin: July 11, 2011 At its meeting of July 11, 2011, Council backed yet another “Vote to get a Vote” referendum, otherwise known as the “Alternatative Approval Process”, dealing with water.  The...

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Economic Development(s)

Gord Fuller: March 30, 2012 I don’t know what others think but we, the taxpayer, have shelled out more than $1.4 million for the new Economic Development Corporation and with the latest stories coming...

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Asking the Right Questions

Letter to the Editor: re: Survey seeks visitors’ thoughts about Maffeo Sutton Park By Staff Writer – Nanaimo News Bulletin Published: July 05, 2012 8:00 AM Let me be among the first to laud our Parks...

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RFP, AGLG, our Pocketbooks and the Product

Ron Bolin: Nov. 14, 2012 A Letter to Two Local Editors: The City recently issued an RFP for a consultant to perform a study of governance for the City of Nanaimo at a cost estimated to be up to around...

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No sponsor to push to look into event, says Mayor? Who raised this question...

Ron Bolin: Feb. 19, 2015 The following Letter was sent to the Daily News yesterday.  I am at a loss to understand the City’s position in this matter as it involves spending taxpayer funds, apparently...

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A Question of Councillor Liability

Ron Bolin: March 18, 2015 A Letter to the Editor of the Nanaimo Daily News re: City seeks legal advice on liability: Spencer Anderson, NDN March 18, 2014 Who is advising our Councillors that they may...

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