Monthly Archives: October 2008

I am writing the morning after the vibrant women met to watch Iron Jawed Angels about how the US women got the vote in 1920 the meeting plan was changed to be one circle for discussion and not groups with the candidates … Continue reading →

  Info to District of Squamish Council from John Buchanan: To:-  District of Squamish Staff and Council. CC :- Health Canada The Danger  Dredging  poses in Squamish The following Criteria are various levels set for  Mercury pollution found in sediments. … Continue reading →

      A study by District of Squamish on Mtn Biking states that it brings in $9 million annually. Trail maintenance costs are contributed to by the DOS and the Squamish Trails Society. the District paying less.   My … Continue reading →

  For An Effective Vote On Squamish Council   VoteDebMcBride4Skyviews@hotmail.com   4skyviews.spaces.live.com    

      About Me   I’m Deb McBride and I moved here from Victoria, 30 years ago to be self-employed growing and marketing sprouts.  Now I work in downtown Squamish at the Hotspot as I took computer office training … Continue reading →

Squamish Arts Council Questions 1.   What is your personal involvement in Arts, Culture and/or Heritage in the Community? 1 MY PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT I enjoy attending all the events, concerts and theatricals.  I have been employed at both the Brackendale Art … Continue reading →

S.O.R.C.A. all candidates meet Date of Event: Monday Oct 27 Location: Sea to Sky Hotel Doors open at 6 pm.  We hope all candidates could arrive by 6:30 pm and we would be getting things started by 7 pm. Theme:Outdoor Recreation … Continue reading →

Thurs. Oct. 23 6-9pm  "CREATE THE OCEANFRONT"  6-9PM Sea to Sky Hotel Garibaldi Highlands 40330 Tantalus Way   Looking online and looking at the "development only" options at the meeting there’s no place for the "no development" option…   The … Continue reading →

Mon. Oct. 20    4p.m. draw for the order of candidates on the ballot.  Deb McBride, last on the ballot, easy to find to vote 4 Skyviews.   This election is very interesting with many events planned for all the candidates … Continue reading →

Certainly enough taxing done by the present Council to cause businesses to give up their leases and homeowners to raise rents.  No possibility of getting more from them.  I would not support any increase in business or homeowner property taxes.  … Continue reading →

   Pink Link to C.U.P.E. info   a folder with a short form of the document on Public Private Partnerships.        

Learned so much today!    Speaking at the meeting with a dozen other candidates was a lesson in listening…   I was getting impatient because as usual the questions were for the "incumbents" those who served on Council last term … Continue reading →

Oct. 15  This is what is expected of me and what I am doing:   I will have to review my responses here as I am educating myself on the C.U.P.E.ca website and on public / private partnerships from C.U.P.E.   … Continue reading →

       About me:  I am in the Election for the eighth time to have an Effective Vote on Squamish Council.     I miss the Victoria BC I grew up in.  I hope to spare Squamish from developing like Victoria over farmland … Continue reading →

I must write to say that the Squamish Valley is an Estuary.   Development has destroyed much of it.   The fishing industry depends on it.   The soil of the Squamish Estuary is rich and bountiful.   The filming … Continue reading →

Squamish Council, Ladies and Gentlemen  After living at the south end of Squamish and enjoying the views there for most of the last 30 years I must speak in opposition to the re-zoning of the properties to accommodate another artisan … Continue reading →

  Oct. 15 I will have to review my responses here as I am educating myself on the C.U.P.E.ca website.  I am learning about the gag law and the illegality of Primier Gordon Campbell tearing up the collective agreements.  Learning … Continue reading →

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               What we see on the old mill site is a hill of sawdust already blocking the views of greenery and scenery.  The Scenery on the Squamish, BC Estuary is becoming the most popular in the … Continue reading →