Oct
29
2011
SCC To Host Forum For Surrey’s Trucking Community Next Friday
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SURREY – On Friday, November 4th at 7pm, the Surrey Civic Coalition will be hosting another Forum for the Trucking community. The main focus of the forum is to address the on-going truck parking issue in Surrey and also give the truckers a platform to discuss any other issues they may be experiencing. With over thousands of truck drivers registered in Surrey, there are limited parking options available.Rina Gill, SCC Council candidate who first brought this issue to the SCC’s attention years ago, said she is excited about the possibility of opening up hundreds of acres of truck parking for
Oct
28
2011
Mayor tries to hide Surrey First support for incinerators: SCC claim
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The Surrey Civic Coalition is claiming that Surrey First can’t be trusted not to bring incinerators to Surrey. Stephanie Ryan, a city council candidate with the SCC, said, “There’s just no consistency to what the Mayor and Surrey First are saying when it comes to garbage incinerators.” She said Surrey First has consistently supported the concept of waste-to-energy projects and had even discussed a 10-hectare (25-acre) land purchase in South Surrey with a private waste management company.“Last week there were three councillors (Steele, Hepner, Rasode) who couldn’t remember attending the closed-doors meeting and now the mayor is denying council is
Oct
28
2011
Civic elections race in Surrey heats up: Vote November 19
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With Joginder Randhawa officially withdrawing as a candidate to be the next mayor of Surrey, there are six candidates trying to take the mayor’s chair from Dianne Watts. They include Viramjit Bajwa, Shan Rana, Ross Buchanan, Touraj Ghanbar-zadeh, Clifford Inimgba and Deanna Welters. Randhawa withdrew from the race for family reasons last week. Amongst the groups challenging the incumbent Surrey First (SF) slate led by current mayor Dianne Watts are the Surrey Civic Coalition (SCC) and the Surrey First Education (SFE) group. The nominations for Surrey council are: Kuldip Ardawa (SCC) Bob Bose (SCC) Lawrence Chen Doug Elford (SCC) Rina
Oct
27
2011
Surrey school candidates face the public
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The topics ranged from funding, overcrowding and advocacy, to technology, standardized testing and bullying as candidates for Surrey school trustee faced the public for a pre-election all-candidates meeting Wednesday evening. A crowd of about 50 showed up to hear what the would-be trustees had to say. Organized by the Surrey DPAC (District Parent Advisory Council), 11 of the 14 candidates attended, although independent Malkiat Singh Kang and Surrey First Education incumbents Pam Glass and Laurie Larsen were no shows. A lack of capital funding and the perennially inequitable Community Link funding (for vulnerable or at-risk students) Surrey receives underlined much
Oct
25
2011
Watts’ opponents not buying council’s incinerator ignorance
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Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts says the city will never have a waste incinerator under her watch, following public accusations that council considered a South Surrey waste-to-energy facility near 196th Street and 32nd Avenue. Watts said council has never considered a garbage incinerator for the region. “I wouldn’t support it. As long as I’m mayor there will be no garbage incinerator in the City of Surrey,” Watts said. Coun. Bob Bose, the only Surrey Civic Coalition member on council, said that some of the Surrey First members are withholding information from the public regarding discussions for a proposal for a waste-to-energy
Oct
21
2011
Surrey Council bans truck traffic on 32nd Avenue
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The residents of South Surrey have tried for 5 years to get Surrey Council to listen; finally yesterday at City Council the predictable happened. With days till a local municipal election they finally acted. Council decided to move a motion to ban truck traffic on 32nd Avenue. SCC Council Candidate, Gary T. Robinson said, “this council only acts when it’s political behind is on the line. Years of anguish and frustration on the part of these residents meant nothing to this council until votes were at stake.” During the afternoon Council in Committee Session several hundred residents in bright yellow
Oct
20
2011
32nd Avenue Alliance ‘elated’ with city motion
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Concerned residents in South Surrey asked Surrey council to ban heavy truck traffic on 32nd Avenue, west of Highway 15, citing public health, public safety and noise concerns. At a council meeting on Oct. 17, Surrey council moved a motion to do so. Independent mayoral candidate Ross Buchanan is the co-chair of the 32nd Avenue Alliance, made up of the concerned area residents. The 32nd Avenue Alliance says on its website that it has been getting the run around from all levels of government for the past year. Buchanan said the group has had to “jump through hoops” to get
Sep
09
2011
Trustees should be shouting for more money
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A Surrey councillor is under fire for accepting the Order of B.C. nomination for former Premier Gordon Campbell. Surrey Coun. Barbara Steele is the president of the UBCM (Union of B.C. Municipalities) and, as such, was part of the team accepting the nomination. Steele also ran for the Liberals under Campbell in Surrey-Whalley in the 2005 election, losing to the NDP’s Bruce Ralston. In calling for nominations for B.C.’s highest honour, Lieutenant Governor Steven Point said in January “it avails us the opportunity to publicly recognize the good works of those in our communities who have gone above and beyond
Sep
09
2011
Steele under fire for Campbell Order of B.C. award
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A Surrey councillor is under fire for accepting the Order of B.C. nomination for former Premier Gordon Campbell. Surrey Coun. Barbara Steele is the president of the UBCM (Union of B.C. Municipalities) and, as such, was part of the team accepting the nomination. Steele also ran for the Liberals under Campbell in Surrey-Whalley in the 2005 election, losing to the NDP’s Bruce Ralston. In calling for nominations for B.C.’s highest honour, Lieutenant Governor Steven Point said in January “it avails us the opportunity to publicly recognize the good works of those in our communities who have gone above and beyond
Jul
26
2011
Massive park purchase proposal to be explored by Surrey
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Surrey staff are exploring the idea that the city purchase up to 600 acres of property for parkland.