Barkerville is about the history of Barkerville and the goldrushers who established it and built businesses there.It is not about the history of the indigenous.
If consenting adults are offering and purchasing these services, then regulate them properly instead of forcing them into the shadows. Let businesses apply for licenses that accurately reflect the services they provide with health standards, worker protections, and oversight. Pretending these services donโt exist helps nobody.
Way to go bylaw officers! Lets make there is nothing downtown except drug addicts sprawled out on the street, starting lawful fires everywhere. Hold your head up high and be proud, your making a difference!
Once again councilors except a few (not Kyle ever) would rather keep the status quo spending habits. The fact they admit they would rather keep items secret that they are willing to pay instead of finding the same option for better prices seems like some nepotism.
Thx Debbie Downer. It will continue as business as usual for the most part and the employees don't get to lose their jobs. Economic development can be a powerful tool, never under estimate it.
Barkerville is already historically inaccurate the stores and restaurants have electric lighting and indoor plumbing. Barkerville had many gentlemen's entertainment establishments - NOT a family friendly vacation attraction.
Adding up the numbers cited and it comes to as much as $25,500.00 for the 3 crosswalks which comes to over $5000.00 per year IF they last 5 yrs and $8500.00 if they only make it for 3 yrs. The concept of honouring Veterans is laudable but with taxes rising yearly and critical infrastructure needing repair and replacement in an ongoing basis I have to question if this is something we really need. A justification we have seen used in the past is to view the number as a percentage of the entire budget, be it municipal, provincial or federal which does make it seem less significant but when viewed in comparison to what many veterans are living on day to day you are more in touch with reality I think.Perhaps we could look for lower maintenance projects that could honour our Veterans and pass the savings on to organizations that are giving direct, needed assistance to these people who stood up for our nation!