Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
13Imo there's no point doing anything until the social issues downtown are fixed.Why tax the "" out of everyone to build new facilities if no one will bring their families downtown.
3- Derp
Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
12Removing the event parking lot that's often at the very least half full and replacing it with things that will draw more people. Interesting.
3- George Williams
Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
10Where are all these people going to park? Trying to park in swimming lesson season is a joke at the pool. PG is not going to change its ways. People will drive themselves to where they want to go. Our public transit sucks in the north.
3- Shark Tank
Bidding opens for former Knights Inn demolition
9Completion of the purchase was March 14, 2024 meaning the City will have used it for housing for 28 1/2 months. 44 units for that period is 1254 unit months working out to $3309 per month. The bizarre use of taxpayers' money never seems to end.Perhaps purchased at assessed value making that cost $964 a month could have made sense given the reported condition of the place. Add the cost of demolition to this and see if the price for a short term place for a few unfortunate souls to live briefly and become vacant land for what? The beloved Performing Arts Centre (potential cost unknown) or Kopar replacement at $50 000,000.00.The more we see the greater the possibility that the management of our tax dollars is in the hands of utter incompetents who actually think taxpayers have bottomless pockets or that there are bushy money trees at city halls and provincial government buildings. Just one more shenanigan to keep in mind come the fall election.
1- Renoguy24
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
9Again, the AAP is rubbed in our faces. This underhanded method of sneaking funding through by using a system that is obscure and forces voters to identify themselves AND how they are voting.I will speak every time a council uses this sneaky method of financing projects in the city.If the council honestly planned and believed in the proposed spending, then we should be asked to vote on it at election time, or if necessary, in a Special Referendum if the election is too far out. Given the propensity for doing studies on most everything and the time involved therein, I rather suspect that most spending issues that require a vote could be presented at regular elections.The AAP requires identifying yourself and it is not a ballot with choices but a declaration of a specific position which flies in the face of the democratic mainstay which is the Secret Ballot where all that is known is who voted but individual choice is unknown unless everyone voted the same way. Unlikely scenario.
1- Renoguy24
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
8Gee, I thought that was what the new stormwater non-tax was for.....
1- Chestor
Health and social services 'navigation centre' one step closer
8If I sell a cigarette laced with cyanide and someone dies I got to jail for murder, yet someone sells fentynol and people die there's little to no repercussions....why?
- Derp
Prince George crowd watches Canada make World Cup history
3150 people. That's it ? What a crowd.It's a niche sport for a niche crowd and thank goodness the City got a provincial grant to pay for this silly party instead of the PG taxpayer hoofing the bill.
5- BGeez
Bidding opens for former Knights Inn demolition
8I've just completely given up on these guys! The fall can't come fast enough!
- Northern Logger
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
6Another loan!
1- HeeHaw
School board trying again for D.P. Todd repair or replacement
6Keep it. Fix it, as needed. Far far cheaper than a new building. Who knows where demographics will be in the next 20 to 40 years? There might not be 900 students, as they claim now.This 1976-77 building is solid, lots of brick and concrete, and the torch on roof should last decades. Keep it.
1- Toby Haiste
Council shows support for Tidewater aviation fuel project
5How come all this so called green stuff requires subsidies, tax payer money. The most profitable mining is mining for green subsidies.
1- HeeHaw
Council shows support for Tidewater aviation fuel project
5What kind of, and how much pollution will be added to the air shed of PG ?
- Jim John
Citizen trio recognized for long service to journalism
4Great work .we are so fortunate to have agood local paper.
- jennifer ferries
Citizen trio recognized for long service to journalism
4Congratulations!
- Jennifer Lussier
Citizen trio recognized for long service to journalism
4Well done. The PG Citizen continues to do a great job covering local and regional matters.
- Brian Skakun
Civic Core business case timeline laid out for council
3We had a PAC referendum and it was voted down so why is council even thinking about this?? Our taxes are already way too high and this will only increase them. Also, where are the pool users supposed to park? The parking across the street is all we have. Many seniors, including myself, attend the Aquafit classes and we all park across the street. You take that away and where are we all supposed to park?
1- HeatherMM
Klassen's budget transparency motion postponed
4Why is this workshop only being discussed now? Budget process, financial reporting, and performance metrics should be reviewed with council after every election and refreshed periodically throughout the term. Councillors should already have a clear understanding of what information is available, what metrics are being tracked, and what additional reporting can be requested. The workshop should not be run solely by Dalio and City staff. Council also needs an independent perspective on budget transparency and reporting standards; otherwise, it risks becoming another exercise where staff shape the information council receives rather than council determining what information it needs to govern effectively.
- Perham
Civic Core business case timeline laid out for council
1If parking is handled like the parking for the new pool everyone involved should be fired. There is already issue downtown with parking. Now we want to eliminate it all for "wants " not needs for the city. How about address the issues first. Thats like changing the kitchen in your house when your roof is falling in.
3- Alucard
Community feedback to shape SD57's five-year strategic plan
3I remember participating about 6 times on these so called 5 year plan strategies, so many meetings, endless planning. The reteric was always the same, basically everything that has been listed. The result of these surveys, meetings, planning etc etc, we're the same each time....more paperwork, more hoops to jump through, less time with students, less acknowledgement of support staff, more administration, more professionals, less support staff, and more meetings. Every 5 years we would hope snd pray that this time things would change for the better. Instead our system became so overloaded with being PC and woke, that the prime directive was gone....then another 5 years would go by. Since then I have been retired for 2 years and I am watching my grandchildren go through this broken system. And boy, is it broken.Here's to the next 5 years, and good luck. One can only hope and pray that someone is listening.
- gayleen whyte
