Straighten out ‘bafflegab’
The Oliver Parks and Recreation Society’s letter to council requested removal of the community park from the Animal Control Bylaw due to concerns of dogs at large, and stated that the Town was not enforcing the bylaw.
According to a recent council meeting, Parks and Recreation has a budget for bylaw enforcement, of which they appear to be unaware.
In addition, according to Councilor Dave Mattes, the issue for Parks and Recreation is all about dog feces, not people’s discomfort about dogs at large.
What I find anomalous is the fact that during adoption of the bylaw, School District 53 requested that the Town include and enforce the bylaw on school property, to which the Town agreed. But with logic, which escapes me, the Town does not wish to enforce the same bylaw on community park property because Parks and Recreation is a joint function.
Since we all pay taxes to schools and to Parks and Recreation, why not straighten out this jurisdictional bafflegab and have one entity enforce the bylaw rather than transferring to Parks and Recreation what should be the Town’s jurisdictional mandate? Then, enforce the bylaw rather than penalizing responsible dog owners.
Pat Hampson, Oliver
Another unhappy customer
On January 1 our electricity provider, Fortis, gave us a rate increase. In the winter edition of the Fortis “Powerlines” customer newsletter they state that they have started to charge an interim increase of 3.3 per cent.
Looks reasonable doesn’t it? When individuals tell fibs we call it lying, but when corporations play with the truth we call it “spin.”
People/corporations who tell half-truths are not being liars. They are being deceitful. So my fellow electric heat customers, rejoice! It is clear that neither Fortis nor the BC Utilities Commission give a damn about these outrageous charges.
We can just all freeze in the dark. I, for one, am disgusted! How much more will they bleed us?
I am one very unhappy rate-payer.
Jim McGinnigle, Oliver
