Here's the nail-head - that's it!!

The Editorial in the News Leader on Thurs. May 8, 2008, sure hit the nail right on the head. If you look at the positions and statements that Voice has been making since it's inception, the editorial buttresses and echoes precisely what this organization has been saying.

The political mis-management in the city has been mind boggling. Public safety, the state of the infrastructure, amenity facilities, taxes, increases in budgets, services in most areas, all are levels that have great cause for alarm. As the editorial states, we've sold the farm. We have people making decisions that they simply are not equipped or qualified for. In addition, we have folks making decisions to benefit primarily the people responsible for getting them elected - that is, special interests.

One need only look at the issues currently on the table to see the malaise that has gripped the city. The handling of the waste to energy site issue in Sapperton, the 12th St.
Society dissolution by the Province, the Moody Park Pool, all are recent manifestations of mismanagement and pandering to special interests.

Voice has played an important role in bringing these issues to light, and is working to find productive and creative solutions to the problems that have come forward. We will continue to fight for residents, taxpayers, business people and visitors to New Westminster.

C.C.