The Massey Theatre's situation is, of course, collateral damage resulting from decade’s worth of school board incompetence and the never ending attempt to replace NWSS (an aging cold war relic) with a modern facility.
Left to their own devices, there's no question that the Massey Theatre people would be operating of a hugely successful and very popular theatre venue.
Unfortunately, the boat anchor burden they've had to bear in the form of their school board landlords has fouled their propeller and left them sitting half dead in the water in recent years. Cutting the anchor chain and losing the deadweight of the Labour council dominated school board is obviously something that needs to happen (and soon). The Massey is too good to lose.
As for the mayor's junket to China: Daniel Fontaine from CityCaucus.com had a great opinion-editorial piece recently in the Royal City Record. Fontaine's notes on the ineffectiveness of scattergun economic development efforts and one-off junkets like New Westminster's will resonate with many frustrated Royal City residents.
If you missed Fontaine's commentary you can find it here on the Royal City Record. And you can also read Fontaine’s CityCaucus blog post about the mayor's China junket on the CityCaucus.com website.
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