Monday, April 14, 2008

New Westminster by the Numbers

6 - National ranking by MacLean's for most dangerous Canadian cities
3 – Third highest taxed city in Metro Vancouver
10,000 - Population increase in five years
0 - New or added public amenities in five years
2 - Public amenities torn down or closed in five years
0 - Number of West Side Middle Schools built in five years
1 - Number of High Schools partially demolished in five years
2 - Number of High Schools designed in five years
0 - Number of High Schools built or started in five years
1 - Number of High Schools built or started in China in five years
1 300 000 - dollars in red for SD40's business company

7 - Months until election

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your numbers tell it all. This joke of a council has given the farm to their buddies who got them elected. The election deal made between the District Labor Council and the Mayor has set this city back a decade.
The School board should be removed by the Minister of Education. What a
joke!!

Anonymous said...

More Numbers for you.
7 - Total No. of Trustees
4 - No.of trustees who live in
N.W.
1 - No.of trustees with children
in N. W. school system.

6 - Number of years since funding
for the High School was first
approved by the Province.

Anonymous said...

How about the number of buildings with "variances" approved over the last 5 years that should really have been rezonings?
This council has made a mockery of our OCP. Good luck getting the community to be involved in relooking at this document in the future if this is the sort of respect you show towards their wishes.

Anonymous said...

Keep up the great Work.
You forgot one number....
7,000,000.... That's right, 7Million big ones, that's how much the school board blew on the high school they designed and put out to tender, tore part of the school down, tore school board offices down, oh it's all so sad.

Anonymous said...

Aparrently the Ink Fish swim together in schools in New Westminster how they achieved this task is not understood considering they still don't know how to build one! Perhaps if they learn how to build a pool they can swim together and school!