Archive for September 2012

With each passing year, I hear more and more people expressing their dissatisfaction, disengagement and disillusionment with government. The effects of this are clear; voter turnout has been on a downward trend for twenty plus years. The reasons given for this decline are often attributed to a public that is uninterested, apathetic or just plain…

Last fall, the City of Abbotsford promoted the development of a new water source from Stave Lake and the “yes” response to a referendum. An aggressive, $320,000 advertising campaign was launched to support this initiative. Many voters were not pleased with the tone and style of this campaign and, more importantly, had serious concerns about…