Downtown P.G. Has New Executive Director

Monday, March 26, 2007 11:57 AM

Downtown Prince George has a new Executive Director. Meredith Bogle will take over the post on the 2nd of April.

She will be responsible for promoting and managing Downtown Prince George programs and initiatives to further support economic development in the downtown core.

“We have made some real progress over the past two years and we are confident Meredith has the expertise and energy to help move our association forward,” says Shari Green, Downtown Prince George President.

Bogle has served as a Youth Care Counsellor and Community Facilitator at Intersect Youth & Family Services Society as well as General Manager of the PacificSport Regional Sport Centre of Northern BC. She also serves the community through her contributions on several society boards.

Former Executive Director, Janet Morris-Reade, will be moving with her family to Vancouver and continuing with her public relations consulting business.

Downtown Prince George represents over 200 property owners and roughly 300 businesses in Prince George’s downtown.

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Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 11:57 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Gofaster on March 26 2007 1:55 PM

Lots of luck Meredith...
you are gonna need it...

Posted by: Chadermando on March 27 2007 2:57 AM

Unrealatd but interesting news story...
I hope the local city council doesn't get any funny ideas. lol

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Florida: City to Seize Homes Over a $5 Parking Ticket

Brooksville, Florida proposes to foreclose homes and seize cars over less than $20 in parking tickets.

The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking offenses.

According to the proposed ordinance, a vehicle owner must pay a parking fine within 72 hours if a meter maid claims his automobile was improperly parked, incurring tickets worth between $5 and $250. Failure to pay this amount results in the assessment of a fifty-percent "late fee." After seven days, the city will place a lien on the car owner's home for the amount of the ticket plus late fees, attorney fees and an extra $15 fine. The fees quickly turn a $5 ticket into a debt worth several hundred dollars, growing at a one-percent per month interest rate. The ordinance does not require the city to provide notice to the homeowner at any point so that after ninety days elapse, the city will foreclose. If the motorist does not own a home, it will seize his vehicle after the failure to pay three parking tickets.

Any motorist who believes a parking ticket may have been improperly issued must first pay a $250 "appeal fee" within seven days to have the case heard by a contract employee of the city. This employee will determine whether the city should keep the appeal fee, plus the cost of the ticket and late fees, or find the motorist not guilty. Council members postponed a decision on whether to reduce this appeal fee until final adoption of the measure which is expected in the first week of April.

The full text of the ordinance is available in a 605k PDF file at the source link below.

Source: Ordinance No. 743 (Brooksville, Florida City Council, 3/19/2007)

Posted by: owl on March 27 2007 8:04 AM

Is it any surprise that there is thinking like that in a country that elects a Bush twice? I am afraid the USA has seen better days. It is no longer a country to emulate other than by school bullies.