The Developers Of Friendship Lodge Sure Were Perceptive: One Man's Opinion

Thursday, December 06, 2007 03:46 AM

There must be some people out there, developers, homeowners and business people alike, who are wondering how they can speed up the process at City Hall, so they can have their respective developments okayed in the same fashion as the Golf Club and the BC housing’s new home for the homeless.

In the case of the new facility on Queensway, BC Housing must be terribly perceptive. First they buy the property with no conditions, then knock down the building , then apply for a rezoning after they have done all that and then when that rezoning does come …Surprise... Within two days they have already selected a general contractor and are seeking a development permit in late January or February.

For you who may be trying to get such a project underway, may I suggest talking to Vanmar Constructors; they are building the new building. A bid process to see just what the price will be that you as a taxpayer will pay , don’t be silly we didn’t have that process.

Now if you wonder why the people of Millar aAdition are just a tad peeved, it might be found in how the process unfolded. Oh they where told they would have input and all that , but you get the distinct impression from watching what took place that this deal was a forgone conclusion , or, as I have said before , the developers are awfully perceptive.

Meantime over at the Golf course, they are going to get a hearing for rezoning the property they are seeking up off the North Nechako Road. Have they sold the property that they now occupy? No. Have they paid taxes on the green section of the course that they at present occupy? No.

Do they have money to develop a new golf course? What do the citizens in the city receive for those forgotten taxes? No to the first question and we don’t know to the second. City Hall hasn’t even bothered to tell us to this point if they have asked.

If you were a developer or someone interested in coming to this city and you have been reading this site over the past few weeks, you might be wondering, are there two different sets of rules?

I’m Meisner and that’s one man’s opinion.

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Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2007 03:46 AM in Views by Ben Meisner

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Posted by: Chadermando on December 6 2007 7:00 AM

Its called rule of the personalities IMO.

Posted by: owl on December 6 2007 8:30 AM

And they say that this City is anti developer, eh?

;-)

Posted by: Moses on December 6 2007 10:23 AM

It goes WAY deeper than the 'Friendship Lodge' or 'Golf Course' issues - those are only the tip of the pyramid.

http://www.bilderberg.org/secret.htm

Look carefully at the City of Prince George official crest (it's on every City Bylaw) like:

http://www.city.pg.bc.ca/cityhall/bylaws/bylaw7771.pdf

Two angry-looking hawks glaring at each other, with a MOOSE (believe it or not) above them, obviously in complete control, but behind a brick wall.

And who is obviously being groomed to be our next Mayor, but a 'Moose'.

And look carefully at the snowflakes on the shield - isn't SNOW CLEARING a controversial issue with our puppet 'City Council'?

A coincidence? I think not.

Mark my words - the same conspiracy that forced Moxies down our throats years ago is back at it, working secretly behind the scenes.

And look what irreparable damage Moxies has caused this City!

The hoardes of unsavouries hanging around looking for cheap chicken wings and nachos, the loss of property values in the neighbourhood, the squeeling of a tire once in 2002.

It's all happening again, and the citizens are powerless to stop it.

Posted by: bitter on December 6 2007 6:33 PM

Guess what , the MOOSE is who every one is talking about. Before he made the decision to vote against the Backpacker project he drove around the neighbourhood and he listened to the peoples concerns and he gets l0 out of lO for that so he has my vote. I hope Colin won't run again. For or against this project you would have to wonder about the conflict of intrest issue and the Mayor speaking first that he was for the project and voted for it. I thought the Mayor was to vote last in case there was a tie. I think he should let someone else have a stab at it. He could have cleaned up the Hooker problem before he sends us more problems. Don B. thinks this Complex should also hold troubled youth from all over town. What a mix this is going to be maybe they will throw in a couple of pedolphiles as well. All this around two schools and three parks but everyone deserves a home and we deserve to be safe in ours.

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Posted by: Palopu on December 6 2007 8:24 PM

As usual the Boni Fide taxpayers of Prince George have been shoved aside by the Politicians, and the vested interest groups.

What we have here is a group of Politicians, taxing the Citizens of Prince George to build a housing facility for people who do not pay any taxes. Worse yet the people who are paying for the facility have no say in where it will be located. Joe taxpayers concerns have been brushed aside like a horsefly from a mares butt.

Insofar as the Golf Course goes. I would like an answer to the following;

When Pomeroy was going to purchase the golf course he was going to allow the curling rink to stay in its present location for 8 years. BFW did not offer the same deal. So the question is, what is going to happen to the curling club. Are the **Local Investors** going to cut them a deal. Rumour has it that the curling club is insisting that its interests be looked after, and if they are not then they want $5 Million from the Golf Course to re-locate. If the Golf Course was to give them 5 Million they wouldnt have enough money left to build a new golf course.

So, what exactly is going on behind closed doors??????????

Posted by: lmorg on December 7 2007 5:48 AM

This facility would have been better located in the downtown core near the courthouse. There must have been some old warehouses that the city could have knocked down to make room.

The miller addition is a quaint picturesque area, albeit with the club house. But, at least the Bikers don't crap in their own backyard which I can't say won't happen with all the homeless that will be wandering around there! They'll probably be crapping in other's backyards too!

Posted by: bitter on December 8 2007 9:51 PM

The Citizens are powerless to stop it ,maybe not there is still the conflict of interest issue out there , we must have a smart lawyer in the area ???????