Thanks for your years of service Colin and always thinking of PG first

and any of you losers think otherwise...set up and run for council!!!

Now who will we blame??

One of the interesting things about any kind of politics,is that evetually you will be eaten alive by those who once supported you.
You CAN stay too long at the fair!
I am sure Colin Kinsley believed very strongly in everything he did, or at least tried to do.
No shame Colin,you did what you though was best, but change is constant and that in itself is a good thing!
Prince George owes you and others before you, a debt of gratitude for your dedication.
Even those who did not always agree with you have to admire you for that!

Colin did a good job but now we need a politicaly uncorrect redneck with a big new broom. City Admin. needs a rude awakening.

Is there a MEISNER CLONE out there somewhere?

I agree completely giterdun!

Thank you Colin for the 16% tax increase in the last two years. Thank you Colin for looking after the business community and peeing on the residential tax payer.

Cheers

don't let the door hit you on the arse on the way out.

What a waste.

"choking back tears"..from the crappy air quality probably.
Hopefully, we get some new forward thinking talent running for Mayor,not just a recycled city councillor.Out with the old and in with the new!!

I totally agree, we need some new blood in here. I for one would like to see someone like Frank Everitt to run.

Yes, Yes - Colin single handedly approves tax hikes!

Frank Everitt is old blood ...... we know what he can and cannot do .....

What has he done in the community outside of what he gets paid for? I do not know. Can someone enlighten me?

I agree with most here, it's time for new blood. I don't think he would have been elected if he ran again.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm completely uninspired by the two current "front runners" Zurowski and Rogers. I think it will just be more of the same with either of them.

There is no such thing as a one person solution. Getting a new mayor will help as long as it's not a current councilor (IMHO)but in no way is it the answer to all our woes.

I disagree that he has done a lot for all business's just some that gross over $million+.

and any of you losers think otherwise...set up and run for council!!!

Not that i ever endorsed Kinsley, but well spoken Wavoes

Are they gonna fill in that supposed tunnel from city hall to Sgt. Flaherty's pub?

Someone I know who I think is wise said to me that P.G. is a medium size city that still thinks like a small town. Exceptions would be things like UNBC, but on the whole, I agree with that viewpoint. It will be another couple of decades I think, before this town starts to benefit from planning for the future. It is true, we slam Colin Kinsley for lots of his actions, or inactions, but all of us are mere mortals, we all eat, sleep and wear shoes, one mayor will be pretty much like another I believe, because the basic systems, morals, beliefs are entrenched. It would take a real character to break the mold, and most people would be afraid to vote for him or her because they would be different from the rest, and mortals fear the unknown. We will elect more of the same, mark my words.
metalman.

I agree with you 100% about the small town thinking here metalman. I've previously described PG as a "big small town" while other places we often compare ourselves to as "small big towns".

I think it is changing, however, it will take more time and there will continue to be some level of discomfort amongst the "established" population here, as they see the City continue to change from what they grew up with and what they identified Prince George as.

We're slowly changing from a "mill town" to a City where more and more people have chosen a path other than forestry for their career. People are starting to choose air quality over "the smell of money". People want to have the facilities that other big cities have, instead of having to go to Vancouver to take advantage of them. People are willing to give up some green space for additional retail development. A University would've been scoffed at as some yuppie thing 25 years ago, now it's a community show piece.

I think Kinsley did help the community allot during his years as mayor, but I really got the sense that he was out of his element during the last couple of years. Maybe he was just tired, or maybe he was dealing with an unfamiliar constituency, in the sense that it wasn't the same group of people that he was used to representing. In short, I think his views represent what PG needed during the better part of the 1990's and into this decade, as opposed to what PG needs looking ahead. Different times call for different needs and different leaders and I think our City is at that point in its evolution. Let's hope that the leaders that we need are put into office the next time around.

I quote NMG
"We're slowly changing from a "mill town"
There was a town here before the mills NMG and the town had class.
I further quote NMG
". A University would've been scoffed at as some yuppie thing 25 years ago, now it's a community show piece."

25 years ago, let's see that would be l983. There were College newspapers produced in 1979 calling for a degree graning institution in Prince George plus a petition. That is 29 years ago. Just a bit of history to add to your comment.