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You Get The Government YOU Deserve.

More at:   http://allthingsunionbay.blogspot.ca/

UPDATE:  allthingsunionbay.com

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

Kensington Island Properties Coal Hills Reclamation Update

Yoo Hoo   ......Kensington Island Properties......

Your golf course is getting smaller by the month! day!

You know what they say about Mother Nature.

March 17, 2012

Click this link to see photos taken Mar. 17, 2012

April 2010

March 13, 2012

 March 13, 2012

Coal Hills Erosion March 13, 2012

March 13, 2012

March 3, 2012

January 2012 

March 2012 Coal Hills erosion

From: "Brooke, Julia A ENV:EX" <Julia.Brooke@gov.bc.ca>

Date: January 19, 2012 11:03:23 AM PST

Cc: "Walton, Doug  ENV:EX" <Doug.Walton@gov.bc.ca>, "Odense, Remi ENV:EX" <Remi.Odense@gov.bc.ca>, "Szefer, George A. ENV:EX" <George.Szefer@gov.bc.ca>, "Macfarlane, Mike  ENV:EX" <Mike.Macfarlane@gov.bc.ca>

Subject: RE: Union Bay Coal Hills Site # 4291

We anticipate the next draft of the remediation plan will be submitted by April 1, 2012. Internal review will follow and after any required revisions the report should be available to the public. I may be able to give you a better sense of the timing for public release in April or May.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter please contact me.

Sincerely,

Julia Brooke, P.Eng. Senior Contaminated Sites Officer Land Remediation Section Ministry of Environment PO Box 9342  Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC  V8W 9M1

phone: (250) 387-9929 facsimile: (250) 387-8897

"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"

Link to KIP Reclamation Plan (2005 - I believe)

Constant Erosion Obvious in These 2005 Photos Showing Beams Protruding.

2005 and 2011

June 2005  April 2010   Feb. 2011 Jan. 2012

    March 13, 2012

Notice Anything Missing?  January 2012

 April 2010

For those who walk the shore regularly and have watched this huge beam being exposed as the debris is washed away, it has now been washed away.  The amount of coal/garbage that is being washed out/exposed is enormous and continuing at a rapid pace.  Kensington Island Properties doesn't seem to be concerned, in my opinion.

Go to All Things Union Bay for a Continuation

http://allthingsunionbay.blogspot.ca/

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

UBID Board Meeting Info If You're Interested in Water Licence Issue etc.

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

Excellent Board Meeting.  Very informative presentation by Bill Ellis.  Lots of information regarding the water licence issue and the stand the Board of Trustees have taken to date.  Very different from the 'spin' we've read lately in the local papers.


(apologies for the out of focus first segment - brain fart)
Union Bay Improvement District Board of Trustees  March 21, 2012

Union Bay Elections April 21, 2012

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

March 21, 2012

It's true.  There is another contender for the Trustee position.  The individual will file their papers next week.  Oh, now this is going to be fun!

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March 20, 2012 Update

There is talk of someone challenging Alan Webb for the Trustee position coming up April 21, 2012.  That's good news.  Elections should be interesting and you need more than one candidate to stir interest.  Time is running out - should hear this week.  If I was a candidate, these are a few things I would fight for:

• Throw out the ridiculous "negotiated" Water Agreement with Kensington Island Properties behind closed doors with 2 of the Board Trustees unaware a 'negotiator' had been appointed.  Three elected Trustees intentionally preventing the other Trustees from obtaining information vital to our community.  Water - again, it's always been about the water.
• Employ a real 'Negotiator' who will be expected to obtain the best outcome for all of Union Bay instead of the 'giveaway' that took place because of ignorance.  Why should we pay the price?
• Ensure employees are trained in the basics of the powers they have and their limitations.  Ensure employees can be professional performing their duties.
•  Push for log books to determine how much time and money is actually required to run the district.
• I'd tell you the truth!

ya, that's a good start.

  

March 10, 2012 

This is the time to ask the candidates questions and review TAG as a watchdog group controlled by our government.

A couple of questions I believe deserve an open and honest answer.  Are these questions inappropriate, if so , why?  Everyone makes mistakes.  It's how they deal with those mistakes.  Admit, apologize and move on or spend their time trying to cover up/divert, etc.   More to come....

• Did the existing 5 elected Trustees discuss advising the public of a legal decision with false information at a caucus meeting of TAG?
• Did anyone from TAG or on behalf of TAG speak to a candidate in the October 2011 by-election influencing the withdrawal of the candidate?

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It's that time of year.  I'm surprised how quiet things are as residents believe all is well and are once again content to sit back and believe they are being told everything.

As usual, I have a number of questions, including ones which have already been deemed as inappropriate - translation - dirty little secrets.

The individuals who control TAG have blessed Alan Webb with their nomination, and are hoping no one else will run.  

I never like any one group or one person in control.  Now that we have all five Trustees as TAG members, they represent a political party.  The focus stays on maintaining control of the Board instead of the focus being on what is best for the community.  Decisions have been made in the past based on an election rather than on the facts and situation, costing the community money and unnecessary anxiety.

It doesn't seem to strike anyone odd that the same individual controls TAG and the information its members receive, is the same individual who is the Chair of the Union Bay Improvement District, and recently advised TAG members there were no issues at this time.    Am I missing something?

Looks Like I Was Wrong ......Again - TAG is A Private Club

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

March 18, 2012 update:

The TAG political party hasn't had a meeting since Feb. 28, 2012.  At that meeting all Trustees stated they were backing away from TAG and wouldn't be attending steering committee meetings, but would remain members.  They didn't like me stating that the same people control TAG.

So here is your proof.  The same people/person runs and controls TAG and presently holds the position of Chair of the Union Bay Improvement District.

The TAG controllers advise members of what they want them to know.  Have members been advised of all information or are they being fed certain information while keeping secret matters that might change the outcome of their plans?  

Why didn't TAG rally its members when they received documents from two of TAG's duly elected Trustees proving our government was in fact dysfunctional and no longer operating as a Board?  Why did the Leader of TAG deliberately keep that information from its members since she had it typed up and ready to distribute?  What changed her mind?  A draft copy was sent to me and a few days later I received an email from the Leader of TAG asking me to delete it.  The Leader of TAG (now Chair of UBID) could have supported Bruce and Cleve but instead, left them to defend themselves alone which was a complete about face from the constant nattering about attending meetings and supporting our Trustees.  Best Bullshit Award. 

When we were illegally locked out by our government why didn't TAG rally its members to protest this complete loss of democracy?

Why did the leaders of TAG sit on their asses from January 2011 until April 2011 and do absolutely nothing for our community?

We have been fed more bullshit folks - just another example of those who must have absolute power and control.  That's why nothing happened until April 2011.  We do not have an open honest an accountable government.  

We have those who will not give up control of TAG and information is being kept from us because of the connection with the Chair of UBID.  

Apparently, they're doing a Charlton Heston about turning over the email addresses.

From: CD Molstad 

Date: March 18, 2012 1:07:11 PM PDT (CA)

To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>

Subject: UBID Board Meeting

Hi to all TAG members and supporters.

This is a friendly reminder of the upcoming UBID board meeting to be held on Wednesday, March 21st at 7:00PM at the UBID board room.  We hope to see you there.

Dave M.

This email brings back memories of the Fake Union Bay Residents' Association (KIP's Puppets).  I received emails until I asked "who made the decision to use Langley Lake if the referendum outcome was "Yes"?   President and Founder Susan Hargreaves refused to ever answer that simple question.

Although I wasn't a member of TAG, I would receive the info put out by TAG, UNTIL I asked questions.  No more emails.

I'm not a flunky to anyone.  I will believe you until I have reason not to.  When I have reason to believe there is deception - I will absolutely be asking questions. 

My most effective questions are ones I already know the answer. 

NOTE TO TAG:  Who is giving Mary Reynolds these emails?

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Well, it looks like I made a big mistake.  Turns out the TAG meeting was for members only.  These guys don't like me asking questions either - go figure.

It's what I do.

The member who was chairing the meeting didn't approve of my concerns over the TAG website being controlled (owned) by the present Chair of the Union Bay Improvement District and her spouse (unelected).  My very direct question which was "You still control it (TAG)?"   The response I received was shrugged shoulders as though they had no knowledge of anything regarding ownership.  It's those questions - when I already know the answer.

It is my opinion that the responsibility to keep the community informed should not rest with one individual.  We have already lived through that - why are we willing to repeat it?

I love watching people stand up and try to convince everyone how wonderful they are.  How they've worked so hard on behalf of everyone, it was such a struggle, but they hung in .........blah blah blah.   

Yes, and so it went.  I thought it would be about how things would change from the 'regular old ways'.  No - it's business as usual.  

I've had many of my questions answered (not by the new board), but the one I have asked so many times and still have not received an answer which can be relied upon.  The question is:  What is the policy regarding correspondence sent to the Board? 

AND

How come the Chair becomes King or Queen?

I can't find anything in the bylaws.

Hey - how come Leo was there - he told me he wasn't a member!

There are a couple of sniggly things that keep running through my mind.  The thing I perceive as 'screwing with democracy' by manipulating a candidate to withdraw.  And, that (now famous) caucus meeting. 

 Oh god - I'm just itching to make fun of the power point presentation - holding it in.............aaaaaaaagaggggghghhhhhhhhh  

so much to choose from.............aaaaaaaggggghghhhhh

I Won Another Round

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

More to come.......

another glorious day in Union Bay,

life is so good here

Rick Mercer Says it Best

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

More Good News - Plan on Attending TAG Meeting Everyone Welcome

EVERYONE WELCOME !!!!

Yay - I am going to become a TAG member!!!!!!

Hope there is a huge turnout.

Life is great!

I Am Committed

Another Non Story About Kensington Island Properties

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

Christ - just buy an ad - what meeting - this is old news

Someone predicted a non story about Kensington would surface this week.  

Is this developer predictable or what?  Scott fails to identify the meeting the quotes are provided from.  How about the date of the meeting, where the meeting took place or provide anything to indicate this is NEWS, as in new information.  It is my opinion the VP of Kensington Island Properties needed a story run and the Record is always happy to accommodate this monstrosity of a development, the editor has publicly endorsed, refusing to acknowledge any of the problems this development has caused and is causing in the community of Union Bay - again, my opinion.

Scott - you really don't want your byline on shit like this - is this journalism?  Tell the editor to do his own dirty work - just my opinion of course.  Hey, maybe I'm being too harsh here - it could very well be that the editor of the Record just read Philip Round's story in the Echo Read the Echo - it covers Union Bay - Click Here and the Record is just playing catchup.  Ya, maybe that's what happened.

Don't worry, no one has forgotten about Kensington Island Properties.  

AND

No further ahead than you were last week.

Is there a picture of the VP pointing at something?

We know the Record finds KIP simply marvelous.

Union Bay Before Kensington Island Properties

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

All Things Union Bay - Never Give Up

I have to claim ignorance prior to the fall of 2005 regarding our local government, the Union Bay Improvement District, Regional District, and the greedy unethical business people involved in shaping the Comox Valley.  Ignorance was bliss.

I will never stop asking questions - it's how I learn.

Sitting back now and looking at all the details, it's so clear what is lacking in those who believe they have 'succeeded'. A good moral compass and professional training.   It's easy to be a big fish in a little pond.  But in this little pond, when someone becomes a big fish that should be interpreted on the small scale it is.

The following are standards we currently allow/endorse:

• Elected officials changing/ignoring by laws
• Elected officials illegally locking out the electorate
• Local papers run story claiming locking out is legal - no evidence - not true
• Editor of Comox Valley Records calls into question the credibility of  2 duly elected Trustees and refuses to revisit, apologize, etc.
• Government cuts off water without notice
• Government refuses to re connect water - no reason provided
• Resident Susan Hargreaves, founder of the Union Bay Residents' Association removes a paid member without notice or cause in violation of the Societies Act
• Resident and President of Union Bay Residents' Association Susan Hargreaves continues to include the VP of Kensington Island Properties with all information regarding UBRA while excluding a paid member.
• Person identifying himself as Bryan Baker, Business owner of Comox doesn't like what I'm saying about my government and sends emails and creates blog referring to me as a 'cunt'
• Email forwarded to me by individual concerned for my safety as email talks about putting a "bomb in my mail box" and "someone should take her down".  Author of the email is unknown  to me other than a friend of an elected official.
• Union Bay Waterworks Supt (off hours) and guests harass me on my property.  Waterworks Supt suddenly is unaware of property lines.  Waterworks Supt. asks me to remain as he's called landord Larry McDonald (yes that's the one) who will be arriving shortly.  Waterworks Supt. called police - Larry McDonald was not coming.  Police were advised Waterworks Supt. rented entire property and that I had no right to be on the property and was causing problems and refusing to leave.   
• Waterworks Supt friend, Jamie Barkley sticking his head in window of  my vehicle, on my property, yelling at me that I have no business being on the property.  This is the second time Jamie Barkley has approached me demanding I establish reason for being present.
• You will note at the end the Waterworks Supt is visible agreeing with Jamie who claims I almost ran over his dog.  Note my location - anyone who has been on this property can tell I am clearly well away from this tenants rental area.  These individuals did not like what I have asked of their elected friends and relatives.  Jamie Barkley had been hired previously by the Union Bay Improvement District part time - I don't know if the position was advertised.
• Female Rachel, also a guest of Waterworks Supt, harasses me and then proceeds to tell me she knows who I am as she worked in a law office that handled my marital legal dealings here in the Comox Valley.  Rachel then proceeded to tell me she knew all about how my husband was trying to screw me out of money......berates me, tells me I'm acting crazy, that 'she' knows all about me..........  it went on and on as I loaded my firewood - on my property.  Here is a taste of what these people thought they had the right to do.  These two women were at me like this as I loaded firewood from a building to my vehicle, following me back and forth telling me how I had no right to be there.  Then they called the police.

• Since the Water Supt moved into the rental the other partners own he has been well aware of what he is renting as he was advised to remove his vehicles from the Reynolds side.  In fact I welcomed him the day he told me he was moving in a few years ago.  Since I've never had any dealings with him on a personal level, I can only assume it is his belief he can treat me any way he wishes as I have challenged those he is friends with at the Union Bay Improvement District.  I'm wondering what the staff policy is regarding how employees feel personally towards landowners.  Do the employees dictate how the public will be treated?
• Realtor representing me and 3 other sellers - all 4 right?  No - just 3 get any info or documents - I'm stonewalled.  And to top it all off there is a common denominator here too - none other than Kensington Island Properties.  Gee guys, what a coincidence!  The VP of Kensington Island Properties and I can give each other a knowing look.  
• So called professionals involving themselves in matters because their friends/relatives have an issue with a third party.

Anyone see what I'm getting at? 



little packs of rats, never standing on their own, brave only in numbers






Isn't this man the dream of every woman? Click Here




Look what's planned for Washer Creek because of a golf course

  Never Give Up

Kensington Island Properties - It's Alway Been About Water

"The issue is, and always has been, water" Honourable Mr. Justice R. D. Wilson taken from his BC Supreme Court Judgment, April 28, 2009

 Remember how the Kensington Island Properties VP wanted to speak to the electorate before we cast our votes at the AGM in April 2011?  Why?  Who decided it would be appropriate to allow this?  This is also at a time when the electorate was illegally locked out of the UBID meetings.

Allowed to address the electorate after casting our ballots, remember how the Kensington Island Properties VP went on and on about the negotiations for the water agreement?  The VP commented on the tough negotiator representing the landowners in arriving at an agreement and the meetings back and forth.  Kensington Island Properties VP spoke highly of the process and final agreement reached.

Well, I could use a lot of space and a lot of words, but the bottom line is  We have been screwed - after all these years and the never ending list of misinformation and verbal promises by Kensington Island Properties and supporters - 

Union Bay is getting zero.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

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The Community of Union Bay was advised Langley Lake would not be considered as a source of water for Kensington Island Properties when the RD was considering this massive project in March 2006.  The support by the community was for Kensington Island Properties with Van West Lakes as the source.

Look what has happened since  - we have been screwed by this developer and those who have promised to act in the best interest of our community.

We Will Stop This.

 READ THIS - WATER LICENCE TRANSFER

We Live To Fight Another Day - Right now Union Bay retains the water licence.  Feb. 14/12  Ha Ha Not Going As Planned?

You really have to wonder what this developer is up to.  Always has those dirty little fingers in matters that a developer should be kept at arms length.  Even wanted to know who from the Union Bay Improvement District was attending a meeting with The Honorable Ida Chong.  Someone needs to tell this developer Kensington Island Properties is not the spokesperson for the Community of Union Bay despite the fact it's proclaimed on Kensington Island Properties website.

What Provincial Government connections is this developer using to force Union Bay to turn over our water licence so the disease known as Kensington Island Properties can continue to ruin our community?

No doubt KIP is pulling out all the stops, frantically trying to push this through before.....................it all comes out.

B.C. General Election 1996: Columbia River-Revelstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Jim Doyle	6,264	42.52%		$30,948
	BC Liberal	Brian Allan McMahon	5,172	35.10%		$49,056
	BC Reform	Steve V. Pinchak	2,687	18.24%		$17,470
	PDA	Dave Herman	282	1.91%		$100
	Green	Rhonda Smith	270	1.83%		$636
	Natural Law	Sonia Stairs	58	0.39%		$100
Total Valid Votes			14,733	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			74	0.78%		$
Turnout			14,807	71.04%

May 20 2005 

 Obviously not a resident of the Comox Valley!

 http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/archive/2001-2005/2004OTP0095-001079-Attachment1.htm

Hon. Wendy McMahon

Wendy McMahon, new Minister of State for Women’s and Seniors’ Services, was elected as MLA for Columbia River - Revelstoke in the 2001 provincial general election. 

Wendy and her husband Brian have lived in Fairmont Hot Springs since 1987. They have one child.

Hon. Ida Chong

Ida Chong, new Minister of Advanced Education, was appointed Minister of State for Women's and Seniors' Services on Jan. 26, 2004 .  Ms. Chong was first elected in 1996 in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, and was re-elected in 2001.

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 http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=88a57169-ee95-4d5f-a5ce-641db9389497&sponsor=

For the BC Ministry of Community Services, Derek Trimmer said the Ministry "fully supports the concept of the Van Lakes system," and whether the referendum produced a 'yes' or 'no' vote, the idea might still proceed.

He revealed that the Minister herself, Ida Chong, has just written a letter saying the UBID must be involved in any negotiations over water supplies, and if the village votes to become a municipality the new council - once established - would take over UBID's place at the negotiating table if any agreement had not been reached by that time. There was no way any agreement would be reached in the short or longer term without direct local involvement, Trimmer assured the meeting.

The Developer was a member of (UBRA) the group who changed the water source and formed committees for the municipality referendum.

Oct. 18 2006
Comox Valley Record
Kensington would not be taking a position on the referendum. However, in a full-page ad in both local papers, he states, “We encourage all residents of Union Bay to vote for incorporation on October 21, 2006.”

Oct 24, 2006
Comox Valley Echo, P Round
Company vice president Brian McMahon admitted he was "a little surprised" that the outcome of the incorporation referendum was a 'No' vote.

"I thought $20 million in Development Cost Charges dollars going directly in to the community

Of course he's surprised.  Since July 12, 2006, it had been decided Langley Lake would be the water source if the municipality referendum was a YES result.  The Developer was a member of the group who changed the water source.  Duh.

The following from Sept. 2007 posted on The Cumberlander:

http://www.thecumberlander.ca/go307a/WATER_LICENCE_TRANSFER_

WATER LICENCE TRANSFER

Rodney Jones

Dear Editor:

WATER LICENCE TRANSFER NOW, IS THE CART NOT BEFORE THE HORSE?
It has been an interesting week in which, on the one hand, we learned much of the Union Bay Improvement District's (UBID) water user's views towards Minister Chong's dictate to transfer their licence directly to the CSRD for her recently mandated Regional Water Supply System (RWSS). And, on the other hand, we read of the recent wisdom given to local politicians on sustainable development for the equally mandated Regional Growth Plan (RGP). But is there not an irony here, i.e. what work has been done to accurately explain, analyze, match and justify the licence transfer for the RWSS or RGP? And, what about any potential sustainability challenges that may exist for the general public, commerce, industry, agriculture, mining, aquaculture, municipalities and all other direct beneficiaries? In this day and age, with so much knowledge and information available to the general public and stakeholders, they will no longer accept having to have blind faith in, and the lack of any interventions or participation to, outcomes that directly affect their futures.

So, where is the verifying evidence for a viable RWSS? Does it include, for example: an MoE water licence allocation model to test the supplies under back-to-back drought years; the recently published "Comox Valley Water Reference Guide" found at www.vancouverislandwaterwatchcoalition.ca for issues and data analyses; analyses of the proposed inter-basin transfers of water; any exponential effluent discharge estimates from the new diversions; issues analyses; stakeholder analyses; a Master Plan and so on and so forth? Tuning up our fragile world merits this and more.

Last week's UBID public meeting, convened by UBID, highlighted an abundance of collective wisdom and consensus in the meeting's rise to seriously question the immediate need for transferring its legal water licence for the RWSS-to-be. The RWSS would not be the first large project to go astray amongst political expediencies and, so, the question was, for what and why now? In most places now, such a significant water supply system project, to be funded locally, nationally and/or internationally, would never be successfully approached without stringent checks and estimates on:

* the viability of adequate water sourcing (here we have already seemed to drift from Langley Lake (unproven) to Van Lakes to Comox Lake supplies in search of adequate water resources. Where next, I ask, groundwater, desalination?);
* The technical and economic feasibility of benefits over costs; and
* A joint Federal/Provincial Environmental Impact Assessment serving all relevant jurisdictions and, hopefully, with a public hearing to accurately determine the balance of public interest for all social, economic and environmental considerations of the RWSS project. And, that is to say nothing of any potential show-stoppers that an EIA hearing may turn up against any aspect of the ultimate development, such as the raising of dam levels.

Perhaps this work has all been done. If so, why is it not being discussed openly?

If not, with UBID discovering that it is to hand over its legal water licence authorization now, without any of the above data or information being proven, something in the process seems more than a little undemocratic and one in which the cart is right in front of the horse. Projects done like this in the developing world, have been laughed out of town and, of course, the funding agencies followed them. Are we not higher up there with our quality standards in this relatively rich part of the world? I am sure that no-one wants to see any of the Comox Valley sold down the river. Someone, please tell me that this letter is all without foundation, and why.

Rodney Jones, Water Resources Engineer (retired), Fanny Bay.

In my opinion, it appears Kensington Island Properties is just a series of one mistake after another.  Every step of the way with this project, decisions have been made prematurely with the public being told one thing, and then 'some official' reverses the decision and throws something new in the mix.

We are not getting anything from this developer.  The water treatment system supposedly a 'gift', is in fact a loan.  KIP puts in the treatment plant and doesn't have to pay development costs until the amount of the 'gift' is used up.  Nothing for Union Bay - nothing.

In 2010 I wrote the following:

So here we are in the spring of 2010, and water is an issue with the Kensington Island Properties development. Wasn't this the original worry back in the spring of 2006? Wasn't this the issue that caused the lawsuit by BSASS, because the RD illegally changed the bylaws so Langley Lake would be the water source for KIP?

That's why we had another hearing Dec. 7, 2009, so the RD could satisfy the judges criticism; the people not being given the opportunity to speak regarding the use of Langley Lake as a water source at the March 2006 hearings. Remember Bob Long assuring us Langley Lake would not be the source?

We have been told Langley Lake would be the source for KIP until there was a regional water distribution system in place. Recently, we were told it was impractical for Union Bay to receive water from Comox Lake. Does this mean Langley Lake is the permanent source for KIP?

Now Derek Trimmer is arriving this week to inform what measures the provincial government is planning with the water license to Langley Lake. In Sept. 2007, there was a similar meeting attended by reps from the provincial government, Regional District and UBID, where the community was informed Langley Lake would be the water source for KIP or they would pull the water license.

As if the residents of Union Bay haven't had enough meetings, word has it there is to be another one on Thurs. at 7:00 p.m. to inform the community what is planned for us.

If the community had been told the truth in the beginning - the matter would have been dealt with in 2006. All the actions since March 2006, after the public hearings, have been to cover up mistakes by those in charge and find ways to push this project through.

If the Dec. 7/09, hearings were based on the belief KIP would get their water supply from Langley Lake until they hooked into a regional system, does this mean we are back in the same position again? Whatever Trimmer is going to announce, will they hold yet another hearing for KIP if the conditions have changed or will they simply push it forward again leaving themselves open to yet another lawsuit?

What a mess.