25 years ago in the Undercurrent
In her column, “Island News”, Laura Cochrane commented on being singled out as being the mouthpiece for a “sinister group of elected officials” by what she described as a “newcomer to the island”. The controversy was surrounding the loop road and cove congestion. From Laura Cochrane’s column:
It is the people, of long standing on the Island, who voted for, and back “our elected officials” to seek out and solve many of the problems that have evolved with the ever increasing number of new residents.
In many cases, the new residents are uninformed or misinformed on the background of our local politics and on-going problems. They are unaware that the same ‘minority group’ have spoken over and over against any proposal that comes up. This group has been listened to and informed over and over again ad nauseum. They have caused costly and frustrating delays until Bowen Islanders, our elected officials and the GVRD are fed up. They are the “minority” and as such must ‘learn to live with (the wants of the majority) or leave’ – or at least try to cooperate.
5 years ago in the Undercurrent
“The BAA buzz – Agricultural Alliance is growing a new sense of togetherness” read the headline on the January 29, 2010 BI Undercurrent.
Inside, writer Martha Perkins sat down with founding member Stuart Cole to discuss the formation of the group and how it was to be “a broad-based umbrella that does not have any agenda other than bringing people with similar interests together, introducing them to one another, and helping to provide the tools to make everyone thrive.”
