Dear Editor,
[RE: Council split on renter compensation, Jan. 15, Langley Advance Times]
One of Dan Ferguson’s stories reveals the City mayor’s allegiance to the developers of Pyramid Apartments.
A “staff report to council” is determining the level of compensation available to renters who are forced to move so that profits can be maximized.
The staff report sounds like an excuse to side with the developer, instead of acting in the interests of the citizen’s of the City.
Excuses are the refuge of the incompetent.
Thank you, Delaney Mack, Rosemary Wallace, and Leith White for trying to help the evicted renters obtain the funds they should be entitled to – as the grim reality of high rents, availability, and potential homelessness set in.
Thank you, as well, for asking the questions that have gone unanswered. Why are votes that have such a significant impact on vulnerable people allowed to occur before our councillor’s questions have been addressed?
I will not hold my breath waiting for an answer.
Another story, Mayors' tussle over RCMP escalates, details the Langley mayors' fight over the police budget.
Citizen’s of both municipalities are left wondering what all the fuss is about.
It might be time for the Minister of Public Safety [Garry Begg] to step in.
Then both of the brother mayors could get back to the usual sibling rivalry to determine which of the two is better at shining the shoes of developers.
Richard Penner, Langley
