New West Progressives: Claiming Victory For Stuff They Voted Against
Wherein the New West Progressives vote against a motion, do no work, then vote for accepting work staff did and claim it was “thanks to them” the work was done.
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Letter: Compassion, empathy needed to help New West’s homeless population
I had this letter published in the New Westminster Record, and I post it here because I own my words: Re: Should the City of New Westminster commit to ending homelessness? (Dec. 12, 2024) It was incredibly disheartening watching the council workshop where council discussed the Interim Housing Needs Report on Dec. 9. Shockingly, Coun. Paul Minhas asked…
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New West Progressives call for ten-lane recycling centre
The New Westminster Progressives have committed to pursuing a competitive 10-lane recycling centre to replace the ageing, but iconic, New Westminster Recycling Depot, which has served the community for the past 25 years. The new recycling centre would be capable of hosting Provincial and National-level meets, while providing the residents with a usable public recycling component. The…
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Unanswered questions for the New West Progressives
I’ll start this post off with one of the items in the New West Progressives’ platform: Connecting our citizens to various city programs and services is vital if we are to build a strong sense of community and public engagement. As a team, we commit to facilitating more submissions and feedback to council via social…
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Why Am I Seeing This Ad? An analysis of New West election ads on Facebook
If you’re on Facebook, you see ads. They slip into your feed with a little “sponsored” note underneath the ad author. Given it’s election season in New Westminster, if you’ve identified yourself as having anything to do with New Westminster you’ll get political ads for the various mayoral, city council, and school trustee candidates. For…
