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Politics

Campbell River’s Acropolis: Power, Politics and the Price of Strathcona Gardens

The Acropolis is now perceived as a pinnacle of human achievement, yet 2,500 years ago many Greek city-states viewed it as a monument to tyranny. The funding for monuments like the Parthenon, Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike came from the Delian League—a coalition originally formed to resist the expanding Persian Empire. However there came a point when the Persian campaigns were more about the Athenian Empire than liberty. The traditional date for this transition is 454 BC, when the great Athenian statesman Pericles transferred the Delian League’s treasury from Delos to Athens. Plutarch described this as the moment the city lost its integrity and reputation. The funds raised to free Greek cities were instead used to adorn Athens with ‘costly statues and temples worth their millions.’ (Plutarch, Life of Pericles, 12.)   

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: Strathcona Gardens tax for Quadra considered

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello,
The March 25 SRD Board meeting was certainly memorable, with between 80-100 residents of Quadra Island and Area C crowding into the boardroom’s public gallery and overflowing into the foyer. They were there to observe as the Board considered a report regarding adding Quadra Island (or all of Area C) as annual tax paying participants of the Strathcona Gardens Recreation Service. That topic is what this report focuses on.

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Politics

Area C Director’s Report: wharf works going ahead, recycle depot update & petition presented to the Board

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello,
This report is stacked with news on wharves and the recycling depot, plus a Friends of Area C petition accepted by the Board. Let’s get to it…

Wharves

There’s big news about the Surge Narrows and Owen Bay wharves of Area C: the Board has approved a contract to repair the wharves, and the work will begin in the 2025 ‘fall fish window’. This seemingly simple statement has been more than a decade coming, and will be welcome news to many wharf users, especially folks in the Outer Discovery Islands.

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Development, Politics

The (Almost) Secret Budget For REC-CREATE Strathcona Gardens

The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) may have a nasty surprise for property owners in Campbell River and Area D. They may soon be asked to approve an additional $54 million debt to finance the second phase of the new REC-REATE Strathcona Gardens project. When they originally consented through an Alternative Approval Process (which automatically passes unless 10% of the electorate object), taxpayers were informed the cost was almost half of what is now being put forward

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Housing, Politics

Area C Director’s Report: regional recreation, housing advocacy, & Hoskyn Landing solid waste

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello, This report has news on a regional recreation study, recent rural housing advocacy, and a Hoskyn Landing dumpster.

Regional recreation

More than three years ago, in April 2021, the SRD Board funded a feasibility study to examine potential recreation efficiencies & synergies throughout the SRD. At the August 2024 Board meeting this study was unveiled.

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