Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We need a new government after 12 years of the Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark BC Liberals. I am wholeheartedly supporting Adrian Dix for Premier and the re-election of Bill Routley in Cowichan. But, you knew that anyway, right. Here is an BC NDP promo about a dead
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Cowichan Conversations: The CVRD Is Attacking South Cowichan Rural Values Again!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It is not very often that I get to tell nice stories about the CVRD and South Cowichan. Fact of life is that we just ricochet from one debacle to another. I did however post a fluffy piece the other day. Director Bruce Fraser and Director
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hey CVRD! KEEP IT RURAL eh!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger “You Are Being Rezoned” CVRD Bylaws Change Will Reduce Your Property Use Options! Shawna Meade caught wind of drastic CVRD rezoning efforts that were being undertaken to bring the zoning into compliance with the South Cowichan Official Community Plan. That was enough for her
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Calls For Community Control Of Watershed!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley told protestors gathered in Shawnigan Village Saturday afternoon to rally against the threat of contaminated soil being dumped in their watershed, that he has spoken to Leader Adrian Dix and Caucus about the Contaminated Soil threat faced by the Shawnigan community. Routley
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Senior Civil Servant Risks Career – Goes Public!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Kevin Page took on the challenge of setting up and overseeing the first Parliamentary Budget Office. He managed and maintained this enormous undertaking and he did it while mourning the death of his 20 year old son. In the linked post below Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, tells us of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Citizen and News Leader Editorials Worth A Look!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Citizen Editorial cites Canada’s shameful and embarrassing withdrawal from UN Convention to counter the impacts of droughts. The Cowichan News Leader recognizes that it is politics that will determine the direction of the ‘Dirty Dirt’ threat in Shawnigan.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: John Horgan Files FOI Request Over Ethnicgate. The Plot Thickens!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger John Horgan BC NDP House Leader and MLA for Juan de Fuca has filed what could be an explosive FOI request into the BC Liberal scandal over identifying ethnic voters using pubic servant staff and taxpayers money to do it. Province reporter Cassidy Oliver filed this
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC Liberals Are In Chaos-Will The BC Conservatives Blossom This Spring?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Will the BC Liberals exist as a viable political force after May 14th? Will they have enough left in the tank to rebuild and re-brand their once all powerful party? Keith Baldrey’s latest column throws much of that in doubt. 20/20 hindsight would tell the BC Libs
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: B.C. Liberals dropping the ‘Christy Clark’ logo in favour of a ‘team’ approach
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Check out the latest developments in The BC Liberal camp where they have shoved Premier Christy Clark to the back of the room. It is an attempt to stop the bleeding but it is a little late for band aids now. Michael Smyth’s Column has the details
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Guerilla Radio Covered Shawnigan Contaminated Sites Protest!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Saturday turned out to be a spectacular warm spring day. It was perfect weather for about 250 residents and politicians gathered in Shawnigan Village to rally and speak out against the BC Government decision to issue a Draft Permit to South Island Aggregates, SIA. The Christy Clark BC
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Listen to this Amazing Version of ‘Lean on Me’
Listen to this amazing young boy, born blind with autism as he leads this Children’s Choir in Bill Wither’s classic. Daphne had posted this on Facebook. Thank you Daphne! LEAN ON ME
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Robert Baden Powell Has Advice For Shawnigan Residents
Dave Hutchinson of the ‘Shawnigan Focus’ sent this gem along Yesterday, a friend mentioned Robert Baden-Powell, the man who founded the Scouting Movement in the early 1900s. We were discussing community diversity and wondering what motivates people to act during times of crisis. She reminded me of the core values
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dear Environment Minister Lake- A Letter From Larry Gollner
South Cowichan are residents facing an unfathomable threat to their Shawnigan Watershed, drinking Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger water, creek and Shawnigan Lake. They have been organizing resistance to this madness and they are doing it from many different perspectives. Residents are responding to this cynically timed decision to issue
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Say No To SIA’s Contaminated Dump Site In Shawnigan’s Watershed
This is What Democracy Looks Like! Bring your friends and neighbours and show the Christy Clark BC Liberal Government that you are opposed to this unconscionable proposal to dump Victoria’s chemical and dioxin laced contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Watershed. The Shawnigan Watershed, Drinking Water, Shawnigan Creek and Shawnigan Lake
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberal Front Group Led by Chamber President Mke Hanson Is A Last Gasp Effort
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The ‘Friends of the Shawnigan Watershed’ a Cowichan BC Liberal Front Group, is trying to elbow its’ way into an already crowded field of those protesting the threat faced to the Shawnigan Watershed, Creek, Lake and drinking water. This latest threat has loomed over the Shawnigan residents
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Nanaimo Daily News Racist Letter To The Editor Crossed The Line
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Nanaimo Daily News published a racist letter to the editor that was unacceptable by any level. Understandably the pushback and anger from many in the City of Nanaimo is understandable. We will learn a lot about the Nanaimo Daily Times by their reaction and response. The
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