Don Maroc-Political Blogger The voting is not quite over but the decision is made. By a near unanimous agreement, after a last minute plea from a baby owl, North Cowichan council is supporting Mayor Jon Lefebure’s compromise division of Echo Heights’ 52-acre forest. After nearly a decade of shifting alliances and
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Cowichan Conversations: Spring Compromise A Breath of Fresh Air In Echo Heights
Don Maroc-Political Blogger With a majority of the North Cowichan Council determined to make a final decision on the use of Echo Heights’ 52-acre forest, Mayor Jon Lefebure has come forward with a compromise plan he hopes will bring an armistice and final agreement to end the almost decade-long
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Council Faceoff Against Echo Heights Preservationists
By Don Maroc With the public seating area of the North Cowichan Municipal council chambers filled with Chemainus residents wanting to leave the fifty- plus acres of Echo Heights forest land undisturbed, the council voted four to two for first and second reading of bylaw No. 3542, to start the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rob Douglas Interviews North Cowichan Mayor John Lefebure
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Land use decisions have been the dominant hot item in North Cowichan political circles for the last number of years. Echo Heights tops the list considering the long standing and sometimes emotional debate that has conservationists and fiscal conservatives at loggerheads. It is an issue that has
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Don Maroc Has A Message For North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure About The Somenos Marsh
Don Maroc Cowichan Conversations Contributor North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure joined a couple of hundred constituents lining the hard-packed soil of the Dike that Jon Built along Beverly Street. The happy but determined crowd all wore small buttons which read, “Don’t Mess with the Marsh”. They see the Dike that Jon
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Digest-Stolen From the Citizen, News Leader & Times Colonist
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Summer is a lazy time in many ways, well at least it is this morning for me. I will enjoy it for now . An acre of mowing and gardening awaits as the temperatures rise and it will truly become the ‘Warm Land’ over the weekend. While
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