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BREAKING: City Awards 3½-Year Public Works Yard Contract to Knappett Projects After Voters Blocked $90M Borrowing



CITY COUNCIL WILL PRETEND TO LISTEN

But will rubber stamp whatever staff says!



$305,000.00 TOP WAGE PAID


 WAGE INFO SOURCE: SOFI DOCUMENTS; CITY OF NANAIMO





Some Quick Facts About Your Tax Dollars



 


What City Financial Reports Don't Tell You




 It’s Not Just Income Inadequacy — It’s Government Taking Too Much



FULL ARTICLE HERE



 


TYLER BROWN ATTENDANCE?




Part-Time Politics, Full-Time Pay? A Closer Look at Nanaimo City Councillor Compensation





READ THE RESULTS HERE    



 

Photo credit K. Shaw


VON Photo

Commercial Street Rebuild: A Street that Works Narrowerthan it Measures



 



The City of Nanaimo has issued a public statement aimed at countering criticism and clarifying misunderstandings about the Respectful Spaces Bylaw (7381) and recent amendments to the Council Procedure Bylaw. Below is a critical analysis comparing the City's claims to the actual language and implications of the bylaws, as previously examined.

1. Respectful Spaces Bylaw – Clarification vs. Reality



 

“Let’s stop pretending this is about safety patrols or civic outreach. The CSO program is a front-line drug crisis response unit—because everything else in downtown Nanaimo has been swallowed by addiction.”

 

When Smart People Build Stupid Streets



The CrisisIndustry: Nanaimo’s Fastest-Growing Economic Sector



 


$???? Worth of Staff Work for a Project Council Never AskedFor



 


What’s BehindNanaimo’s Rent Supplement Program?







$412K Fence: Who’s Really in Charge?

City staff spent weeks prepping a sales pitch for a fence council never asked for. If VON hadn’t spoken up, would it have passed without debate? This isn’t about a fence — it’s about who’s running the show at City Hall.


Who Green-Lit the $412,000 Fence?




REIMAGINE NANAIMO — The Pitch, The Promise, The Reality



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Only the City and Windley Could Pull That Off




NANAIMO BECOMING KNOWN FOR MORE THAN BARS AND BATHTUBS



This is an article I published on my old website (Nanaimo-Info_Blog)  back in 2021. This was the beginning of the downtown 'Whack-a-mole' Brigade, otherwise known as the Community Safety Officers.


Nanaimo Council's Downtown Security Strategy 




 WHACK-A-MOLE




 

Editorial: When Silence Is a Violation – The Case Against Gag Orders at City Hall

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The arrest is near the very end of this recording. Advance to 2:44.

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE CITY-APPROVED RECORDING OF THIS MEETING



 

How to Solve Downtown Disorder? Start with Three Hours inthe Tank




If a Citizen Speaks Up

Mayor Tells Them to "Shut Up



 


COMMENTARY: Surprise Fence Proposal Raises Bigger Questions

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