CONNEISSEURS purportedly possess a great deal of knowledge about Fine Arts, Cuisines/Drinks and or are self proclaimed pontificating Judges in matters of their personal predilection. The word CONNOISSEUR carries an air of pretentiousness and pomposity . . . unless it is used in the...
“Oliver’s Downtown Sucks! Let’s Face It!” says Oliver’s 25 year (1991-2016) Town Manager and still “consulting” Manager. “SUCKS” is slang used to express resentment, dislike or feelings of disgust about something or a situation. Not all, but enough Oliver & Rural Area residents at the...
Oliver Mayor & Councilors (sent Jan 25 2016) In support of our Prime Minister, his Cabinet and all those legions of Canadians who voted Liberal based largely on Mr. Justin Trudeau’s commitment to legalize Marijuana, we intent to commission a local and acknowledged artist...
Pointy Pondering Points Is Our Downtown’s HWY 97 a, Highway through Hell, Heaven or Hindrance? Is Our Town’s “crime spree” under control, out of control or uncontrollable? Is Our being BC’s Prison Capital, a Capital Idea, Gain or Capital Punishment? Is Our desire for...
Since Oliver has been a “Town” (1990) multiple special economic development / downtown revival committees, societies, boards and groups have come and gone without leaving a worthwhile mark. Proving the idiom – everything old is new again – Mayor & Council are soliciting feedback...
“I truly believe we’re not unlike all other small communities in the Province” states Oliver’s Mayor Hovanes and “next September I will meet with the Ministry of Justice to discuss barring released prisoners from making Oliver their home”. Oliver Ironical Readers smell an overflowing...
Oliver’s elected & appointed “leaders” have mouthed ad infinitum and in concert that no legal reason exists that could compel them to enforce any or all of their Bylaws. At no time since Oliver became a Town have any of the elected & appointed...
The Oliver Chronicle Editorial (04.22.15) Headline reads . . . MLA Larson is blind on the National Park issue and goes on to say . . . “it’s time for Larson to remove her blinders.” Oliver Ironical readers ask, “shouldn’t Oliver Chronicle Editorial “editors”...
Is the Oliver Chronicle aping the Oliver Ironical when it implores Oliver Town Council to “Strike an economic development committee and make it work.”? Could the Oliver Chronicle’s mouthing the Oliver Ironical be an example of the sincerest form of flattery? When the...
Is politics based on the indifference of the majority? Are pleasant politicians as rare as benign burglars? Do politicians pose as servants so as to become masters? On television, did you ever see a candidate talking to a rich person? Is politics a conflict...
Most if not All Religious-Fraternal, Charitable and Special Interest Groups organize themselves as Non Profit Private Societies to which any and all citizens might belong and contribute financially on a volunteer basis. Non-Profit Private Societies and the Society Act were formed and formatted on...
Currently, nine (9) B.C. prisons/penitentiaries are located in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island (Victoria & Nanaimo) and the Interior of the Province (Prince George & Kamloops). The prisons’ populations and guards at these locales, as a percentage of the at large local population, within a 15...
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