Congratulations to Mayor Walt Cobb and his council for not increasing the city taxes in this year’s budget.
We all want more out of our taxpayer dollars but there is only so much to go around and it’s up to our elected officials to keep a lid on the spending without compromising services.
I thought the city did a good job in creating interest in the community regarding this year’s budget.
Good news on a balanced budget for B.C. Maybe the only province to do that this year. The province also received accolades for cutting regulations.
I tuned in to the B.C. legislature to see what was happening with discussions regarding the budget and happened to catch tourism minister Naomi Yamamoto.
She talked about some places to visit in B.C. and took about two minutes to mention Likely, Horsefly and Quesnel Lakes and urged folks to visit this beautiful place in this province.
She is a great lady to have in the tourism ministry and is very hard working. I was with her on the B.C. Chamber Board in the day and found her to be a smart business lady with a good marketing background.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought about action last week to enhance to the competitiveness of B.C.’s liquified natural gas industry.
There is a potential investment into B.C. of more than $150 billion, along with the creation of many thousands of jobs.
It is nice to hear good news from government whether it be local, provincial or federal.
So often we hear much negativity about government in this country as some people seem to complain about everything.
Look on the bright side, folks. Cheer on the good news and try a heaping dose of being as positive as possible.
***
This is the first year in many that I have spent February here in Williams Lake and I consider my choice in staying home this year as pretty commendable because we have had one of the warmest months of February in a long time.
Just last year we had a -30 C in this second month of the year.
I can’t remember when we have had so little snow and so much rain in this month.
Average is only one day of rain in the month of February.
When you think about our warm winter it makes you even feel better especially when there is record-breaking snowfall and freezing weather in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Let’s hope the rest of the year contains really nice weather for the Cariboo Chilcotin.
Ken Wilson is a freelance columnist with the Tribune/Weekend Advisor.