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Newsletter: October 9, 2023: “To Densify or Be Ordered How to Densify - That is the Question”
Newsletter September 30, 2023: Local Government Autonomy a Thing of the Past.
Newsletter September 23, 2023: Council Decision Making 101- The Quest & Taxes
Newsletter: September 16, 2023: Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
The Quest: Neighbour's Bulletin - How much is too much?
Newsletter July 1, 2023 A Bizarre New Category on the 2023 Tax Bill Pie-Chart
Newsletter June 10, 2023: Langford, the Province’s Model for Oak Bay?
Newsletter May 27, 2023: Newsletter May 27, 2023: Oak Bay’s Tree Preservation Strategy: In Name Only
Newsletter May 20, 2023: Did Oak Bay Just Win the Lottery? Well....
Newsletter May 8, 2023: Conflict of Interest and Excessive Property Tax Increases.
Newsletter March 18, 2023: A Projected 45%Tax Increase in the Next Five Years
Newsletter March 8, 2023: Oak Bay Council's Proposed 2023 Annual Budget Tax Increase is 11.9% - Seriously?
News letter February 25, 2023: The Media is the Message - Not
Newsletter February 11, 2023: Corrective Action and Balance Needed
Newsletter February 4, 2023: Is the Writing on the Wall?
Newsletter January 28, 2023: Oak Bay's Compounding Administration Costs.
Newsletter January 22, 2023: What we have here is a failure to collaborate
Newsletter January 15, 2023: A Time to Worry
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Newsletter December 10, 2022: The Real Housing Crisis
Newsletter December 10, 2022: The Real Housing Crisis
Newsletter: November 12, 2022 - Climate Change and New Council's
Decisions and Oak Bay's Future
Newsletter October 7, 2022: We need Your Attention, Please
Newsletter Sept 25 2022: The Impact of Council's Legalizing Secondary Suites
in Oak Bay
Newsletter September 17, 2022: What every Oak Bay Resident Need to Know.
Newsletter Sept 6, 2022: Secondary Suite Public Meeting Information
Newsletter August 31, 2022: What is Council's Secondary Suite Plan?
Please Note:
Secondary Suite Public Meeting Sept 8, 2022 Time Correction - Meeting
begins at 6:00 pm, not at 7:30 pm as reported in Oak Bay News, page A5 Sept
1, 2022
Newsletter August 6, 2022: Were you aware Council is moving this dramatic
zoning change forward for approval?
Newsletter July 22, 2022: Doesn't This Sound Familiar?
Newsletter: July 9. 2022 Correction
Newsletter: July 9, 2022 - Fool us once shame on you: fool us twice.....
Newsletter: July 25, 2022 - The Good and Bad Council News
Newsletter June 19, 2022: How will Council's Densification Legacy Change
Oak Bay?
Newsletter June 4, 2022: Where is the Logic?
Newsletter May 28, 2022: Victoria and Oak Bay do not have an “Unaffordable
Housing Crisis”
Newsletter May 14, 2022: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Newsletter May 6, 2022: This is most disturbing.....
Newsletter April 24, 2022 - What does all this mean?
Newsletter April 2, 2022: Why is this so difficult to Understand?
Newsletter March 20, 2022: Council Concern and District Information
March 12, 2022: What are my taxes paying for?
Newsletter March 4, 2022 - 2022 Financial Plan: What you should know
Newsletter Week of February 13-19, 2022: Council’s Troubling Basement Suite
and Infill Densification Initiatives
Newsletter February 10, 2022: A TIME to Worry
Newsletter February 2, 2021: Are Council and Staff protecting your Interests
and Safety?
Newsletter January 19, 2022: This may be the most important Newsletter regarding Oak Bay’s future. (long, but worth a read)
Newsletter Jan 9, 2022: Information The District of Oak Bay is not providing
Newsletter December 4, 2021: Oak Bay We Have a Problem - Important
Message
Newsletter October 24, 2021 Missing Information & Transparency - Important Website Visitor Messages
October 10, 2021: Part 2 - It can't get much worse than this - Or can it?
(Property Tax Concerns & Amalgamation Information)
October 2, 2021 Newsletter: It can't get much worse than this - Or can it?
Newsletter Sept. 22, 2021 Did You Know............?
Newsletter Sept 14, 2021: Secondary Suite Study Consultant Survey
Summary: Were you misinformed?
Newsletter: July 25, 2021- Oak Bay's Basement Suite Campaign
Newsletter July 17, 2021 - How Much Densification Can Oak Bay's
Infrastructure Handle?
Newsletter July 10, 2021 - Is Oak Bay Protecting Our Natural Assets?
Newsletter - June 27, 2021 - In case you missed this:
Newsletter June 4, 2021 - Tax Notice Information Demystified
Newsletter May 3, 2021 Duplexes, triplexes, more suites, laneway houses
etc. for Oak Bay single-family neighbourhoods?
Newsletter April 17, 2021: Re This Please: Community Priorities Ignored.
Newsletter April 10, 2021: is Oak Bay's Leadership "Missing in Action?"
Newsletter March 27, 2021 - Exposé: Want to know how your tax dollars are
being spent?
Newsletter March 20, 2021- Inconsistent and Contradictory Council Policies
and Practices
Newsletter March 10, 2021 Part #2 -The Problem: Tree Asset
Preservation, Infrastructure & Climate Impacts & Council’s Disconnect.
Newsletter February 26, 2021 The Problem: Tree Asset Preservation,
Infrastructure & Climate Impacts & Council’s Disconnect.
Newsletter February 5, 2021 Conflict of Interest Oak Bay Style
Newsletter January 23, 2021: Council's Half-Term Reality Check
Newsletter January 9, 2021: When is Council Going to Control Excessive
Densification?
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Newsletter December 18, 2020: Are Development Impacts Destroying Oak
Bay’s Ecology?
Newsletter December 18, 2020 It is Easier to Fool People Than to ......".
Newsletter December 8, 2020 Why is Council Not Protecting Oak Bay's
Character?
Newsletter November 28, 2020 - "You can fool all of the people some of
the time.
Newsletter: November 6, 2020 Collaboration and Interaction Needed
Newsletter October 25. 2020 Subdivision Proposal Controversy - We highly Recommend you read this Newsletter
Newsletter Sept 20, 2020: Do Speculators and Developers have too much Influence on Council Zoning Decisions?
Newsletter August 29, 2020: Development, Suites and Tax Impacts
Newsletter August 22, 2020: Is there a reason to be Suspicious?
Newsletter July 19,2020 Council’s Loaded Agendas and Proverb: “Self Praise is No Recommendation”
Newsletter April 23, 2020 Important Information for Oak Bay
Property Taxpayers (see Home Page)
Newsletter March 14, 2020: Who is Driving Oak Bay?
Newsletter March 7, 2020 Oak Bay's Worrisome Future
NEWSLETTERS 2019
Newsletter December 16, 2019: Public Interest Defended
Newsletter Nov 1, 2019: Just How Transparent is Oak Bay
Newsletter Sept 19, 2019 Exposé: Why were you not provided with this
important information?
Newsletter August 17, 2019 - Other Districts face the same
"Roadblocks" to make positive change.
Newsletter July 14, 2019 - Community Heritage and Heritage
Revitalization Agreements
July 6, 2019 Newsletter - Where is Oak Bay’s Heritage Really Headed?
July 4, 2019 Newsletter - A Time to Worry - Another good example of irresponsible decision making.
Newsletter May 25, 2019 Its only (Your) Money and Oak Bay's Character
Newsletter May 17, 2019 - If you follow the wrong track you’ll never achieve the right objectives.
Newsletter MAY 1st, 2019 Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Newsletter April. 19, 2019: A Plausible Answer to many Resident Questions - Including why is Oak Bay a UDI Member?
Newsletter April 9, 2019 - Curious about the 8.5% estimated Tax Increase?
You Should Be
Newsletter April 2, 2019 2019 Budget Open House Failure to
Launch"
Newsletter - March 9, 2019 Really! Isn't this a Lot of Tax Dollars to spend to Over-Densify our Single-Family Neighbourhoods?
Newsletter - March 6, 2019 "Suddenly It Was All Very Clear"
Newsletter February 21, 2019 Council Priorities - Will real change Follow?
Newsletter February 4, 2019 Problem Identified - No indication easy fix
is coming soon
Newsletter January 12, 2019 - Where We Were: Where We Are:Where we want to be:
Newsletter January 3, 2019 - "When you are halfway up you are neither
up nor down".
Newsletter December 7, 2018 and Now for the Good News
Newsletter December 1, 2018 - The Transparency Disconnect
Nov 20, 2018 : Is Developments Reflecting Oak Bay's Heritage?
Election Facts to Consider- Before Voting
Newsletter Exposé: The Advisory Planning Commission and the Public Interest.
Newsletter August 17, 2018 Subdivision Development - Out of Control and Public Interest Ignored.
Newsletter August 2, 2018 Are the Mayor's Public Engagement Task
Forces a"Barrier" to Public Engagement?
Newsletter - July 15, 2018 Transparency & Compromise in "short supply"
Newsletter - June 29, 2018 Who is looking after the Public Interest?
Newsletter - June 22, 2018 ♫ Where Have All the Task Forces Gone? Long Time Passing ♫
Newsletter June 1, 2018 - Council's Backward Planning Process
("The Cart Before the Horse")
Newsletter May 25, 2018 Oak Bay's Heritage at Risk
Newsletter May 25, 2018 Oak Bay's Heritage at Risk
Newsletter May 5, 2018 - The Real 2018 Budget Facts - Council's Advanced
401 Accounting
Newsletter May 14, 2018 Environment: What Environment?
Newsletter April 21, 2018 “Flash” A 6.9% 2018 BUDGET TAX INCREASE
Newsletter April 11, 2018 - What IS going on at THE HALL?
Newsletter - Two letters We suggest you read.
Newsletter February 24, 2018 "Flash Bulletin" Information - What's behind
the Push to keep residents out of the Secondary Suite Decision?
Newsletter February 17, 2018 - Council Report: "The Pretend News"
Newsletter / Council Report: "A Veil of Secrecy" (Part l).
Newsletter Feb 09, 2018: "Reserve Fund Veil of Secrecy" ( Council Report Part ll)
Newsletter: January 20, 2018 What's Next? and Council Committee of the Whole Meeting
Council Alert - Committee of the Whole Meeting Jan 15, 2018
United Church Development - Resident Concerns.
Newsletter: Jan. 8, 2018 - Time for a change in 2018? Consider this information.
Council Reports: December 11-2017 .. "But you can't fool all of the people all of the time".
Council Meetings: November 20 & 27. 2017 Reports on "Failing Infrastructure" and "Process, What Process"?
Council Meeting Nov 14th, 2017 Council Majority overturns Community Benefit Resolution
Newsletter Nov 16, 2017 The Quest Condos or trees etc Council Nov 20, 2017
Council Report: Oct, 23, 2017 Shoreline Protection & Financial Information needed.
Newsletter Oct 20, 2017 Who should pay for development? & Council Report
Newsletter Sept 24, 2017 - Council Meeting News & Council's new Development Priorities
Newsletter Sept 16, 2017 - Council News
Newsletter Sept 6, 2017 "Pave over paradise and put in a parking lot"
Newsletter July 9, 2017 Council new Densification Threat - This could impact You.
Newsletter June 15, 2015 Oak Bay News - All the News that's fit to print - not
Newsletter May 28, 2017 Can it get any worse than this - Council Report
May 20th, 2017: "Report on recent council meeting; community impact decisions
May 12, 2017 Reports Annual Budget controversy - Bowker /Cadboro Over - development
May 7, 2017 "Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be?"
April 30, 2017 Bowker /Cardboro Bay Over -Development
April 23, 2017 Council's Basement Suite Plan $250.000 - Urban Forest Plan Zero
April 7th, 2017 Oak bay Council's Inappropriate Priority Infill Decision
April 1st, 2017 Oak Bay Council: Infrastructure Versus Densification?
March 25, 2017 Transparancy - Oak Bay Council has it covered (literally).
March 11, 2017 Council's (New) Backup Development Plan
March 1st, 2017: "Houston Err... Oak Bay we have a problem"
January 25th, 2017: "Bad News for Oak Bay Residents"
January 7, 2017: "Oak Bay District - Housing strategies"
November 5, 2016: "Community Infill Impacts"
September 23, 2016: "Community letters etc and infill impact information required"
August 26th, 2016: Myth "Growth is inevitable" or is it?
August 15, 2016: RED ALERT - Council's current development process
August 4, 2016: Car-garages for families Oak Bay's future?
July, 2016 : Tree Canopy Survey, Resident concerns
December, 2015: Council's spending choices & development plans
Newsletter Nov 15, 2015: Direction and Immediate Action Required
September, 2015: Infill Housing - coming to your Neighbourhood soon.