Alberni Street Talk
Views and Commentary from Any Street
Civic Elections Part 2
Apr 2nd
The Port Alberni electorate demonstrated a new level of voter disinterest during the 2008 municipal election for city council and school board. Out of 13,037 eligible voters 3,878 turned out to vote. About 29.32% exercised their democratic franchise and yet a few weeks before the city was seething with anger More >
Civic Elections – Part 1
Apr 1st
It is normal for citizens living in a democracy to be discontented with their elected officials. This discontent is not necessarily rational nor does it engender sensible alternatives. However an overdose of discontent appears to lead voters to give up on using their democratic right to vote. “They’re all crooks!” More >
Deep in the Heart of Webmastering
Mar 5th
This is Spook
She was a stray kitten who came to our door and stayed for 15 years.
This is just a short post. I’m doing a lot of reading about HTML and XHTML and CSS web languages and trying to incorporate little bits of what I’m learning into the site. I More >
Friends who have left us.
Mar 2nd
This my first attempt to post pictures I’m using pictures of Kayla and Tseeka who were two dogs that became part of our family. They were with us for many years . Kayla is on the left and Tseeka is on the right. They have sinced died and left us More >
Trail of Tears
Mar 1st
It seems as the City desperately tries to come to grips with the large gaping hole blown in its budget, probably permanently, in Shakespearean fashion, similar, if smaller woes are befalling the Regional District.
As part of the jostling and planning that occurred with the transfer of Macleans Mill and environs More >
The Olympics
Feb 24th
Last night I watched a beautiful ice dancing performance by Meryl Davis and Charlie White. It was on YouTube and my wife and I were enthralled. Ms. Davis and Mr. White are American and were performing in Tokyo where they finished first. For our further enjoyment we searched and found More >
Thoughts on Canadian versus American politics
Feb 17th
There are a number of large differences between the way Canada governs it’s Confederation and the way the United States governs it’s Republic. The seeds of each political culture were different. Canada’s originated from a monarchy although leavened by the civil war in the 17th century which destroyed the divine right More >
The City Council and the Administration Looking At The Wall
Feb 17th
City Council and the administration are afflicted with a “Union Mentality”. Consider that someone in a union lives a very strange economic life, he performs no functions that are not prescribed and has no real knowledge as to how his pay cheque and benefits are funded. His union manages his More >
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts.
Feb 15th
The bright minds in Brussels, the de facto capital of Europe, should have remembered their classics before they invited Greece into the European Union. A Trojan Horse built by the Greeks and containing a belly full of armed men brought down invincible Troy and now it appears that once again More >