By Mike Archer and Win Wachsmann. ’Housing Starts Are Down’ - a statement that sends shudders through the economy even though few of those reporting the news are very good…
By Mike Archer. It’s hard to think of a more spectacular failure in municipal politics in BC than John Smith’s career in Abbotsford politics. The costs to his friends and…
By Mike Archer. With everything from the Envision Concert in The Park series in the summer, to the Envision Coffee House series in the fall, the upcoming Mill Lake Cruisin’…
Time for Auditor General to Turn Up the Heat on Abbotsford By Jordan Bateman. Leave it to local government to find a way to lose money on something as near…
By Mike Archer. John Smith, Bruce Beck, and all those who pushed Plan A on an unsuspecting city, have finally managed to all but destroy the local economy. On all…
It’s Christmas and I’ve been sitting here being all “holiday cheery”…but I can’t get out of my head a statement made by our Mayor at his Chamber of Commerce luncheon…
Councillor John Smith’s ill-fated Plan A took another shot in the groin with the announcement this week that the Underwear Girls Gridiron Football League (UGG FL) will not be spending…
By Mike Archer. Before anyone suggests we do something about the fact that the rest of the country considers Abbotsford boring (Dave Loewen’s pro-Abbotsford Tweets aside), let’s remember what happened…
By Mike Archer. Abbotsford’s power structure and its newspapers have not had a very good batting average over the last several years if you look at the issues they defined…
Just like in most small towns, the closed club at the top of the little tiny socio-political structure in Abbotsford doesn’t tale well to being criticized. Especially when they are…