Abbotsford Council’s Executive Committee met Monday afternoon and discussed the report from City Manager George Murray about the controversial YMCA proposal.. Councillor Henry Braun made a motion which proposed…
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By Gerda Peachey. I don’t think Vince Dimano is correct in thinking that only Bruce Banman knew about the Butz YMCA letter. Watching both afternoon and evening sessions on April…
By Mike Archer. With all due respect to YMCA president and CEO Stephen Butz and father Banman who dutifully and piously read Butz’s letter to the citizens of Abbotsford, the…
Dear Abbotsford residents. Finally some good news. Mayor Banman announced tonight that Abbotsford’s proposed tax giveaway to the YMCA has been stopped (not his depiction). YMCA has withdrawn from the…
Opponents to the gifting of $17.5 million to the YMCA for its proposed new membership supported facility in Abbotsford will be appearing before Abbotsford City Council Monday night. Represented by…
Dear Editor. I believe the City of Abbotsford will soon be voting on whether or not it will giveaway 70+- million of our tax dollars to YMCA. This controversial, fiscally harmful, proposal has been…
Dear City Council, MLA de Jong, Mr. Butz and Abbotsford residents, Abbotsford taxpayers have recently tried to engage in a decision making process that may eventually lead to the approval…
As reported here before, the YMCA’s proposal to have the taxpayers of Abbotsford give them $17.5 million in order build a membership-based business in a proposed housing development on the…
After a series of emails between Today Columnist Walter Neufeld, and Stephen Butz, president of the YMCA in Vancouver, further to an in-depth interview with Abbotsford Today, a the debate…
The YMCA’s proposal to have the taxpayers of Abbotsford give them $17.5 million in order build a membership-based business in a proposed housing development on the old MSA hospital grounds…