By Lily Kaetler. Clarification is required on the YMCA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Speaking in terms of delaying the project, postponement of the project or no longer pursuing the project…
UPDATED 18/04/13 14:46 – It what appears to be the latest of a long series of missteps and communications mistakes on the YMCA proposal, the Abbotsford News first published and…
By Mike Archer. I’m not very well known for my short columns but I am quite literally so taken aback by Mayor Bruce Banman’s behaviour on the Stephen Butz letter…
Abbotsford City Hall has released the controversial letter from YMCA Vancouver president and CEO Stephen Butz to Mayor Bruce Banman in which Butz appears to take a very different position…
Open Letter To Mayor Bruce Banman: Dear Mr. Banman, YMCA’s letter was described as an “indefinite withdrawal” from the process. The YMCA’s actual letter suggests the exact opposite is true….
By Abnor. It’s neat what you find out when you don’t depend on the authorized knowers in Abbotsford. Making my usual mid week rounds of the coffee shops I found…
By Mike Archer. After fumbling badly in announcing the indefinite postponement of the controversial proposal to give the YMCA tax money in order to build the membership driven fitness centre…
Before Council heard a motion and voted to cease progress on the YMCA project, Fred Thiessen intended to appear as a delegation. His presentation, the second he would have given…
By Mike Archer. Dumbfounded. That’s how I felt listening to Mayor Bruce Banman reading a letter from Stephen Butz, the president and CEO of YMCA Vancouver, telling Abbotsford residents 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 YMCA has withdrawn from the…