News Items tag as: Taxpayers First

Kelowna Mountain developer made a massive contribution to Taxpayers First
February 23, 2015 - 12:49 PM

KELOWNA — Taxpayers First—the City of Kelowna’s first slate of candidates—spent more than $50,000 trying to get elected in the November municipal election, nearly all of it coming from the five candidates themselves except for the nearly $19,000 from the man behind Kelowna Mountain.
JONESIE: What is really going on with Taxpayers First?
November 11, 2014 - 11:21 AM

The Kelowna municipal election has truly taken a turn for the bizarre courtesy of the City’s first political slate.
JONESIE: Kelowna Mountain, Taxpayers First and Sharon Shepherd
November 07, 2014 - 6:15 AM

The Kelowna municipal election may mean little for the 60 to 70 per cent of residents who won’t vote for a mayor and councillors, but it’s absolutely vital for one resident of the Central Okanagan Regional District.
Taxpayers First slate has plans for the Central Okanagan Regional District
October 28, 2014 - 4:30 PM

KELOWNA – The slate of five council hopefuls known as Taxpayers First have unveiled a plan that, if elected, would put a massive, multi-storey commercial/residential building on the current Regional District lot on KLO Road as part of a restructuring plan.
Kelowna’s new civic election party grows
October 06, 2014 - 7:23 PM

KELOWNA – The ranks of the Taxpayers First Party have grown to five candidates ahead of the November civic election.
Zero per cent increase? Taxes nearly doubled on Gran's watch
September 15, 2014 - 10:15 AM

KELOWNA – Carol Gran, a candidate in a new political slate promising zero per cent tax increases for the next four years, served on council during the largest municipal tax increase in Kelowna's recent history.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

News Items tag as: Taxpayers First

Kelowna Mountain developer made a massive contribution to Taxpayers First

JONESIE: What is really going on with Taxpayers First?

JONESIE: Kelowna Mountain, Taxpayers First and Sharon Shepherd

Taxpayers First slate has plans for the Central Okanagan Regional District

Kelowna’s new civic election party grows

Zero per cent increase? Taxes nearly doubled on Gran's watch

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