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The Dance With Me studio on 13th Avenue in Cranbrook was host to some special guests Saturday evening, Sept. 27. Luciano Brigante and Alejandra Orozco, internationally renowned professional Tango dancers from Argentina, put on a scintillating display of Tango at its highest level for Dance With Me members. A tango workshop followed the next day. Barry Coulter photo
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UBCM takes aim at Jumbo funding C AROLYN GR ANT AND TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The Union of BC Municipalities convention wound up in Whistler last Friday. One of the last acts by delegates was aimed squarely at the Jumbo Resort Municipality.
In a unanimous vote, municipalities passed a motion opposing provincial funding of towns without a population. The Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality was created on February 19, 2013 and a mayor and
two councillors appointed. Mayor Gerry Taft of Invermere put forward the motion in Whistler. “Local governments across BC struggle to provide services to our residents and the provincial government constantly says there is no
money,” said Mayor Taft. “Not only is the concept of a town with no residents and an appointed council ridiculous, but the idea that this fake town will get over $1 million in Provincial funding over the next five years is disgusting.”
Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, whose riding Jumbo is in, applauded the resolution. “It sends a strong message to the government just how ridiculous the creation of the Jumbo Resort Municipality was,” Macdonald said.
“It’s funded like a normal municipality. When Kimberley gets the gas tax, so does Jumbo. Kimberley can apply for grants. So can Jumbo. Jumbo is an artificial creation.
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