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‘NO LEADERSHIP’ ▶ SURREY COUNCILLOR SLAMS PROVINCE'S LACK OF ACTION REGARDING OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS KEVIN DIAKIW
In an email not meant for public consumption, a Surrey councillor is taking direct aim at the province for a lack of leadership when it comes to funding schools. Last week, Coun. Barbara Steele sent an email to a Surrey resident, criticizing the lack of leadership in B.C. The email appears to be a misstep, with Steele replying to the resident instead of forwarding it to someone else, as she intended. The resident, who asked to remain anonymous, provided The Leader with a copy of the email exchange of May 4. In it, the woman complained to Steele about a planned 181-townhome project for 5750 Panorama Dr. (see story
below) and the impact it will The resident thought Steele have on further stressing was talking about Mayor already overcrowded schools in Linda Hepner and pressed for the area. clarification. "I attended a Steele responded (Surrey city) council at 5:08 p.m., saying ▶ “The meeting on May 2 her comment was province and admit experidirected squarely at encing shocking disthe province. needs to get appointment at the "The leadership their head leadership, or lack or lack thereof thereof, displayed was being directed around it, there," the resident at the Province," and probably wrote in an email to Steele wrote. "I do Steele. want to reassure quickly...” The Surrey counyou though that as COUN. BARBARA cillor wrote an email a Councillor, the in response the concerns you have STEELE same day, but it was for the students apparently meant are my concerns for someone else. too. Children in "Don't agree with her comSURREY have been in portaments but once again NO bles for too long." LEADERSHIP," Steele said from her iPhone at 3:55 p.m. continued on page 3
In an email mistakenly sent to a resident who was angry about the negative impact a proposed development in Surrey will have on local schools, Coun. Barbara Steele blames the province for failing to adequately address the issue. 'Children in SURREY have been in portables for too long,' she wrote in part. EVAN SEAL
TOWNHOMES OPPOSED DUE TO LACK OF SCHOOL SPACE
▶ PANORAMA RESIDENTS SAY PROJECT WILL MAKE ALREADY PACKED CLASSROOMS EVEN WORSE KEVIN DIAKIW
More than 100 people packed an open house at the Tong Louie Family YMCA on Monday night to voice their objections to a townhome project planned for Panorama Ridge. The development, slated for 5750 Panorama Dr. (just northwest of Highway 10 and 152 Street), is the proposed location of 181 townhomes and 106 apartments, as well as commercial developments. Area residents are fed up and say area
elementary and secondary schools are over capacity as it is. Cindy Dalglish, who runs the website southnewtoncommunity.com, says the situation is unfortunate for the developer, because his timing is terrible. “If he came two years from now when (more) schools are around, it (the development) would go through without a blip,” Dalglish said. continued on page 3
Cindy Dalglish