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Thursday, July 14, 2011
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Langley Good Times Cruise-In
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Car show invites world to Langley There are only 60 days left until Langley’s giant car show comes to life again.
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Cruise-In president Riccardo Sestito displayed the 2010 “closed for the season” poster, as well as the 2011 event poster already available for sale at the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce office. Both are expected to be popular with collectors.
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Mayor Green asked to step aside
One of Mayor Rick Green’s former supporters called for him to step down this week.
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The job at hand is to wake up the world to the fact that Langley Good Times Cruise-In is back. After a year’s hiatus, the Cruise-In is on again, and set for Saturday, Sept. 10. Organizers are counting down, noting there are only 60 days left until thousands of car owners and car enthusiasts descend on the streets of downtown Langley for one of North America’s biggest free car shows. But there’s lots of work still to be done and sponsorships to be secured in that short window of time, Cruise-In president Riccardo Sestito told the Langley Advance. The 2010 car show was cancelled for a number of reasons, including safety and bureaucratic red tape. With hopes that most of the issues are resolved, the organizing committee agreed to bring the show back for 2011. “Most people I talk to about the
show are happy it’s back,” Sestito said. But he’s still amazed how many people are surprised to learn the event is on again. Cruise-In is a one-day car show held on the streets of downtown Langley on the first Saturday after Labour Day each September. About 100,000 people attend the free event that showcases upwards of 1,700 custom and classic vehicles. The car show is always followed by a one-day auto corral and swap meet held on the Sunday at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. But a number of changes are being made with the show’s return, including introduction of a mandatory $25 pre-registration, elimination of the Friday night cruise to the drive-in, reduction of the display site, increased involvement of the City of Langley and RCMP for security and safety, and the addition of a new rock-a-billy component in the Cascades Casino parking lot. This addendum comes complete with a pin-up contest, with women dressed in 1940s and ’50s outfits, soliciting votes from the crowd.
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Aldergrove’s Sukhi Dhami said he supported Langley Township’s Mayor Rick Green when he ran for office in 2008. On Monday, Dhami released a statement asking the mayor to step down, while a special prosecutor determines whether or not to lay charges against the embattled mayor. “I worked hard for him and encouraged my relatives and friends to do the same,” Dhami said in a statement he read to the Township council Monday. “I now deeply regret ever helping Rick Green be elected as mayor.” Dhami and Joe Zaccaria, who supported defeated former mayor Kurt Alberts in 2008, made joint statements asking the mayor to stand aside. The two men said the ongoing issues of an RCMP investigation and the hostile atmosphere at the council table – where the mayor is often pitted against the other eight
members of the council – were making the conditions.” Township “a laughingstock” and “a three-ring The Lidstone reports are legal documents circus.” that were apparently at the core of the recent Dhami and Zaccaria didn’t single out any of RCMP inquiries. Green’s policies for criticism. Instead, it was Since he went public with his concerns, the ongoing legal issues and his leadership Dhami said, he’s gotten a lot of feedback style they said is the issue. from the community. “You chose a leadership style as “Response to Joe and I personally mayor that is abrasive and disrevia Facebook and Twitter messages spectful,” Dhami said. has been huge,” Dhami told the Langley Advance via email. He also accused the mayor of not He expects a significant number working with council, and of ignorof those people to join him and ing the will of the council. Zaccaria for a rally on Friday at In addition, he asked the coun1:30 p.m. at the Township hall. cil to release the full Habkirk Green has already said that he and Berry report, along with the has no intention of stepping aside. Lidstone reports. He had little to say about the Gerald Berry and Allison Habkirk Rick Green recent calls for his resignation. were consultants hired in 2009 to Township mayor “I’m looking forward to the next help the council and mayor underelection,” he said. stand their duties and look at comThe RCMP investigation of Green was munication issues between mayor, council, recently turned over to a special prosecuTownship staff, and the public. tor, a lawyer from outside the normal Crown The consultants abruptly called off a counsel system. Special prosecutors are often planned workshop, saying “it is our conclusion that holding a working session to address asked to look into allegations against political figures. the issues at this stage in the council’s term No details of the investigation or allegations is unlikely to produce a satisfactory outcome have been released. and in fact might further inflame prevailing