Out of the blue.
A name, the Urban Development Institute.
In today's "Call for Volunteers" newspaper ad for 13 volunteers for the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC), Greater Vernon Water says the committee will comprise, in part, "one (1) representative from the developer class (can be the Urban Development Institute or other representative group)..."
Huh?
The Urban Development Institute?
Who the heck are they?
Are they a local group? nope
Are they residents/homeowners/water-using taxpayers of a nearby area? nope
Here's their Board of Directors...
Not to be too cynical...(well, maybe)...do these mega-executives look like they care what their or anyone else's water rates are, even if they lived here, which they don't?
The group self-describes: "premier industry body representing over 600 of British Columbia’s leading residential, commercial, industrial and institutional developers." Their media releases are here.
"The difference is that we aren't able to get up and leave when we're finished in a community," offers Kia explaining..."who were supposed to separate water lines as a development permit requirement for their projects."
GVW never ceases to amaze residents...
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