Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-16
issued: 1972-10-04
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note: Closed meeting raises political storm by Gary Chambers A meeting was called by Langley district council last week to enable that body to talk at length with the advisory planning commission a- bout the proposed Langley zoning plan. It was to be held behind closed doors so that the conversation would not be at all inhibited by the presence of the press or the general public. Although the idea was inconsistent with council's 'wide-open meeting' policy, it was easy to see why it was being done, and it was almost justifiable. The meeting went as planned, although it was not very progressive, by council's own admission. Some dialogue was exchanged, however, and apparently some of it was not the type of dialogue that would be heard at a meeting with the press or the public in attendance. On Monday when council went into session they found that there was a copy of the minutes of that meeting before each alderman, and copies laying on the press table. One alderman screwed up his face and remarked that the minutes were those of the in camera meeting, and stated that no minutes were to be taken at that meeting. Another alderman nonchalantly confirmed the observations and told his colleague that it did not matter as the whole thing would be released within two days anyway. He did not say how it would be leaked. Later, this reporter went on an excursion to Langley city where he spoke with a person who was in attendance at the closed meeting. He was informed that one alderman had made statements in the course of the meeting, contrary to anything he had said in open meetings before the press and the public. The alderman in question had allegedly been grilled by the advisory planning commission, as to why he would say different things in a closed meeting to what he would say in an open one. The reply as told second hand to the Star was: "In here we are in a workshop, out there it is politics." The names of the council- men and planning officials in this story have been held back a…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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