http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0421739
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issued: 2022-11-02
issued: 1986-04-23
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note: BE 4_j: 4,i *>,*,* '■>•«•>;■» i*. -. . ■ -■ '* board gears MURRAYVniE - A verbal skirmish broke out Monday morning in the continued battle between the two factions of coundl who on the one side believe region- districts are the cat's meow and on the other that they are totally useless. It began when Aid. Len Fowler (who is also the current chairman of the Central Fraser Valley regional district) attacked Aid. Carol Gran who recently had the audacity (upon resigning from the regional board) to say that Langley The Aldergrove was not well served by being a member and in fact "receives zilch for its dollars." According to Fowler, Gran had committed some sort of an indiscretion by her denunciation of the board. She had, he claimed, violated the sacred oath of secrecy by telling the world about her misgivings. "When Aid. Gran resigned," Fowler said, "we were told it had to do with a lack of time on her part." Shortly after her resignation last month, Gran blasted the regional concept and the workings of the CFVRD in particular in Open council. Fowler did not respond at the time. Gran was particularly critical of the board's dealings with the two regional hospitals, Langley Memorial and MSA General. "Our (Langley) hospital is not well served by belonging to the CFVRD," she said. "But when it comes to the board's dealings with the MSA hospital, it's a totally different kettle of fish." like many of her predecessors, Gran blamed "the parochial attitude of one director in particular." She was referring to former board chairman and Matsqui mayor Harry DeJong. Throughout its past history, the regional has witnessed a constant head-butting contest between the three Langley township directors and the three from Matsqui. The lone representatives from Langley city, Abbotsford, and Huntingdon- Sumas Mountain have continually been courted by the two groups of powerbrokers as their support was needed when it came to voting on various matters. Usually, Langley township has lost out to…
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