Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-11-17
issued: 1988-12-01
aggregated CHO: https://oc-uat.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0422424/source.json
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note: COUNCILORS GOOFED Budget approved... by a fluke MURRAYVILLE - It appears that the latest FYaser Valley Regional Library budget - much protested by several municipalities in the lower mainland -- slipped through, but only because councilors here goofed. They instructed their representative to the library board, Aid. Muriel Arnason, to vote in favor of no more than a four percent increase to the library's budget, which because of population growth in Langley township would have meant roughly an eight percent increase to the local levy. Arnason voted for an eight percent increase, and the library board was happy, since this meant they would get about 12 percent more revenue from Langley. Other member municipalities, notably Delta, White Rock and Chilliwack, were not so happy since it meant that their protests were over-ruled. Delta and White Rock have already chosen to opt out of the FYaser Valley library system in 1990. They find the system to be too costly for the services provided. Langley township has also toyed with the idea. They have accused the library administration of being nothing but a bunch of empire builders trading services to the public such as book stocks and branch opening hours for "a rich" complex of administrative offices and computers in the brand new central building in Abbotsford. Now, Langley aldermen have been informed that the 1989 budget has been passed, thanks to their mistake. They do not blame Amason, but Aid. John Scholtens admits that it is "a very costly error." Says Scholtens, "We could have stopped them from keeping on growing." Two weeks ago, we reported that the FYaser Valley library system was falling apart. It appears now, with the added money in the coffers, that it will survive. At least for another year or two. CIRCULATION: 9,000 COPIES VOL.30 No.48 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988 30 CEMTS Established 1957 • 3089 - 272 Street, Aldergrove, B.C. Call 856-8303 or 856-5212 Higher taxes, or cuts to programs? OTTAWA - Analysts agree that…
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.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422424
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text