Outgoing city councillor Barrie Clark, expressed his displeasure in the Capital News on the possibility that the new city council could vote against the downtown CD Zone on fourth and final reading saying “To totally defy the work of the predecessor that’s been going on for two years and to just blatantly cut that off now, I think would be a tragedy for Kelowna.” Fellow out-going councillor Colin Day had made similar remarks earlier suggesting that the prospect of the new council taking such action was unprecedented.
Well, these two retiring councillors should have thought of that before voting to give the CD Zone second and third reading. City council had the option at that time of leaving the matter for the new city council which was going to take office is just a few weeks to decide, but no, they wanted to make the decision themselves right then and there before allowing the voters of Kelowna to democratically choose a new city council which might have a different take on the matter. Clark, Day, Carol Gran, and Norm Letnick, who each voted in favour of the CD Zone, all decided not to run for re-election with Carol Gran leaving town shortly after that vote was taken. I would just like to say good riddance to this group of four. You will be remembered for your arrogance and you will not be missed.
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