Wow - a politician that walked away from a pile of money !! Talk about strength of charecter ! Watts for Priemier in. 2017!!!!!

Brilliant! Dianne Watts was smart enough to leave the Liberal leadership alone, savvy enough to spurn casino money, and definitely has the potential to ride to the rescue and clean up what will undoubtedly be Dix's mess. A premier in waiting...no doubt.

Yes-hurray, people who will never get a chance to work at that facility just never got a job. And, because no one counts them, no one loses, or so we are told. In the same breath, those who oppose this will be yelling: we need jobs, we need jobs. It is just that when the jobs aren't what they had in mind, they decide to let the jobs pass.

Leadership is not followship. It is not to just "do what the community wants" because there is a bigger picture. Surrey council had an obligation to make it clear what the choices really were. Instead, the "I'm all right jack" crowd won again.

The only viable "jobs plan" is for businesses to have economically viable work to be done, thus justifying hiring people. Clearly, many people in Surrey could care less about those looking for opportunity. Well, at least Surrey RCMP has lots of murders to investigate-maybe there is spin off employment from that.

This is great news. That will be one less location that is exploiting the weak minded and one less location for gangsters to launder money at.

Here's to healthy communities!

I'm surprised Surrey city council did this. This is great news

NO THANK YOU is an answer too.....and i do hope ms. watts is smart enough to not run in provincial politics...SURREY , THE ENVY OF THE LOWER MAINLAND !!!!

Readers, this is what Ken280,our consultant, with a briefcase 50 miles away from home is trying to tell us, but just can't get it into words. It is like this.

These NDP people take millions of dollars of their union members money without approval and then run a political campaign based on fudge it budgets, phony jobs, and timber accords and other lies-and with all of that they try to take over the government.

Destroying the economic welfare of our province as a whole and destroying the lives of decent hard working union and non union people in the private sector of the province.

Readers, here is another item that Ken280, the readers consultant with a briefcase 50 miles away from home is trying to tell us about NDP corruption.

It is from the CBC: Audit finds collusion at Manitoba fire commissioner's office. Five officials received payments they weren't entitled to having

Manitoba's auditor general says she was stunned to find fraudulent activity in the province's fire commissioner's office that went on for four years.

In her latest annual report, released on Wednesday, Auditor General Carol Bellringer detailed collusion involving high ranking officials at the commissioner's office, which investigates fires in the province.

The audit identified more than $300,000 worth of financial irregularities from April 2007 to July 2011 and alleged that five employees recieved payments they weren't entitled to having.

Bellringer said documents were fabricated and, in one instance, may have been forged.

"I still cannot understand how so many people could have been involved...and it was not found sooner," she told reporters in Winnipeg.

The financial irregularities were flagged by the office's controller, but no action was taken and the employees continued to receive payments, Bellringer said.

Action was finally taken in 2011, when Jone's credit card was cancelled, according to the audit.

"They didn't have to play the same game as everybody else. There was a certain culture in the organziation..that certain things could be done differently," Bellringer said.

FORMER COMMISSIONER FIRED

The five officials, including former commissioner Chris Jones, are no longer employed at the office.

The Manitoba government confirmed that Jones, who served as fire commissioner between 2009 and 2011, was one of three officials who were fired after the financial irregularities came to light.

Also fired were Justin Panagapko, who was deputy fire commissioner at the time, and Scott Ritzer, who was an emergency services officer, according to the province.

The government would not disclose the names of the two remaining officials who were implicated, since one was allowed to retire and the other was no longer working there by the time the allegations came to light.

"The auditor general didn't release the name in her report," said Dave Dyson, the assistant deputy minister who now oversees the fire commissioner's office.

"She didn't release it, and so it's in the hands of the police and we'll just have to see what the police come up with."

The case has been handed over to the RCMP, but it could be months before criminal charges are laid in the case.

Dyson said the problems at the fire commissioner's office date back to 2007, before Jones became commissioner.

"When you have senior people colluding together, I think that's exactly how these things happen at such a high level," he said.

"Combined with the collusion, it's pretty hard to stop. But we did catch it."

Dyson said new measures have since been put in place to prevent a similar situation from happening in the future. A dedicated team now tracks expense claims, he said.

DOCUMENTS FABRICATED. INTERESTING AS ADRIAN DIX HAS DONE THIS IN THE PAST AS WELL AS THE SOON TO ARRIVE B.C. NDP CAMPAINGN MANAGER, BRIAN TOPP WHEN HE WAS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO FORMER NDP SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER ROY ROMANOW.

JUST HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF NDP CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

Ken280: Just a reminder Ken, as the readers are waiting for a reply from previous requests.
You have mentioned earlier that you talk to Adrian Dix.

Then tell us why Adrian is saying the provincial election will be a nail biter and you are saying that B.C. will have a NDP government.

Did he not pay for coffee last time, as he does not pay for transit fees? Not seeing eye to eye anymore?

Mad because he chose Brian Topp over you for campaign manager? Readers are very interested in your reply.

They ask for you to answer in a professional way, not what you are accustomed to.

Ken280: Me addicted to the coalition? Funny, what about you with the NDP?

Are you readers enjoying the comedy show between Ken280, the readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home and myself?

KenL_6250: Thanks, Ken.

fredb_7066....you are right about those 2 , they are seriously in need of help. their votes will just cancel one another so why are they going to such lengths to spew their diatribe in almost every story nw puts out.

So Watts really can make a decision! The location for the new Casino was excellent; close to a major highway, very rural area and close to the US border. This could have been a real tourist boon for Surrey. So Watts votes to not bring huge tax revenue and job's to Surrey....Just what we want from a leader.......Too bad she can't make a decision to enforce her own illegal suite and building bylaws.......But all will be fine because Watts will just continue to raise property taxes in her city .......Big loss for Surrey will be a gift for Maple Ridge or Abbotsford. It's amazing how NIMBY works when you have money!!!!