ThinkCity: What are your budget priorities, Vancouver?

This just in from the Think City folks:

ACTION BULLETIN: Submit Your Budget Priorities By Friday, Feb. 16
Dear Think City Supporter,
Vancouver’s 2007 budget will be decided by March 13 and Think City wants to hear your priorities for the city.
Please complete the Citizen Budget Priorities 2007 form on our web site at thinkcity.ca by Feb. 16.
This is a prosperous city – but not everyone is benefiting. Homelessness is up. Rents are skyrocketing. Buses are overcrowded. Our public services – like our libraries – are under threat of budget cuts.
For me, as a former library board trustee, I know our cherished library system isn’t able to fully serve the public because of the lack of adequate public funding.
Longer opening hours. More storytimes for children up to the age of five years. More access to public computer terminals. More materials in other languages to reflect Vancouver’s diversity. These are all things citizens want from their library, but there just isn’t enough funding to provide them. These are my priorities for city council’s 2007 budget. What are your priorities?
It only takes a minute to let Mayor Sam Sullivan and city council know what you want for your city, so please go right now to thinkcity.ca and fill out the online comment form. Think City will pass on your comments to council at the Feb. 20 special public meeting on the $840-million annual city budget.
Regards,
Anita Zaenker,
Think City board member and former Vancouver Public Library trustee
P.S. The more submissions we can send in, the harder it will be for Vancouver city council to ignore citizens. Please forward this message to a friend.

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3 Comments

Phil on 14 Feb 2007 at 21:20

Anita Zaenker works for the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union and is Co-Chairperson of COPE, Vancouver’s municipal coalition of progressive electors. Her community involvement includes serving as a trustee of the Vancouver Public Library and chairing its Community Relations Committee. She is also formerly of the Canadian Federation of Students. I smell a big push by Organized Labour behind ThinkCity. There’s nothing wrong with them having their say, I just wonder why they don’t say who they really are…

Rob on 14 Feb 2007 at 22:35

Glad to hear it, Dethe!

Phil, you might have overlooked their About page. They don’t exactly make a secret of their politics or their partners.

Dethe Elza on 14 Feb 2007 at 22:33

Hi Rob,

Thanks for pointing this out. Daniela and I submitted our thoughts on the budget. Here’s hoping it helps.

Phil on 14 Feb 2007 at 21:20
Anita Zaenker works for the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union and is Co-Chairperson of COPE, Vancouver’s municipal coalition of progressive electors. Her community involvement includes serving as a trustee of the Vancouver Public Library and chairing its Community Relations Committee. She is also formerly of the Canadian Federation of Students. I smell a big push by Organized Labour behind ThinkCity. There’s nothing wrong with them having their say, I just wonder why they don’t say who they really are…
Rob on 14 Feb 2007 at 22:35
Glad to hear it, Dethe!
Phil, you might have overlooked their About page. They don’t exactly make a secret of their politics or their partners.
Dethe Elza on 14 Feb 2007 at 22:33
Hi Rob,
Thanks for pointing this out. Daniela and I submitted our thoughts on the budget. Here’s hoping it helps.