Sewer bulletins provide few answers, cause more questions
by Fred von Ilberg to the Sooke News Mirror October 15 2003

Editor:

The first of a series of sewer bulletins, as issued by the administration of spin and obfuscation, raises many more questions than provide answers.

The extra capital costs of $2.5 million, covered by letters of credit for the extension of sewer boundaries, are to be accepted without a bylaw in place or at minimum a council initiative? Other than Sunriver will this one time contribution free the future property owners of all payment obligations for the next 20 years?

By now the municipal finance authority must have given an indication as to the repayment amount annually over 20 years for the $6.2 million, why not inform the affected public of about 1,800 households of this and the expected ancillary costs?

The definite concerns about this important project stem from the paucity and opaqueness of accessible, real information. Relatively few people have access to the district's Internet Web site and embarrassingly few questions can actually be answered by the mayor and administration.