Opinion

Seeing as I was in the neighbourhood...

Outside of a Star Trek convention, you won't find a bigger group of geeks than the one assembled at the annual CanSecWest Applied Security Confrerence in Vancouver last week.

About a year ago Tourism Whistler, and others, became alarmed at the accommodation issue in the Olympic year.

After attending the budget meeting on March 12th, I think Paul Mathews is right — city hall does not get it! In the worst economic downturn in our lifetime staff are recommending a tax increase of over 20 per cent over the next three years.

I'd heard he was back from Kashmir. The rumour was that Ptor was living in the village of Ventelon, just above La Grave, and was getting ready for a big spring of mountain touring. I hadn't seen the legendary adventurer in years.

Recently, there has been interest in the Resort Municipality of Whistler's (RMOW's) media relations procedure and we felt that it was important to provide some background to ensure people have the facts.

Whistler's plan to overcome projected budget shortfalls totalling $5.7 million over the next three years is to raise taxes by 20 per cent, during what many are calling the worst economic period since the Great Depression.

With about 50 million Wiis in the world (compared to 30 million Xbox 360s and 21 million PS3s) you'd think Nintendo would be patting itself on the back and maybe rewarding their customers.

It's been a tough year for old-school relics around here. The Skiboot, the Orange Chair, the forest on Lot 1/9 - even Citta's - they've all fallen to "progress" of late.

The following letter was addressed to mayor and council. A copy was forwarded to Pique for publication.