Editor:
Re: Unlikely label, Murphy’s Law, April 25
Ted Murphy's column where he obliquely chides the mayor for voting against the Four Winds proposal -- i.e., following not only the laid down requirements for this component of the Southlands but also heeding the concerns of those most affected by such a proposal, the residents of Boundary Bay -- comes across as unreserved support for this Machiavellian stratagem.
The Four Winds/Southlands proposal has been voted down and that should be an end to it but being a seasoned cynic, I suggest that the feigned outrage, alarm and dismay at this rejection is simply another step in obtaining approval.
This is how Century Group managed to have the Southlands approved - you put forward a proposal which you know will be rejected due to the massive scope and then gradually "compromise" until the proposal is acceptable.
This same approach will no doubt be used by Four Winds and Century Group, working closely together, both good corporate citizens by the way, to attempt to force this proposal through.
Nothing much wrong with that, it is how business if often conducted, but what is not needed here is Murphy's thinly disguised support for such a proposal.
Quote: "Given the level of support, even from those with concerns about the scope and/or location, it’s hard not to envision some sort of revised application resurfacing that’s tweaked just enough that it ends up meeting with Delta council’s approval."
Nice try, Murphy, but such distortion is not needed.
B.Mckenna
