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Fact Check: “Growth Pays for Growth”
The claim: In a September 3 carousel, Progress for Langley says the Township “has 3 choices” on growth and that the slate “chooses Option 1”: build the roads, parks and rec centres a growing town needs and “use the funding generated alongside growth to help pay for it.” The tools it lists: “DCCs. ACCs. CACs. […]
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Fact Check: The Mayor’s “Lowest Taxes” Graphic
The claim: The mayor and his slate are circulating a graphic titled “Average Home Municipal Taxes and Utilities,” credited to the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs. It ranks 17 Metro Vancouver municipalities and puts Langley Township at $4,795, second-lowest, under a regional “average” of $5,962. The message: the mayor keeps your taxes low. The verdict: […]
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Fact Check: No, Langley Strong Councillors Did Not Vote Against Schools, Fields or Roads
The claim: Progress for Langley council candidate Sarb Rai, a school trustee, posted on Facebook that she “was in the rooms where these discussions happened and decisions were made,” and that Langley Strong incumbents “voted against the 212 connector road,” were “strongly opposed to Smith Athletic Park,” “continue to stall, delay, and prevent the land […]
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Fact Check: No, Langley Has Not Waited ‘Almost 50 Years’ for New Community Ice
The claim: In an August 5 post on his official campaign Facebook page, Mayor Eric Woodward called the new Arena #1 at the Langley Events Centre “the first additional, new ice arena built in the Township of Langley for non-profit and community use in almost 50 years.” The verdict: FALSE (and a two-minute penalty for […]
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Fact Check: No, School Trustees Aren’t “Blocking” the New Willoughby Elementary
The claim: In a Facebook comment posted July 30, Mayor Eric Woodward told a resident that the new school planned for 208 Street and 80 Avenue (and by extension, a community centre for Willoughby at the elementary school site) “is once again waiting on SD35,” with “Chair Ashdown, Trustee Fox and others once again doing […]
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