Our committee of concerned citizens for a community voice on a potential name change to the City of Powell River recommends a referendum (vote) be conducted at the next Powell River local government election for the possible renaming [“Powell River councillors consider city renaming correspondence,” December 2]. The goal is to have assent voting (referendum) for the possible renaming.
Our objectives are to have local government conduct assent voting (referendum) for such an important and controversial subject as changing of the name of Powell River; to have all eligible voters be provided with the opportunity to vote in a referendum on the question of a name change to the city; that the vote be conducted at the next local government election; and to collect and provide, to the local government corporate officer, elector response forms to meet or exceed the 10 per cent threshold as required under the provincial Alternate Approval Process for Local Government, should the Alternative Approval Process option be conducted by local government.
Our committee can be contacted at [email protected].
Dean Gerhart, Vern Kinley, Cliff Lloyd and Dan Ouellette, Powell River
