Taxpayers First
First of three foreclosed Kelowna Mountain properties goes up for sale
KELOWNA – Mark Consiglio's dream of a $100 million wine park in the Upper Mission…
JONESIE: Kelowna Mountain, Taxpayers First and Sharon Shepherd
The Kelowna municipal election may mean little for the 60 to 70 per cent of residents who won’t vote for a mayor and councillors, but it’s absolutely vital for one resident of the Central Okanagan Regional District. If developer Mark Consiglio hopes to achieve any of his dreams of developing Kelowna Mountain into a profitable...
Kelowna Mountain developer made a massive contribution to Taxpayers First
KELOWNA — Taxpayers First—the City of Kelowna’s first slate of candidates—spent more than $50,000 trying to get elected in the November municipal election, nearly all of it coming from the five candidates themselves except for the nearly $19,000 from the man behind Kelowna Mountain. Mark Consiglio contributed $18,960 in two separate donations, according to campaign...
Zero per cent increase? Taxes nearly doubled on Gran’s watch
KELOWNA – Carol Gran, a candidate in a new political slate promising zero per cent tax increases for the next four years, served on council during the largest municipal tax increase in Kelowna's recent history. Gran said in a press release, if elected, the first order of business for the slate of three, including Dale Olson...
Kelowna’s new civic election party grows
KELOWNA – The ranks of the Taxpayers First Party have grown to five candidates ahead of the November civic election. Billie Aaltonen and Michael Gorman have been added to the tax-busting party’s slate. Aaltonen is a mortgage broker in the city, while Gorman is a blood specialist with Interior Health. They join former councillors Carol...
Taxpayers First slate has plans for the Central Okanagan Regional District
KELOWNA – The slate of five council hopefuls known as Taxpayers First have unveiled a plan that, if elected, would put a massive, multi-storey commercial/residential building on the current Regional District lot on KLO Road as part of a restructuring plan. Taxpayers First, made up of Carol Gran, Graham James, Dale Olson, Michael Gorman and...
JONESIE: What is really going on with Taxpayers First?
The Kelowna municipal election has truly taken a turn for the bizarre courtesy of the City’s first political slate. If you haven’t been keeping track, nearly every day Taxpayers First has one-upped itself on pie-in-the-sky goodies that make American politics look sane and orderly. Already they’ve made hundreds of millions of dollars in promises along...
ELECTION 2014: Innovation changes everything in this campaign
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Knocking on doors, shaking hands, advertising and putting up signs: If you ran for council anytime before the last 10 years, that’s how you got exposure. If you ran in 2011, you probably added Facebook and Twitter to your arsenal. But this year, candidates have all the tools of a major political party...