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Tablotney joins party; RITE and RCA
Published 1:49 PDT, Fri October 19, 2018
Last Updated: 2:12 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
If the 2018 civic election is known for
anything aside from ‘Mega Mansions on Farmland,’ and SOGI, it might just be the
word “teamwork.”
This week, incumbent trustee Debbie Tablotney
joined the Richmond Education Party, which means voters who choose that slate
can now vote in an entirely new seven-member board of education.
Tablotney joins fellow incumbents Ken
Hamaguchi and Sandra Nixon to lead the group that also includes Jeff Danis,
Heather Larson, Karina Reid and Andrew Scallion.
“Our aim is to give Richmond voters the
opportunity to elect a team of seven candidates who represent a progressive
stance and will move the district forward in a positive way,” the organization
said.
The Richmond Education Party’s priorities are
student safety, student programs, student resources and learning, student
facilities, and communication and accountability.
Last month, Richmond Citizens Association and
Richmond Independent Team of Electors, also joined forces, urging Richmond
voters to support their coalition and the select their combined slates to form
a brand new council.
Richmond Citizens’ Association includes
incumbent Coun. Harold Steves, Kelly Greene, Judie Schneider and Jack Trovato.
RITE Richmond includes Carol Day, Michael
Wolfe, Niti Sharma and Henry Yao.
RCA and RITE Richmond are focusing much of
their efforts on the issue of preserving farmland for future generations.
“We will decrease the size limits on
farmhouses from (10,764 square feet), put better protocols in place to make
sure that farmhouses are actually used for farming, and work with the province
to close the loopholes which permit speculators to purchase farmland by
avoiding residential lot guidelines, pricing policies, and residential property
taxes,” RCA and RITE Richmond wrote in a joint post on Facebook. “Ultimately,
with climate change, food sovereignty will become increasingly important.”
There had been a rumour that Richmond First
and the Richmond Community Coalition were going to merge, but that proved false.
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