"Stew"pid is in reference to Langford mayor "Stew" Young concerning Langford taxpayers financing $25 million (on behalf of developers of Bear Mountain) of the $32 million current "interchange to nowhere". It's all about local politics.
Of course, Bear Mountain is currently in receivership and Langford has been unable, as of yet, to recoup the $25 million that it has borrowed.
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Spencer Interchange Rivals Clash At Langford Council Chambers
Langford councillors were met by an overflow crowd last night as both interchange protesters and boosters crammed into council chambers to press their respective points.
Times Colonist
bcleverley
January 22, 2008
Langford councillors were met by an overflow crowd last night as both interchange protesters and boosters crammed into council chambers to press their respective points.
Detractors were there to show their distaste for council’s passage of borrowing bylaws to finance the proposed $32-million Bear Mountain interchange near Spencer Road and the Trans-Canada Highway without going to referendum.
More than 200 were in the room. But local developers, contractors and their employees outnumbered the protesters about five to one. They cheered on Mayor Stew Young when he challenged speakers critical of council’s actions.
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But a combative Young said the process Langford is using is no different from one it’s already used a dozen times to build sewers in different neighbourhoods.
Council gave final reading to a bylaw last night creating a local service area as part of its process to borrow $25 million on behalf of developers to finance the interchange.
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Source:
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...0f9a99&k=10116