To the Editor,
Get ready Nanaimo, more awards are about to be handed out, more pats on the back are about to be given, and news stories will no doubt appear telling how great downtown is.
Next month, 120 business improvement area groups throughout B.C. and Alberta will converge on our city.
It’s really a chance for the locals to network with their colleagues, have some breakfasts and lunches and figure out more ways to help their own businesses while getting a continued, if not more, flow of our tax money.
You just have to look at the hundreds of thousands of dollars these associations rake in with the approval of their various city councils, and how little they physically accomplish.
Wake up councillors and go over their budgets with a fine tooth comb.
It’s little wonder we’re seeing small businesses close up shop without getting the real help they need.
The so-called business improvement associations are too busy tripping over each other, telling themselves how awesome they are.
J.C. Broderick
Nanaimo