LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Neighbourhood around supportive housing disrespected – Nanaimo News Bulletin

Temporary supportive housing on Terminal Avenue. (File photo)

Supreme Courts ruling a mean-spirited example of establishment versus the people, says letter writer

To the editor,

Re: Temporary supportive housing isnt subject to zoning, says Supreme Court, Nov. 12

After the provincial government overrode zoning bylaws with a community-destroying project, a resident went to the B.C. Supreme Court on behalf of herself and the neighbourhood. The court not only ruled against her, however. On the defendants request, the court ordered she pay the defendants costs. Thats an especially arrogant, mean-spirited expression of the establishment versus the people. Our provincial government, especially our MLA, should be deeply ashamed.

And by the way, the site isnt temporary. The modular homes are temporary the location will later house a permanent building for the same purpose.

Greg Klein, Nanaimo

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