Name change to: "The District of Westbank"
Name Change to: "The District of Westbank"Please sign this petition and let the "District of Westside" Mayor, Council, and naming comittee know that we are not naming a new community but one that has... continue reading »
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"Erasing the historical name of the community serves no purpose except to identify more closely with Kelowna. We are nothing like them nor do we benefit from their city structure."
"You guys are going to spend money as if we all are rich beyond our wildest dreams!"
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"there already west kelowna estates so why not just leave it wesbank"
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"I've lived in the area since 1944,who are these new comers to think they can change a long standing name ????"
"KEEP THE NAM;E, WESTBANK"
"I dont live in Westbank but grewup in Kelowna and Peachland. KEEP THE NAME WESTBANK. Dont confuse people"
"Incorporation carried the day. The argument that the Kelowna name recognition will bring more business to Westside doesn't wash. It would be just as likely that our Westside advertising dollars would be wasted benefitting Kelowna instead of us. By the way"
"i helped to create the art on the main streets. westbank is where i grew up. i volunteered hundreds of hours of community service. i would hate to see the name dissapear"
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"I live on WFN lands, but fail to see how taxes should determine whether or not my opinion counts when naming the area I call Home."
"Did anyone consult Westbank First Nation?"
"I grew up in WESTBANK from around grade 3 to grade 12(1985) ... leave the name as WESTBANK"
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"keep the name Westbank"
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"I am so disappointed that our new mayor and council of our new district that we all voted to not join Kelowna has shown how little respect they have for the community that they are responsible to represent. To not even listen to the overwhelming desire fo"
"I just cannot believe we are wasting time on changing the name we all know, Westbank. Surely there must be more important things to work on. We moved to Westbank 12 years ago, and it will always be Westbank to us. The problem was the Minister Ida Chong ch"