Rockyview OCP For the record:

In reference to the article by Gerry Warner in yesterday’s Townsman
Wilks defends fellow RDEK director over hearing handling

Mr. Wilks was not present at the hearing to which he refers. Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook are very well aware of public hearing protocol.

The comments that Mr Wilks strangely characterised as 'an attack' were made by Mr Cross as a member of the Cranbrook Community Forest Society and in response to a very late change requested by the City of Cranbrook. Not only was the change made late in the Rockyview OCP process but no consultation with Cranbrook Community Forest Society occurred with regard to this change. CCF is the holder of the Community Forest Management Agreement and is therefore a major stakeholder. We appreciate Mr Gay’s candid comment “that he wished he’d handled the presence of former Mayor Priest differently” His honesty is refreshing. It is our opinion that it was unfortunate more questions about the hearing were not asked by RDEK directors before the Rockyview OCP was adopted.

The Cranbrook Guardian's original accounting of these events can be read on the posts of October 27th 2010 'Priest and others Speak Out'
http://livablecranbrook.blogspot.com/2010/10/priest-and-others-speak-out.htmland 
and November 6th 2010, 'RDEK Ignores Public Concerns'
http://livablecranbrook.blogspot.com/2010/11/rdek-ignores-public-concerns.html