Bill Lawrence
Cooperation and mutual respect for White Rock residents and
business owners is achieved through empathy, responsible
utilization of tax dollars and appropriate neighbourhood planning.
Sustainable community living through responsible and focused
utilization of your tax dollars.

A clear vision of the future will keep White Rock strong into the
next decade and beyond.
Tax Dollar Spending:
There needs to be a respect for the residents
and business owners of White Rock. Property
tax increases should be held to the rate of
inflation. And yes, that will be difficult to make
happen, due to the current world economic
crisis, and the drying up of provincial and federal
transfer funds. However, tough budgetary
spending decisions could keep any increases to a
minimum. Those living on fixed incomes would
be the first to benefit from that strategy.

I have the ability to work with the current
council and other community stakeholders. This
will be critical in being able to find solutions to
ongoing concerns and take advantage of
opportunities that arise.
Development:
Unbridled, unfocused development can only be
detrimental to White Rock and its residents.
There should also be a moratorium on high-rise
building development, until those projects that
have been approved are built, and the effects
on the city’s infrastructure can be evaluated.

Medium-rise structures make a lot of sense to
increase the density within our city. The
increased density should help offset the
velocity of property tax increases.
Infrastructure:
There are certain capital projects that need
to be undertaken within the city in order to
keep up with our current and future
population base. This is in line with the
national and provincial initiative to upgrade
the infrastructure in the country.
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Ecology:
The "greening" of White Rock started many
years ago; it's the nature of the city.
Measures to keep White Rock ecologically
sound continue with the banning of
manufactured chemical herbicides. We have
the best drinking water in BC and we need to
keep it that way, with no chemicals leaching
into our drinking water.

The "economy of ecology" has the perfect
synergy in White Rock. Ecotourism is live and
well in numerous cities and countries around
the world. What better backdrop could there
be than the beach and green spaces around
White Rock to develop this strategic
environmental/economic sector?
The experience and the vision to keep White Rock beautiful
and moving forward into the next decade.