By Tom Hollett

This past year has primarily been a period of transformation and restructuring for the Point Roberts Registered Voter’s Association. After our annual general meeting, when a new slate of directors were added to the board and the subsequent resignation of the remainder of the existing members, the new board of the PRRVA had its hands full reorganizing, filling our vacancies, and deciding on goals for the coming year.

In one sense, it has been more of a year of what has not happened, rather than what has. The following is a short list of some things the PRRVA has not done this year: 1. We have not created conflicts between Canadians and U.S. residents, over such things as RVs, sewers, or other politically volatile issues in Point Roberts. 2. We have not threatened any local businesses with boycotts over stands differing from our own political positions. 3. We have not wasted taxpayer’s money by engaging in frivolous and unnecessary legal challenges, re: #1 above.

On the positive side, we have actively discussed ways to rebuild community trust in the PRRVA, and to find ways to work with other major groups on the Point. We have decided that goals for the future of the PRRVA should be tied to issues of voter registration and all things pertaining to getting important information out to the general public. We feel that political bias, or personal political agendas should not dictate actions taken by the board.

We would like to encourage more public discussions, such as our forum on the proposed sub-area plan changes, and the annual candidates night. The PRRVA looks to the year 2002 as a time for making the voice of Point Roberts heard in Whatcom County and Washington state. To this end, one major goal for 2002 is to have every eligible person in Point Roberts both registered and voting..

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