Re: "Unpaid taxes could force sale of several TLC properties," July 31.
Sadly, this is only the tip of the iceberg, and nothing new for The Land Conservancy.
As a former board member, I was well aware of the deep and ongoing financial difficulties facing TLC and the properties under its purview. Our efforts to deal with these issues in 2009 ended in our removal as board members, to be replaced by a more "Bill Turner-compliant" board.
TLC has been successful at "saving special places," but only to the extent that debt registered against these properties remains intact and that funds raised for one purpose, then used for another, are able to be repaid in a timely manner.
The work of TLC is critically important to the preservation of some of B.C.'s most valuable ecological, agricultural and heritage lands and properties. I hope they can get their financial house in order now to ensure that their work continues well into the future.
Karin Lengger
Victoria
