Regional District of Central Kootenay · Area B
I'm Danny Turner — farmer, neighbour, and your candidate for Area B Director. Know our lane, hold the senior governments to theirs, and take real ownership of the things that are genuinely ours.
Meet Danny
I've spent my life in this valley — working the land, raising a family, and depending on the same roads, water, and services every household here counts on. That's the lens I bring to the board table: not theory, but what actually works for the people who live here.
Local government isn't where you go to make speeches. It's where you keep the water running, the fire hall staffed, and the budget honest. I'm running because Area B deserves a director who knows the difference between the work that's genuinely ours and the work that belongs to the Province or Ottawa — and who'll fight hard on the parts we own.
I don't believe in gold-plated spending or in chasing grant money that pulls us off our real priorities. I believe in living within our means, fixing what we already have before we build new, and treating every public dollar like what it is: your money.
— Danny Turner
Our Valley
A few of the places and the work that make Area B worth fighting for.
Where I Stand
For each one, I've been clear about which level of government actually owns it — and where the RDCK genuinely leads, I'll do the work.
Roads belong to the Province, so our job is to hold them accountable for plowing and repairs. Water is ours — and it's where I'll focus. I'll lead the renewal of our aging system, keep it on stable financial footing, and build to a sensible standard. Affordable, safe, future-proofed — not gold-plated.
Fire is ours, policing is RCMP, ambulance is provincial — and none of it happens in isolation. Area B and the Town of Creston deliver fire and policing together, and that partnership makes the service better and cheaper for everyone. The RDCK should lead that conversation, not pretend it's a solo job.
The heavy lifting — suppression, dikes, stream flows — is the Province's, and we hold them to it. Our lane is prevention: FireSmart, emergency management, evacuation planning. As the climate changes the risk, our prevention has to keep pace rather than rely on outdated plans.
A strong economy needs the RDCK to provide the infrastructure and services that support residents and business — with a "how can we help" attitude. Development belongs to the private sector; our job is to enable it, not bury it in rules the Province already covers. We apply the ALR; we don't gold-plate it.
"Our means" is what residents can afford, not what the RDCK wants to spend — so no tax increases above wage growth. All public money is taxpayer money. We also have a real unfunded infrastructure deficit: close that gap before building anything new, and only invest with a fully funded lifecycle plan.
Telecom is federal, so the RDCK can't be the provider — but connectivity is now a safety issue. Building on our Columbia Basin Broadband legacy, I'll keep pushing providers and Ottawa to improve rural and highway coverage.
The valley, surrounding Crown land, and provincial parks already give us the outdoors. Where the RDCK adds real value is running our recreation facilities and programming — the Creston & District Community Complex above all — efficiently, to a high standard, and accessible to everyone.
The through-line
Hold the senior governments accountable for theirs, and take real ownership of the things the RDCK genuinely leads — water, fire, prevention, and recreation. That's the standard I'll bring to every decision.
Get Involved
Lawn signs, door-knocking, a few dollars toward printing — it all adds up to a stronger voice for Area B. Here's how you can pitch in.
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