De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - It has now been four and a half years since the 2019 referendum in which a solid majority of Cortes Islanders voted in favour of bylaw 341. This bylaw established a property tax service that would provide basic operational support for the islands two community halls.

Part 2: What Changed? -- why were the halls in such dire financial straits by about 2015? why could Gorge Hall not just go on as it had since it was founded?