Comments on: City legal department called on to assess park board/city roles

By: A. G. Tsakumis

A. G. Tsakumis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:54:26 +0000

Because TW, if that was Vision’s plan, and that would be quite a departure at that, then they should have ran on it.

Bet you not one of their Parks lackeys would have been elected.

Not one.

Except for Loretta Woodcock, who would have straddled both sides of the issue and, typically for her, adopted the mood of the public only when it was blatantly obvious–pretending that she was of that same frame of mind all along.

By: T W

T W — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:34:48 +0000

The Parks Boaard carries out public policies in the public interest, using money raised by taxation, from block grants and user fees.

The city may well delegate the running of the Parks Board to other elected officials but these secondary elected officials are still answereable to the city elected officials and the taxpayers. At any time, the city can, in theory, take back the direct control of the Parks Board unless it is specifically deemed independent by statute, not merely used as a farm team for local politicians.

Other cities have advisory committees look at recreation policies and do not create a fresh overlapping bureaucracy.

Why should Vancouver be different.

By: Sean Bickerton

Sean Bickerton — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Hoarse Whisperer …. now that’s my kind of city!

By: Hoarse Whisperer

Hoarse Whisperer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:25:14 +0000

Tsakumis apologizing?? Michael Phillips making light-hearted banter???

Merry Christmas, in keepin’ with the situation!

By: Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:49:25 +0000

That’s what I get for skim reading -1

By: Chris Keam

Chris Keam — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:34:36 +0000

Umm, yeah, that’s what I just said. Didn’t you knotice?

By: Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:13:07 +0000

Well, in the spirit of AGT’s apology to Ross, I have to point out that “knub” is infact a completely reasonable alternative spelling to the word “nub” and has been in use variously since 1594 AD.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knub

By: Chris Keam

Chris Keam — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:10:36 +0000

Knub? I knearly did a spit take. I would have kneeded a knew keyboard. Was going to kneedle Tsakumis but decided to hit the dictionary to double check. Turns out AGT is just rockin’ some wacky but perfectly acceptable variant spelling. Awesome. Alex made me LOL. I’m knever going to spell it any other way from now on, just to trip up spelling Knazis like myself. Maybe we can play knice for a change? For the children and all?

Knamaste

By: Darcy McGee

Darcy McGee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:35 +0000

Sigh. This always happens. A nice place to play until the wannabes do nothing but start taunting each other.

Jealousy rears its ugly head.

By: A. G. Tsakumis

A. G. Tsakumis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:33:59 +0000

Phillips, you spend an INORDINATE amount of time wailing away at how I’m so illiterate, in this blog and others, and how I’m a horrid, mean and beastly fellow, but seem addicted to reading my EVER column. STOP READING IT.

It’s an insult to have you as a reader. Today’s column has an error in it. It can be an imprecise business sometimes, but you’re such a godamned genius that you figure it all out without us peons bothering you, eh?

You are absolutely comical; tragic, but comical.

Ross, here’s something you’ll rarely get from me; your spinning about Mundick’s unscheduled departure due to intimidation notwithstanding: I apologize. The comparison to Goebbels style of propaganda churning (and NOT a direct comparison) was well below the belt and totally offside on my part. But your propaganda efforts would seem far less ridiculous and more palatable if you admitted that your blog is no more credible than citycaucus in the bias dept. Still, I felt badly about it, enough that I was going to write a note here today, but was running my kids all over town to soccer and dance class etc. When a mistake is made an apology is necessary. So, again, I’m sorry, it was well beneath me and absolutely unfair to you.

Krayola must think me a clod! Let me get this straight, you want me to give you details of when mtngs between Vision parks caucus and Ballem happened or key conversations took place so that it MIGHT be easier for some of the them who read this blog like a Bible to have a better idea of where I got my info???

Krayola…you might have worn your “colour” to a knub…but I’m still all here buddy.

Good weekend to all.