Comments on: Corrigan: 1, provincial government: 0

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:36:26 +0000

How about those cranky seniors vs. Mulroney? I think it was about de-indexing pensions or something like that but the silver-haired set got Mulroney to back down despite having the largest majority in history…

By: A. G. Tsakumis

A. G. Tsakumis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:31:45 +0000

Gassy Jacko!

Yeah…the ultimate good: He’s gone and we have a Mayor that we can be pleased with, even if we don’t always agree.

As for the laughs, you can thank some of your pals like Danny Fountain and Mikey the Planner, over at wehateanythingunlesswesaidit.com

Glad to have been of service…

By: RossK

RossK — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:18:55 +0000

The flipside, I would suggest, are the important ones that really have public* and local political support but don’t attract the media’s fickle attention for more than a fleeting second or two…

Example – the soon-to-be-removed Heart of Pacific Spirit Park.

By: blaffergassted

blaffergassted — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:16:27 +0000

I’m kinda proud of the fact that after concerns were raised about the USA Patriot Act the BC Liberals rewrote the FOIPP Act to ensure sensitive government health records would stay in Canada.

By: Gassy Jack's Ghost

Gassy Jack's Ghost — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:46:35 +0000

Ha-ha, AGT, but did any good come of your tussle, other than a lot of good laughs?

I was thinking about the power lines in Delta, which was another example of Gordo trying to ram a cancerous plan down people’s throats before having to backtrack and eventually buy a whole neighbourhood off…

…then I read rf’s comments about NIMBY’s, petty punks, phoney bluster and the nepotism card, and it got me to wondering: if you are up in arms about a husband and wife who both must face democratic elections, rf, what is your view of unelected jobbers like Paul Barbeau, Ken Dobell, Geoff Plante and Patrick Kinsella? For that matter, what do you make of Michael Campbell’s wet dream for Thatcher economics shilled daily in the CanWest drivel factory, mirroring to a tee the semi-literate economic policies of his bro? I assume your outrage against the nepotism of the Libs is 100 times worse than it is over two harmless cuddle-bunnies out in Burnaby, is it not? Just curious.

By: A. G. Tsakumis

A. G. Tsakumis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:53:08 +0000

Tsakumis vs. Sullivan…all thirteen bouts and the championship rematch…

By: not running for mayor

not running for mayor — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:13:28 +0000

Just to clarify the Lafarge cement plant on Ports property has not been defeated and will still go ahead once the downturn is over. The rest of the cases I don’t know enough to comment over. Heck even the Willingdon pre-trial centre might still go ahead, it’s only been delayed a few months.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:11:52 +0000

Peck’s report on how information leaks from council’s in-camera meetings was directly related to how the media dealt with the Olympic Village funding debacle. I am sure that from now on these meetings and who knows what from whom will be monitored much more closely.

By: glissandoremmy

glissandoremmy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:55:22 +0000

Frances, here are two that I think are and will make a difference for all of us:

1. “Grant’s law” – requires urban gas stations in B.C. to have a mandatory pre-pay system in operation at night ( after 6 PM).
Grant De Patie was struck and dragged to his death in March 2005 while trying to stop a punk from stealing $12 bucks worth of gas, somewhere in Maple Ridge.

2.Robert Dziekanski the Polish man Tasered and killed at YVR in 2007, courtesy of RCMP. The outcome on this one is still pending and I am looking forward to two firm recommendations:
2.a) Police should not investigate themselves. Ever.
2.b) Use of Taser guns (adequate training including enhanced communication skills for all police officers regardless of rank and number of years in service, or simply banning the Tasers altogether . And I really hope something is done before the 2010 Winter Games or they may forever be remembered as the “Taser’s Open Season” Olympic games.

By: rf

rf — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:58:40 +0000

I find it funny to read the NDP bluster about this in Burnaby. Why wouldn’t the libs put it to the regions mayors? Burnaby is the one that made it a no-win for them. Nimbyism at it’s finest.
Of course, sometimes Corrigan ends up looking like a petty little punk. Remember how he fought against the Olympics tooth and nail and then cried like a little punky boy when they moved the Oval from Burnaby to Richmond.
He likes to bitch and pick on everyone outside his city, and then whimpers like a little poopy pants when no one wants to play with him on the good stuff.
And now his wife will be his little puppet as she rides the nepotism card into the legislature.
The phoney bluster by the NDP is always the dead giveaway when their bluff gets called.