Comments on: The master list of would-be candidates for the Vancouver civic election

By: Shepsil

Shepsil — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:29 +0000

By: Too Many Cooks? « BC and Beyond - Save this House

Too Many Cooks? « BC and Beyond - Save this House — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:07:19 +0000

[...] the polls November 15. Frances Bula ventured bravely where no one dared go before by compiling this list of prospective hopefuls for the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), Vision Vancouver, and Coalition of [...]

By: RobWynen

RobWynen — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:33:34 +0000

Frances, thanks for the list. As a candidate for a Vision Park board nomination even I was having trouble figuring out who was putting their name forward and who was just testing the waters. I have been very impressed with the calibre of Vision candidates. The slate that will be chosen on Sept 20th will surely be a group of highly trained and experienced leaders.

All the best. Rob Wynen (www.voterobwynen.com)

By: VanRamblings

VanRamblings — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:04:57 +0000

Former Board of Variance Chair, Terry Martin, now appears on the COPE website as a candidate for Council.

He seems to be tackling the issues of importance in the coming election … “eradicating homelessness …; reinvigorating democracy at City Hall by re-establishing the 29 community Boards; expanding the U-Pass system to all post-secondary students; mandating 20% affordable housing in new developments; mandating that all new highrise construction meet the LEED Gold Standard; encouraging small-scale arts venues across the City; and re-establishing third-party community appeals before the Board of Variance, allowing citizen input into neighbourhood development.”

Took him awhile to get his candidate profile in, though.

We’ll see what happens at the COPE nomination convention on Sunday, Sept. 28th.

As Howie Mandel would say, “Deal or no deal.”

By: A Challenge: Electoral Gender Parity | My Park Life

A Challenge: Electoral Gender Parity | My Park Life — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:57:20 +0000

[...] all know that at this point, Vision Vancouver has an amazing set of potential candidates – at current count, there’s 15 Council Candidates, 12 Park Board Candidates and 7 School Board Candidates. [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:57:45 +0000

Welcome back Frances!

By: The Man

The Man — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:30:54 +0000

Please tell me that “forester in training” is a joke with respect to Korina Houghton. Is this not the park board chair who voted to cut down 80 trees in Queen Elizabeth Park??? More like “logger in training”!!

With such a strong roster of professionals working for green-focused organizations, let’s hope the likes of Houghton will get their walking papers this election.

Thanks for this list, it helps clarify what will prove to be a very messy nomination process.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:55:30 +0000

Thanks for putting this together!

There’s a lot of great candidates on that list. It’s a shame that many won’t even make it to the ballot.

By: West End Bob

West End Bob — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:17:37 +0000

Everyone owes me a drink

That’s a lot of drinks, fabula!

Thanks for the effort . . . .

By: Gölök

Gölök — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:32:17 +0000

What about expected independents (Like me, McMartin, and Jimenez – http://www.angelformayor.com) and Betty K of the WLP?
Or who knows what else.