Comments on: Vancouver engineering head retires

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

Isn’t Peter Judd a shoo in? Isn’t it his ultimate goal at the city?

By: jon

jon — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:03:14 +0000

For three years while I was on the Development Permit Board Advisory Panel I almost always found Mr. Tim (one of the three voting members) to be a reasonable, thoughtful, and fair. A loss for the City.

By: Glissando Remmy

Glissando Remmy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:54:39 +0000

The Thought of The Day

“In my opinion, when an Ordinary Cat is caught killing another Ordinary Cat he should receive no less than Nine consecutive Death sentences.”

JUST IN
Excerpt from Virginia Daily, USA:

“City of Vancouver’s Top Engineer Executive Search, turns lethal!”
March 15th, 2010
By Leet Halljo

Who would have thought? After being invited to apply for the Top Engineer job with the City of Vancouver as a condition for his release, Marco T. Catelli, currently sitting on the death row in a USA Penitenciary had this to declare during his Virginia Supermax facility ad hoc conference:

”Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Press, Chief Warden and Public Officials in attendance,

One week ago, today, I’ve received a letter from a Head-hunting agency, offering me a loophole deal. My life being on the line, I’ve immediately stopped wanking and I’ve proceeded in an inconspicuous manner and put Beyonce’s Poster, back on the wall. That was not an easy task, believe you me.

I’ve given this offer much thought and consideration since.

I did my due diligence and during the past few days, I’ve talked over the phone a number of times with some City of Vancouver employees, very generous folks; they accepted my collect calls immediately after telling them what the reason for my calls was. I’ve also got some valuable feedback from a very nice guy named Jody. He called. Thank you.

I was encouraged to accept the position and work for the City Manager as a condition of my release. I was overwhelmed by the support I’ve received from my felon community but I am here to inform you that I have turned down the offer. I for one choose death! Thank you.

I want to thank the Search Committee for considering me instead of searching for me; a big Lotus goes to their Yoga representative for easing my payback problems and to Andrea for advising me on how to introduce the 100 mile radius diet into my daily life. Thank you.

Please, tell my family and friends that I love them; tell Premier Campbell of BC, that I would have loved to meet him in person, you know, peer to peer… tell him that he just lost my vote . As a sign of appreciation I am leaving my entire collection of Topolino comics to Mayor Gregorio”
…

Following the conference, Ms. Ballem’s answer was frank:
” I am shocked and disappointed, a total let down. I hope he gets two consecutive death sentences! ”
Mayor’s response:
“I have four words for you. To. Po. Li. No!”
Search Committee response:
“Another day another buck!”

We live in Vancouver and this keeps us busy.

By: Gary L.

Gary L. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:21:19 +0000

Frances, has it been verified that Mr. Timm did indeed “retire” or did the City Manager , Dr. Bellum, fire him?
According to Ms. Bellum, the City’s Chief Electrical Inspector “retired” as well. He has since hired one of Vancouver’s most competent Lawyers.
Which raises the question, when one is “fired” from City Hall, what percentage immediately hire said Lawyers?
Any idea on the percentage?

Cheers

By: Frances Bula

Frances Bula — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:26:09 +0000

@Vancouverism. By “crack investigative team,” I actually meant my cat, as she’s the only employee I have that I can truly count on. But excellent thought about getting Kevin and Penny to help me out. Maybe they could even type my answers for me. Watch out for uncharacteristic sentence structure and word usage in my future posts!

By: Higgins

Higgins — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:03:36 +0000

Initially they shortlisted Bernie Madoff for the position. Without even checking his situation. Apparently he’s taken. So now, they are looking at other stellar candidates skilled in ‘engineering’ things.
All the best Timmy!

By: Westender

Westender — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:24:06 +0000

Congratulations to Mr. Timm on his retirement – the city has been well-served by his knowledge and experience. I hope the translation of “an international search for a replacement” isn’t “we will be bringing someone in from the U.S. that has already selected.”

By: Vancouverism

Vancouverism — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:06:25 +0000

By your “crack investigative team” do you mean Penny and Kevin?

By: James

James — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:26:58 +0000

A modest and principled leader, a good friend, and a huge loss to the city.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:46:05 +0000

In the years that I have been on the receiving end of Tom ‘doing his job’ I can say he was always professional, pragmatic, and respectful. The experience he takes with him will be very hard to replace.

Best wishes Tom. Vancouver thanks you.