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Entries Tagged as '2011 Vancouver Civic Election'

Vision sees a glorious new era unfolding but for COPE, a difficult conversation ahead

November 21st, 2011 · 31 Comments

There are so many tea leaves to read in the election results and many of you have been busy at doing that through this blog and many other outlets. Here are two of the stories I wrote in the last couple of days. One is about Vision supporters seeing this solid second win for the […]

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Who should you vote for? A guide to the attack dogs, workaholics, and more of Vancouver city council

November 17th, 2011 · 34 Comments

Everyone uses a different value system and set of criteria to decide who they want to vote for. I wouldn’t presume to give people a list of “best” candidates, because my best will never match your best. I’m not endorsing anyone either. Some people are going to vote straight Non-Partisan Association or straight Vision/COPE slate […]

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Civic election reporting mistakes to avoid

November 12th, 2011 · 23 Comments

Heading into the last crazy week of this strange election, I am being reminded by various tweets, blogs and news reports of the inaccurate perceptions that are often perpetrated in civic-election reporting. In the spirit of contributing to better reporting all around, here’s my list of stories/analyses/assumptions we should all avoid. 1. “A large turnout […]

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NPA candidate calls for moratorium on laneway houses

November 9th, 2011 · 69 Comments

Okay, a bit confusing that a council candidate is opposing the laneway houses that the NPA’s mayoral candidate is supporting, but anyway, this ought to get Bill some support from irate residents in Dunbar and Point Grey. NPA Council Candidate Bill McCreery calls for a moratorium on laneway housing. Over the past two years laneway […]

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Vancouver mayor says Occupy camp “degenerating” and the situation is “frustrating”

November 3rd, 2011 · 156 Comments

Newser at city hall at the tail end of a day that started with a heroin overdose at the Occupy camp. The fire chief, John McKearney, said protesters are being told they need to get rid of unoccupied tents, clear out garbage, space tents further apart, and get rid of tarps that are spread out […]

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Vision and NPA offer significantly different ideas on how to create affordable housing

October 31st, 2011 · 52 Comments

I caught part of Vision Vancouver’s town hall meeting Sunday night that was focused on housing issues, where it was obvious that there’s high anxiety among regular voters over the cost of housing in the city and uncertainty about what the city can do. “David” asked what the city can accomplish given that the price […]

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Vancouver’s NPA: Why it’s dominated city politics for so long and expects to do so again

October 25th, 2011 · 50 Comments

The real election season has finally arrived. Contradictory polls are multiplying and candidates are jousting over various issues that make not one whit of difference to the lives of most people in this city. It’s also when voters are starting to think seriously about whether they’ll cast a ballot at all and, if so, who […]

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Anti-casino advocate enters council race as an independent

October 3rd, 2011 · 17 Comments

There hasn’t been an independent candidate elected to city hall since Carole Taylor in 1986, but that doesn’t ever seem to stop a few brave souls from trying to beat the considerable odds. First up in the independent category this time is Sandy Garossino, who led the Vancouver Not Vegas coalition. I haven’t been able […]

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Vision campaign kicks into gear, NPA tackles bike lanes (sort of), COPE opens office

October 2nd, 2011 · 66 Comments

The civic election campaign is now officially underway, with Vision rolling out its radio ads, paid staffers like Mike Magee and Kevin Quinlan now out of the mayor’s office and into the campaign office, COPE opening up its office, fundraising dinners set and more. My story here looks at part of the pitch going out […]

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Civic election starts with attack ad, promises of accountability, Green Party scuffling, more

September 14th, 2011 · 59 Comments

Civic election campaigns don’t usually get going until after the Thanksgiving weekend, so as not to bore us to tears and cause candidates to drop from exhaustion like overworked horses. This year is different. The Non-Partisan Association is fighting like mad to get more than one seat on council, which they were reduced to in […]

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