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Numbers exceed expectations at NPA

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s five minutes left to vote here and the place has started to feel lively after all. Clearly, more people showed up than even the NPA expected, since the sandwiches and desserts ordered for lunch were scarfed up instantly, leaving some people with nothing but empty plates. It seems more like about 400-500 people have […]

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It’s a quiet morning here at the NPA

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The last time I and my little media buddies were at the Croatian Cultural Centre was June 15, when thousands of people lined up to vote for a Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate. It’s not quite the same scene this morning. The parking lot here is full, but partly because there’s a computer swap, a Kumon […]

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The last NPA council candidate

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The Non-Partisan Association is heading into its nomination/acclamation meeting tomorrow with one spot still open on the council slate and three on school board. It will be interesting to see whether any of those spots are filled by tomorrow morning. I’ve heard that a certain retired police officer is being heavily courted to run in […]

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The yes and no debate over the Vision/COPE deal

September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For those of you who don’t have “Tim Louis” and “YouTube” on Google Alert, here’s a link to Tim’s argument for voting no against the proposed agreement on splitting the slate spots among Vision, COPE and Green for the Nov. 15 civic election. Essentially, he’s saying he’s not against an agreement but that this is […]

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Trout Lake Community Centre to be put on capital plan

September 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Non-Partisan Association council is going to announce imminently that it will put the $20 milliion for a new Trout Lake community centre back into the capital plan for 2009-2011. That’s coming as a great relief to community centre presidents, who got alarmed when all money for community centres got dropped from the capital plan […]

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The offical Vision-COPE non-aggression pact

September 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Here it is, the agreement reached by the two parties’ executives. The only question now is: Will the COPE members pass this at their policy meeting on Sunday (the 14th) or will there be a revolutionary movement to blow this arrangement up? I understand that COPE board member Tim Louis voted against this. FOR IMMEDIATE […]

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Car-free trial proposed for Sundays on key streets

September 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is today’s headline grabber from the Vision Team of Three — a catchy one, considering how popular the car-free days have become since they were started on Commercial Drive in 2005 by locals Matt Hern and Carmen Mills. Vancouver, BC – Andrea Reimer, Kerry Jang and Kashmir Dhaliwal joined forces today to call for […]

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New master list now posted

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My updated list of city council, school board, and park-board candidates now appears as a permanent feature on the left side of this blog page. To forestall the usual critics, please note that I have not listed any independent candidates for mayor because I do not have any candidates for mayor listed, even from the […]

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DeGenova campaign organizer sticks with Vision

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

People have been watching carefully to see where moderates/federal Liberals who were with Vision Vancouver are going in the wake of Peter Ladner’s takeover of the Non-Partisan Association from (the more Conservative affiliated) Sam Sullivan, combined with Allan DeGenova’s subsequent resounding defeat to become a mayoral candidate for Vision. Ian Baillie, who had previously worked […]

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NPA likely to vote only on park board slate

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I dropped by the Non-Partisan Association’s campaign-office opening tonight on Broadway, a lovely — okay, functional — spot above a row of Asian/Indian/Italian restaurants just west of Cambie. (I highly recommend Shalin Noodles, folks — hand-made noodles, excellent green beans and garlic — to carry you through those late-night strategy sessions.) All the usual suspects […]

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