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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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Report from Vision school candidates debate

September 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I wasn’t able to attend this event last night, but a couple of people have sent me a link to a summary from an audience member.

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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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Chow, Copeland formal announcements set for tomorrow

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

As I hinted yesterday, Vision Vancouver councillor George Chow is going to make a “special announcement” with Gregor Robertson tomorrow. Just got this in by carrier pigeon. GREGOR ROBERTSON, GEORGE CHOW TO MAKE SPECIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT (VANCOUVER) Vision Vancouver Mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson will be making a special announcement with Councillor George Chow about the […]

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Vision Vancouver’s George Chow will end the mystery

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

For months, Councillor George Chow has kept everyone in suspense as he ponders whether to run for council again. This quiet but hard-working councillor, who goes to absolutely every event in town, is someone Vision would love to keep on board, because he’s got those moderate creds that help the party market itself as centre-left. […]

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It’s not a rumour: Heather Holden is running for school board

August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I got a lot of response to my efforts to come up with a complete list of council, park and school board candidates for all the parties, which I posted last night (and am now correcting, thanks to all the input). Among the messages I got back, Heather Holden emailed to let me know that […]

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

August 27th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Everyone owes me a drink for this labour of something or another: The complete list of candidates. I started to compile it because I realized that I was completely losing track of all the people popping on and off the list. As well, I wanted to get a handle on just how many Vision candidates […]

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That quiet sound you hear is membership sign-ups

August 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The deadline for signing up Non-Partisan Association members is tonight at midnight (ignore the time stamp on this post, it’s wrong and not midnight yet by my clock). For COPE members, it’s Thursday. And for Vision, it’s a week from today. So, while not achieving the frenzy of the sign-ups for mayoral races in May, […]

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