Since Vancouver’s mayor announced he would not seek reelection in October, many have been touting his “ten years” in office as record-breaking (even the mayor himself said as much). In fact, Gregor Robertson will fall about a month short of a full decade in office. He was sworn in on December 4, 2008. The next […]
Former Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen seen with Coun. Elizabeth Ball in the ‘Country Lane’ Originally published in Huffington Post BC. Last month I organized a community event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a unique piece of public realm on Vancouver’s east side — the Country Lane. I had discussed the idea of an anniversary fete […]
Oops. How’d that happen? Kwan ends James’ political career – photo: Vancouver Sun The following article ran last Tuesday, Dec. 7th in 24 Hours newspaper, the morning after Carole James announced she was stepping down as leader of the BC NDP. It preceded the announcement on Wednesday of Christy Clark as the latest BC Liberal […]
Apparently keeping your economy going and creating a consumption tax that targets pollution at the same time qualifies you as a great big hypocrite. So says, David Beers, editor of thetyee.ca the full-time Gordon Campbell-bashing online zine, in an op-ed in today's Globe and Mail. David is a smart guy whose bread'n'butter is producing an […]