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Political sands in Vancouver may be shifting

20 Sep 2011

The sand may slowly be shifting underneath the feet of some Vancouver politiciansIt’s only been a couple of days since the news broke that veteran COPE city councillor David Cadman was rejected by his political party. As the dust begins to...

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Protest bylaw, botched briefings, wicked editorials make for rough week

17 Apr 2011

The Vision Vancouver campaign tour bus has encountered a few technical problems "I have no problem with outlining some of the decisions made to help cushion the blow to taxpayers. But at least be honest about what the final...

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The Falun Gong Show for Vision Vancouver

11 Apr 2011

Is it only a matter of time before the current city manager goes bye-bye? It’s the question a number of Vancouver city staff are quietly muttering under their breath: is the end of Penny Ballem's term as city manager...

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Did corporate interests create conflict for city councillors?

20 Dec 2010

Vancouver's CRTC debate still making headlines It was a bit bizarre last week at Vancouver city council. When the elected officials weren't debating news articles from Maclean's magazine or fighting over lucrative committee appointments they were spending a fair...

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Vision vs COPE catfight made for good reality TV

16 Dec 2010

Coun. Stevenson: "That's a frickin' lie!" - see video As Vancouver City Council winds up it's last few items of business for 2010, we are truly entering what political watchers refer to as the silly season. What else could explain...

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2011 is the time to elect new chair for Metro Vancouver

16 Nov 2010

Watts has the right stuff to become the new Chair of Metro Vancouver Now that Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has finally announced she doesn't want to run British Columbia, would she open to the idea of running Metro Vancouver?...

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Great Beginnings can sometimes have uncertain endings

25 Oct 2010

Pepsi comes to the rescue after Vancouver cuts off funding to homelessness program Last weekend I received a tweet from the City of Vancouver which caught my attention. It was a plea from them asking all of us to...

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Mayor Robertson's inconvenient truth regarding Olympic Village

7 Oct 2010

Who on today's council approved Olympic Village decisions? All the above. (Photos: Alex & Rob + Urban Mixer) A lot has been written over the last few weeks regarding the beleaguered Olympic Village. We've had numerous reports of special in-camera meetings...

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Cadman deserves credit for gutsy motion

20 Sep 2010

A toast and bouquet of flowers were delivered to David Cadman for his courageous stand It’s not often staff at CityCaucus Tower take the time out of their busy schedules to raise a glass to Vancouver COPE councillor David...

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Neighbourhood group concerned over "large donations" to Vision Vancouver

7 Jun 2010

Neighbourhood activist Ned Jacobs – Flickr photo: STV An interesting email distributed by the self-appointed Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) group landed in our email box over the weekend. The author of this email was none other than Ned...

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Report reveals number of city employees earning $100K+ on the rise in '09

13 May 2010

Many City of Vancouver employees earn considerably more than a "living wage" A report entitled the 2009 Statement of Financial Information was posted on the City of Vancouver's website today. It may sound like a dull report, but when...

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Corrigan flies executive class while Cadman pleads for more per diems

7 May 2010

Smart politicos normally release the bad news on FridayIt's Friday, so it's officially Take Out the Trash Day. This is the day clever politicos normally reveal any bad news in the hope that it gets lost over a weekend filled...

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Seven Vancouver councillors off to Harrison Hot Springs

2 Mar 2010

Harrison Hot Springs will play host to a number of Vancouver City CouncillorsIs it any wonder with all the attention being paid to the Olympics and BC's latest budget, that a small report seeking funding approval to send seven Vancouver...

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Toronto implements $24,000 billboard tax to help balance budget

22 Dec 2009

Cash strapped Toronto Mayor David Miller says "billboards are a license to print money"As cities across Canada face decreasing revenues and increased labour costs, they are looking under every stone to see if there is a way they can balance...

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Mayor's coalition collegue accuses Canada of being dinosaur

20 Dec 2009

Carbon Cadman accuses Canada of being a dinosaur. Ironically, it was the death of the dinosaurs that provided the fossil fuels needed to jet Cadman to Copenhagen. Now that all of the thousands of politicians and their staff are...

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Carbon Cadman MIA for critical budget meetings due to foreign obligations

2 Dec 2009

Councillor David Cadman will miss the 2010 budget debate and vote to attend to more important international obligations First COPE Councillor David "Carbon" Cadman missed his own inauguration due to the fact he was out of town on international...

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Carbon Cadman abandoned by Vision Vancouver

21 Nov 2009

David Cadman's colleagues often compare him to the lion in the Wizard of Oz. Despite his bombastic nature, when Vision shouts "boo" he goes running for cover. After working behind the scenes for months to further accommodate the amalgamation...

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Jim Green ponders Cadman's departure from COPE

17 Nov 2009

Are rumours that COPE will wipe itself clean of Councillor David Cadman based in reality?This morning I headed down to the CKNW studios to debate civic issues with my fellow panelists Frances Bula and Jim Green. As is turns out,...

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Carbon Cadman cut off Copenhagen

13 Nov 2009

Why are so many elected officials flying around the world attending environmental conferences?Well, well, well. It would appear that Metro Vancouver's high flying City Councillor and President of an obscure organization known as ICLEI has had his travel wings clipped...

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Vancouver Kid said the darndest things...part deux

11 Nov 2009

In our second “Kid Says the Darndest Things” post, we thought it might be fun to go back in time to re-read some of Vancouver Kid’s posts which can be found on Public Eye Online, BC’s top provincial politics blog....

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