Entries tagged with: foi
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FOI shows 132 more VPD staff join $100,000 Club
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This image features neither a VPD member nor Canadian money, but you get the point An FOI filed months ago with the Vancouver Police Department by CityCaucus.com has now arrived in our mailbox – coincidentally just before a long...
Posted on July 29, 2010 7:33 PM
"I'm a civil servant," says Penny Ballem regarding Vancouver House invitees
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Penny "I don't know anything about donors" Ballem speaks with GlobalTV Tonight was one of those GlobalTV News Hour programs that show why they're the highest rated local newscast in Canada. First of all, the show opened with exclusive...
Posted on June 21, 2010 10:01 PM
Vision Vancouver insiders fill "hidden" Olympic pavilion guest lists
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Vancouver House: Can we squeeze a few more FD Element staff on the guest list? When it came to the Olympic hosting, Mayor Gregor Robertson made big promises that the hundreds of prime seats the City of Vancouver bought...
Posted on June 21, 2010 6:32 AM
Vancouver's 311: FOI reveals how popular it's become
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An FOI reveals Vancouver's 311 service is a big hit with its citizens We've been writing extensively on this blog about why Vancouver's new 311 service has yet to be "officially" launched. 311 is a new service which allows...
Posted on March 14, 2010 8:27 PM
Councillor's Xmas cards cost taxpayers $4208.40 plus postage
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Next year city councillors should try homemade holiday cards Last Christmas was just brutal for Vancouver City employees. There were rumours of layoffs swirling around 12th and Cambie and the place resembled a morgue more days than not. Everyone...
Posted on January 26, 2010 5:01 PM
Penny Ballem's deleted emails mysteriously re-appear
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The bankers box containing the documentation pertaining to our investigation into missing emails at Vancouver City Hall is getting a little crammed these daysIt's over. The fat lady is singing. After a conversation with the office of BC's Privacy Commissioner,...
Posted on January 8, 2010 12:25 PM
Letter reveals City Manager Penny Ballem deleted "transitory" emails
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Why is this button getting pushed so often when we file Freedom of Information requests in the City of Vancouver? Just before Christmas, a little package was delivered through the CityCaucus.com mail slot. No, it wasn't a present from...
Posted on January 5, 2010 9:57 AM
Mayor's expenditures open to public scrutiny
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The Mayor's office hands over a small amount of information about their expenses A while ago CityCaucus.com filed a Freedom of Information request to track down details regarding Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's discretionary expense account. This account is provided to...
Posted on December 12, 2009 9:18 PM
City charges us $1410 to access budget documents
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Skip that trip to Mexico... A whopping bill for a Vancouver FOI request Just as CityCaucus.com was starting to see increased revenues as we pull out of this dreadful recession, we received another invoice from the City of Vancouver....
Posted on November 15, 2009 4:45 PM
Emails mysteriously vanish from City Manager's outbox
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Poof! Emails go up in smoke! Penny Ballem's Sent Items folder is mysteriously empty Not long ago, we wanted to test out how open and transparent Vancouver’s new hand-picked City Manager was when it came to providing us with...
Posted on October 29, 2009 12:00 PM
CityCaucus.com's 1st Annual Civic Report Card
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Vancouver City Council needs to turn down the political rhetoric, and turn up the results Every local columnist and media outlet covering the city beat will soon be giving you their views on the first year of Vision Vancouver's...
Posted on October 26, 2009 11:55 AM
Thank you! CityCaucus.com almost reaches its $180 goal
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Many thanks to our CityCaucus.com readers for their donations! A big thank you to all those who have already donated to our CityCaucus FOI fund. We're aiming to raise $180 in order to get a copy of the Mayor's...
Posted on October 26, 2009 8:46 AM
Review of Mayor Robertson's expense account will cost $180 bucks
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It will take $180 bucks to open the vault containing Mayor Robertson's financial records As we near the one year mark of Vancouver's Vision government, our research team thought it might be time to take a peek into the...
Posted on October 25, 2009 8:32 PM
He shoots, he scores a box seat at a Canucks game?
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Was that really Mayor Gregor Robertson Canucks fans saw whooping it up in a private box on October 5th? A little note came our way a few days ago from a couple of die-hard Vancouver Canucks fans who claim...
Posted on October 23, 2009 9:40 AM
FOI reveals Gregor Robertson recognizes NPA's achievements in tackling homelessness
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Mayor Robertson gives a private thumbs up to NPA's record on tackling homelessness Although the heat from the HEAT shelters fiasco has now cooled down, we can report new details regarding the whole controversy now that our recent FOI has...
Posted on October 5, 2009 7:47 PM
What's good for the Grouse, is good for the gander
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Grouse Mountain installs a new wind turbine to help produce 25% of their energy needs The local media in Vancouver have gone gaga for the new wind turbine being constructed high above North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain Ski Resort. What could...
Posted on September 29, 2009 12:04 PM
Lessons for Vancouver in recent email controversies
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Penny Ballem's emails may be public information, but you won't see them Our readers may recall CityCaucus.com's attempts to gain some information about the City's response to Snowmageddon through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Specifically, we asked for copies...
Posted on July 24, 2009 6:19 AM
Burnaby's New Orleans jazz junket cost taxpayers $8,122.07
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Just another bit of city business for Burnaby Council? Another FOI has come in from the City of Burnaby and CityCaucus.com readers may not be too pleased to learn the details of a recent trip to New Orleans by Mayor...
Posted on July 8, 2009 4:28 PM
Ontario eHealth controversy links local figure
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eHealth Ontario FOI'd by CBC National lists Dr. Penny JD Ballem Inc. as supplierAs part of my regular evening ritual I turn on CBC Newsworld every night around 9pm to catch The National with Peter Mansbridge. I've been watching this...
Posted on May 28, 2009 9:29 AM
"Carbon" Cadman spends over $110K as municipal foreign affairs minister
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Carbon Cadman's luggage looking a little worn A few weeks ago, Vancouver COPE Councillor David Cadman made a big issue of how concerned he was about saving the environment. So concerned, that he wants to close two lanes on the...
Posted on May 27, 2009 1:00 PM
Non-executive VPD staff raking in almost quarter of a million in salary
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Inspector Henrik Cluft passes out after working his 107th hour of overtime this month. On the plus side, he earned a gross salary of $239,000 in 2008. Yesterday CityCaucus.com revealed through one of our FOIs that over 345 employees...
Posted on May 22, 2009 2:23 PM
FOI reveals over 345 Vancouver police staff now in $100K+ club
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Vancouver police staff salaries for 2008 put under the microscope thanks to CityCaucus.com freedom of information request An FOI filed by CityCaucus.com a while back has now come in and it reveals that just over 345 employees of the...
Posted on May 21, 2009 6:00 PM
Privacy Commissioner asked to investigate FOI request
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In response to an FOI, Vancouver's top bureaucrat told staff she sent no emails from her City account in December '08 A while back, CityCaucus.com asked for a copy of Vancouver City Manager Penny Ballem's emails for the first...
Posted on May 14, 2009 10:00 AM
Robertson asks political staff to get Iggy his "share of gang war press"
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Mayor Robertson attends a photo op with the Chief to get his "share of the gang war press"A few months ago, CityCaucus.com asked for copies of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's email during a period in which he went away for...
Posted on May 11, 2009 6:03 AM
FOI reveals Robertson and Ballem co-authored Olympic Village "storyline"
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Vancouver's City Manager and Mayor worked together to develop Olympic Village "storyline" Our crack research team on the 20th floor of CityCaucus.com's downtown headquarters have been working like mad ever since we received 400 pages worth of emails from...
Posted on May 8, 2009 2:48 PM
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