Entries tagged with: gregor robertson
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Vancouver media won't be swayed by Vision's so-called hit list
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Wednesday evening's GlobalTV broadcast on "Vancouver's Embattled Mayor" Is there or isn’t there a Vision Vancouver media hit list? That’s the question everyone has been asking at Vancouver City Hall this week as various media types are trying to...
Posted on September 2, 2010 8:52 AM
The Vision Hit List: we're number one (and three)!
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We're number one...eeeeeyaaaaaaaaaah! A quick update to our faithful readers, and a big thanks for some of the most amazing traffic we've seen since the Olympics and the great comments. The stories we've reported over recent days such as...
Posted on September 1, 2010 2:14 PM
Exclusive: Internal memo & survey reveals plummeting City staff morale
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An internal memo shared with CityCaucus.com reveals deep unhappiness among exempt staff CityCaucus.com received a copy of a memo and survey that indicates a growing dissatisfaction among over 700 non-union staff working for the City of Vancouver. The memo...
Posted on August 30, 2010 6:15 PM
Vancouver Mayor benefits from $1000 per day no-bid contract
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The interesting case of Linda Oglov – see contracts & invoices City hall watchers familiar with some of Dr. Penny Ballem's more famous quotes will recall her defense of a private staff party that cost taxpayers $34,000, calling it...
Posted on August 29, 2010 2:26 PM
Robertson's latest whoppers on new office & bike lane
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Mayor Gregor is caught in some nose-stretchers by CKNW's Sean Leslie It's been almost a whole week since Jeff Lee's story about Gregor Robertson's new office and city council dining room ran on the pages of the Vancouver Sun,...
Posted on August 28, 2010 8:28 AM
New Mayor's office connects to old escape hatch
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Gregor Robertson heads for his custom emergency exit to avoid the public glare As someone who used to work in the Mayor’s office in Vancouver, I've been watching the controversy swirl regarding Robertson’s office renovations with great interest. Let...
Posted on August 24, 2010 9:02 PM
Where's the Mayor?
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"Let me know when the media have left!" Gregor hiding againSummer 2010 was supposed to be the season we would all bask in the post-Olympics glow. Besides busting out his tuba on Cortes Island during two weeks in early...
Posted on August 24, 2010 1:19 PM
Penny Ballem's controlled avalanche
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Stand clear! City hall wants you to pay attention now rather than in September The folks down at 12th & Cambie wants the public to get past the whole empty-building-new-mayor's-office-story now rather than in a couple of weeks. We've learned...
Posted on August 23, 2010 6:38 PM
Renos run amok! New council dining room to occupy Mayor's office
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Cin cin! Too cramped for Robertson, a new dining room comes to the Mayor's office You first heard in early 2009 here at CityCaucus.com that city manager Penny Ballem was headed upstairs to the sixth floor, and Mayor Gregor...
Posted on August 22, 2010 8:55 PM
Politicos wake up to growing Filipino influence
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The Conservative party makes their presence known at the Filipino festivalThe following column appeared in 24 Hours newspaper this week...Last Saturday morning while standing in my backyard, I could hear the swelling sound of drums coming from nearby Fraser...
Posted on August 21, 2010 6:58 AM
Robertson reclines while Magee drives Vision's agenda
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The elusive Bob Penner of Strategic Communications, advisor to Gregor Robertson Doled out as a freebie to homes on the tony west side, Vancouver magazine may have our city's name but its unfailingly glamorous version of our town seems...
Posted on August 19, 2010 8:38 PM
NPA awakens mid-summer and prepares for battle with Vision
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The NPA is brought back to life I'm now on the tail end of my holidays which took me out to Manitoba and Ontario this summer to visit family. I had the chance to see Niagara Falls for the...
Posted on August 19, 2010 7:47 AM
Hollyhock happening features tuba-playing politician
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Tonight "Gregor" plays tuba at a Hollyhock fundraiser – click for full poster This comes on short notice for anyone not already planted on Cortes Island, but if you happen to be anywhere near that cosmic wonderland on the...
Posted on August 13, 2010 11:59 AM
Cycling lobbyists' guidebook provides insight into bike lanes debate
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A lobbyist handbook provides insight into the bike lane debates – click for larger Last week I published two posts on modernizing public participation in city government. I briefly touched upon the concept of lobbyists and advocacy groups and...
Posted on August 12, 2010 8:29 PM
Five reasons why political campaigns go into debt
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Got debt? You might be a political party then It might seem obvious to some, but let's ask the question. Why do political campaigns go into debt? In Vancouver, we've discussed how during the past two elections (2005 &...
Posted on August 7, 2010 9:53 AM
Council priorities mapped out in Olympic tickets policy doc
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Back in June CityCaucus.com sent in a freedom of information request to the City of Vancouver for a document that was apparently buried in the heap of data related to being the Olympic Host City. The document's cumbersome title...
Posted on August 5, 2010 8:33 AM
Pride in the NPA
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Thousands mill at Pride festivities on Sunday, happy to see the NPA. Photo: Tom Hu The crowds were massive at Pride this year, circling half of the downtown, stretching from Robson and Jervis down Robson, Denman and all along...
Posted on August 3, 2010 3:24 PM
Desperate DTES businesses write open letter to politicos, police
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DTES resident searches for some crack cocaine - Flickr photo by Patrick Doheny Recently CityCaucus.com received a note from Downtown Eastside business person Carlos Herbst asking our help in promoting the open letter written by him and signed by...
Posted on August 1, 2010 6:40 AM
Merkley's "moving expenses" raise questions about Hollyhock hire
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Ryan Merkley did a six-month tour of duty in Vancouver before returning home CityCaucus.com readers will remember the odd story of the last-minute hiring of Toronto's Ryan Merkley as Vancouver's new Director of Communications replacing Laurie Best just prior to...
Posted on July 29, 2010 9:08 AM
NPA mayoral candidate Tung Chan would give Robertson a run for his money
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The race to become the NPA's mayoral candidate is set to begin We're smack dab in the middle of a beautiful summer in Vancouver and as you can appreciate, politics is not on the mind of most people. Although...
Posted on July 28, 2010 7:25 PM
Gregor Robertson issues written apology on red light incident
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Good follow-up coverage from CBC TV on the "Red Light Robertson" story Who would have thought that sitting in my office and shooting a bit of video of countless cyclists breaking the rules of the road could translate into...
Posted on July 28, 2010 1:04 PM
"Red Light Robertson" is not the only careless rider in town
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Whoa! Mind those stop signs! CityCaucus.com's exclusive video of a UBC intersection The media headlines this morning are blaring out about "Red Light Robertson" and yet another situation whereby Mayor Gregor refuses to take responsibility for his own actions....
Posted on July 27, 2010 6:18 AM
Dianne Watts signs on for another run at Mayor's job
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Watts & Bing Thom unveiling plans for a new Surrey library Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts is accused of being more media darling than meat on the bones, but I don't agree. While I do not think her term as...
Posted on July 22, 2010 1:41 PM
24 Hours on Vancouver arrogance, plus more Shore 104
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Read 24 Hours today or listen to Shore 104 FM on Friday A political commentator's life is never dull, and while we go into a sleepy summer mode here at CityCaucus.com over the past week, there's more content available...
Posted on July 22, 2010 8:38 AM
Vancouver's green image tarnished by tonnes of fireworks trash
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Annual fireworks show results in tonnes of garbage being strewn on Vancouver's beaches It’s that time of the year again when tens of thousands of Vancouverites descend upon the West End to enjoy Canada’s largest free family fun event....
Posted on July 21, 2010 2:42 PM
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