Entries tagged with: joel solomon
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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
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
Vision's big debt erased by big donations from big developers
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The lid has finally been taken off the private list of Vision donors Exactly as we arrived at the 500-day mark since Vision Vancouver last divulged who is paying down their $240,000 campaign debt from the 2008 election, lo and...
Posted on July 29, 2010 9:06 PM
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
Joel Solomon's 500-year vision for Vision
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Christopher Columbus landing on the shores of America 500 years ago inspired Solomon Just when you think you've heard it all when it comes to Vision Vancouver, along comes something new to make you sit up and ask Whaaaaaa?...
Posted on June 29, 2010 11:56 AM
Robertson's links to powerful foreign funders demands full transparency
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Another shipment from across the border arrives at the Tides Canada offices Vivian Krause is an expert on the complex subject of charitable foundation money flowing into British Columbia for a variety of activist causes. CityCaucus.com recently featured a...
Posted on June 28, 2010 9:30 PM
What the heck were Gregor Robertson and Mike Magee doing in New York?
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Why did Gregor and his Chief of Staff spend $6000 to visit New York last April? Crack 24 Hours reporter Bob Mackin filed a freedom of information request on the itinerary of Gregor Robertson for his whirlwind 3-day visit...
Posted on June 26, 2010 9:18 PM
Gregor Robertson blames rookie cop for homeless ticket
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Red tent occupant James Oickle must have a laserjet printer inside his portable office We get a lot of messages from folks who say that when they send emails, letters or leave phone messages for Vancouver's Mayor the line on...
Posted on May 4, 2010 9:46 PM
Top Three Donors in British Columbia gave to Vision Vancouver
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How about that? The biggest donations in BC go right to Vision Vancouver – click for larger Ahem. The concerns I have expressed here at CityCaucus.com about campaign donations through our Know Your Donor series seem to have a...
Posted on April 30, 2010 3:15 PM
VSB trustees cunning use of class war card
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Manufacturing dissent: Vision/COPE collaborates with BCTF to rile up parents Sometimes I get frustrated when I don't know enough details to make a sound decision. The troubles at the Vancouver School Board is one of those occasions. Yet my...
Posted on April 28, 2010 9:03 AM
Joel Solomon: the man behind Gregor Robertson
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Joel Solomon speaks in San Francisco, July '08 - view videos Vancouver City Hall under Vision is a mystery wrapped inside a riddle, and it is fascinating process to try and deconstruct it. It's not the uninspired public policies...
Posted on April 1, 2010 12:15 PM
Not about to be bullied by Hollyhock: a journalist's inside look
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This handbook might come in handy in deciphering our MayorIn trying to understand the one-time organic farmer who now wears the Mayor's Chain of Office in Vancouver, you have to go off-shore about 150 kilometres north to an isolated...
Posted on March 31, 2010 10:30 AM
The Hollyhock primer
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"The environment here allows people to open up" - Joel Solomon, Renewal Partners We've written a few times here at CityCaucus.com about the folks that Frances Bula once "jokingly" referred to as the Hollyhock Mafia. We think it would...
Posted on March 10, 2010 12:20 PM
Vancouver City Hollyhock
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New Mayor's office staffer Lara Honrado (left) working for the US Dems campaign in '08 Vancouver City Hall is in the most difficult economic patch it's seen in quite some time, and one of the sacrifices staff have got...
Posted on March 8, 2010 1:30 PM
The Globe's curious man-love for Gregor
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Newspapers are falling on hard times. Kevin O'Leary of CBC's Dragon's Den program claims they're dead men walking in a digital age. I hope he's wrong, however. We need good reportage from the MSM for the sake of our civil...
Posted on January 23, 2010 4:56 PM
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
Another out-of-towner hired as City of Vancouver senior management
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See u at Hollyhock in 2010! Vancouver's new senior manager shakes a leg with Renewal PartnersIn what is becoming a recurring pattern at Vancouver City Hall, we've just learned that the latest hire for the senior management team is...
Posted on December 9, 2009 3:10 PM
Sadhu Johnston, and the United State of 12th & Cambie
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Sadhu Johnston with Mayor Richard M. Daley (left). Photo by Lee Bey From Hollyhock...to The Hall Those who've studied the history of our beloved region know the slogan "54-40 or fight!" James Polk, Democratic candidate for the US presidency...
Posted on October 19, 2009 6:16 PM
You want a 4-day work week at City Hall? Tough, eh.
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Penny Ballem, Vancouver's hand-picked City Manager, is back in the media – again. This time she sits down with Linda Solomon (sister of Gregor Robertson Funder-in-Chief Joel Solomon) for a wide ranging interview about her life as Vancouver's top...
Posted on October 14, 2009 10:20 AM
Gregor Robertson & Vision linked to controversial ACORN
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The Wall Street Journal breaks down the troubles with "campaign organizers" ACORN We'll be the first to admit that US politics is messy business, made all the more scintillating by the amount of effort devoted to gotcha! journalism. But...
Posted on September 24, 2009 10:02 AM
Know Your Donor: Gordon Russell
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CityCaucus.com re-starts its popular Know Your Donor series today with a profile of Gregor Robertson's stepdad. Name: Gordon Russell Donation to Vision Vancouver & to Gregor Robertson campaign: $22,584 Put your hand up if you went to the Bank...
Posted on June 4, 2009 10:00 AM
Know Your Donor: Drummond Pike
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Name: Drummond Pike Donation to Gregor Robertson nomination campaign: $2000 An odd footnote of 2008's US political diary was the subject of ACORN, the international voter registration group caught in a pair of scandals. First, the group was found to...
Posted on March 20, 2009 3:47 PM
Eby reveals nomination campaign donor list
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We're certain the launch of our CityCaucus.com Official Donor Disclosure Countdown Clock™ on Friday had nothing to do with it, but former Vision candidate David Eby has now revealed who donated to his nomination campaign. Eby has now "finally" (his...
Posted on January 26, 2009 11:30 PM
