The guy who was the mayoral candidate for the Non-Partisan Association last November, Kirk LaPointe, thinks so. Anyone else got a Plan B?
Entries from January 2016
Is it time to start thinking about Plan B for the transit referendum?
March 27th, 2015 · 309 Comments
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And the debate over a new Vancouver Art Gallery heats up again
March 26th, 2015 · 11 Comments
This Vancouver Sun story today, saying the VAG is not going to meet its deadline to raise money and never planned to, and this proposal for an art gallery expansion on this existing site arrived in my mailbox this morning.
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Uber has something to say about the Lower Mainland’s transit referendum
March 19th, 2015 · 37 Comments
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Front porches to be the design theme for Robson Square this year
March 18th, 2015 · 4 Comments
And now, pausing for a break from the transit plebiscite wars, the winner of the Robson Square competition this year is here.
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Why do people hate TransLink? “It’s a headless beast with no defenders”
March 16th, 2015 · 175 Comments
It appears, from the latest Angus Reid poll, that public opinion in the days from Feb. 25-March5 was running 61 per cent No, 27 per cent Yes. As other polls have shown, the main concern is TransLink and how it will spend the money. So what is it that’s so wrong with TransLink, you may […]
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In another part of the forest, the office meant to scrutinize municipal spending not doing so well
March 10th, 2015 · 4 Comments
I realize no one gives a poop about anything but the transit referendum these days (hey, you guys, the bike people have been going WILD in the city without your scrutiny) but here is a story in another area: the doings in the office of the Auditor General for Local Government. My Globe story here […]
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Vancouver could go over $400 million in spending for housing the next four years
March 5th, 2015 · 12 Comments
One of the things I don’t think the public really gets about the Vision Vancouver administration is how much money is going into housing efforts. I won’t get into, the moment, whether they’re effective or whether they’re targeted to the right people, but they are spending a lot. I asked staff to compile the spending […]
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Yes side starting to talk to real people instead of each other and media
March 2nd, 2015 · 280 Comments
So the mayors headed out on to transit this morning to sell the Yes side. And then there’s this, tonight. No info in the news release from City of Vancouver on how people can join in, but perhaps 3-1-1 has the answer As part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the upcoming transit and […]
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