The latest Justason poll is out. My story is here, but there is already all kinds of mad spinning going on. City hall’s Kevin Quinlan has tweeted out that Mayor Robertson has risen in popularity as the main news, while CityCaucus’s headline is that the NPA is in a statistical dead heat with Vision. Vision […]
Entries Tagged as '2011 Vancouver Civic Election'
Latest poll: Vision down, COPE up, NPA same, Gregor still popular with more than half
August 3rd, 2011 · 59 Comments
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NPA gets powerhouse biz guy, BC Lib donor, as chief fundraiser
May 30th, 2011 · 16 Comments
One of the NPA’s better days, as my Sun buddy Jeff Lee noted, with the announcement that Peter Armstrong is heading up the party’s fundraising efforts. (His blog post here.) I heard from a very good source that the NPA was actually trying to get Armstrong to run as the mayoral candidate, but he just […]
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NPA tries to pin blame for Pandora house fire on Vision council
January 4th, 2011 · 114 Comments
It truly feels like campaign season, as various NPA types, in co-ordination with Citycaucus.com, try to get the media going on putting the blame on the Vision administration for the Pandora Street house fire that killed three men just before Christmas. (They’re really working this thing as four or five news releases have gone out […]
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The state of Vancouver finances? Not an easy election issue
December 9th, 2010 · 53 Comments
I’ve had more than one person, fulminating about how Vision Vancouver is wrecking the city in various ways, suggest that one clear sign of their mismanagement is the state of city finances. The crazy spending on bike lanes, the office renos, the trips here and there, they point to. Others are scandalized by the $20-million […]
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Another day, another poll, a jump in disapproval for Mayor Gregor Robertson
November 30th, 2010 · 43 Comments
This year promises to be the most-polled ever in advance of a civic election, as various polling companies pile on to what promises to be a hard-fought battle for Vancouver city council in 2011. The latest out, another Justason Market Intelligence poll, showing that some noticeable fraction of people are moving from undecided to disapproving […]