Dropped by the Vision Vancouver fundraiser Wednesday night, held at the Coast Plaza — just down the street from the St. John’s church site whose proposed redevelopment is causing such an uproar. There’s going into the heart of the dragon’s den or something. West End Neighbours, the new impromptu group that has sprung up to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Party Politics'
Vision fundraiser draws developer crowd, dogged West Enders, and others
June 18th, 2010 · 17 Comments
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COPE election sees young slate win decisively
April 5th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Alvin Singh, the young and articulate school board candidate who didn’t quite get elected last November, is the new external co-chair for the Coalition of Progressive Electors and he’s joined by a largely 20/30-something executive. Ivan Bulic has a good blog post on this in the Georgia Straight. That’s quite a sign of renewal for […]
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NPA spends $1.3 million or so; Vision Vancouver rumoured $1.5
March 10th, 2009 · 9 Comments
That most exciting point in the three-year cycle of any civic reporter approaches, as the deadline for disclosing campaign finance donations for all candidates and parties in the last fall’s election draws nigh. I know that the folks at Beyond Robson will mock me again for beating them repeatedly with long lists of numbers, but […]
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Many fresh faces on new NPA executive
February 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments
This post is a little belated, since NPA types told me early last week that a new executive was going to be chosen and on Thursday, just on schedule, the list of new names came out, which you can read, along with new president Michael Davis’s message, here. It’s interesting that the new executive is […]
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The life of Paul Haden
February 24th, 2009 · 28 Comments
Last June, a man was found dead in an apartment near Broadway and Balsam, apparently after having inhaled fumes from the ecstasy that he was refining on his stove. The story intrigued me, especially since several people I know had known the man who died, Paul Haden. I wasn’t sure what I would find when […]
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Vision’s first post-election fundraiser attracts developers, Liberals, George Puil
February 5th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Just back from roaming the room at the Commodore, where the newly in power Vision Vancouver held its first fundraiser since winning the election. I have to say, their fundraisers are different. No rubber chicken, no speeches, no videos about the accomplishments of the Great Leader. Instead, a great band with local jazz singer Karen […]
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Kick-off for the York Theatre starts tomorrow
February 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
There’s a news conference skedded tomorrow on the York Theatre with a host of city personages, including developer Bruno Wall, Mayor Gregor Robertson, former councillor now consultant Jim Green, architect Gregory Henriquez, theatre advocate Tom Durrie, and Cultch manager Heather Robertson. That can only mean 1. Bruno Wall has been successful in buying the Commercial […]
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Vision insiders question the Olympic village message
January 16th, 2009 · 29 Comments
A little bird called me today and read out an email from a Vision board member that has somehow escaped to a larger audience than intended. The email, from Marcella Munro, went out this morning to the rest of Vision’s tight communications team, which frequently debates how well they are doing on their message. That […]
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Solving homelessness — beyond spin
January 6th, 2009 · 17 Comments
Just before Christmas, MLA David Chudnovsky sent a little missile in my direction, saying that I had been suckered by government propaganda (yet again, I think was the implication) when I put up a blog item about the provincial government delaying the bid process on some of its 12 social housing projects to try to […]
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The Non-Partisan wars continue
January 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments
There’s been a fair amount of opinionating about the recent Non-Partisan Association board meeting, which saw a struggle between two slates for the 11 directors positions that were open. There are posts here and here, giving two quite different perspectives on what actually went on at that meeting. Not sure how many people will be […]
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