That was the question in a lot of people’s minds when he came within six votes of being the second COPE candidate along with David Cadman. Louis’s camp had not seemed that strong two weeks ago, when there was a vote on whether to accept the deal with Vision to give that breakaway party over […]
How did Tim Louis come so close to winning?
September 28th, 2008 · 11 Comments
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Tim Louis loses by a whisker
September 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It took three rounds of voting to finalize the results, but in the end, David Cadman and Ellen Woodsworth, who have championed the conciliation efforts with Vision Vancouver, will be COPE’s two council candidates. Woodsworth edged out Louis by only six votes. More in a moment.
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COPE rules for voting today
September 28th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ll be down at the Coalition of Progressive Electors meeting this afternoon to get the results of voting for their part of the slate that’s been agreed to with Vision. The toughest race and the one everyone’s watching is, of course, for the two city-council spots. At the moment, there are five people competing for […]
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Green Party endorses Vision/COPE/Green municipal deal
September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s not officially out yet, but the Green Party of Vancouver unanimously endorsed the co-operation agreement among the three parties, aimed at ensuring they don’t compete with each other in civic-election campaign. The Green Party candidate for school board has even withdrawn his name, in order to abide the the letter and spirit of the […]
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COPE members overwhelmingly endorse deal
September 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It wasn’t even close, which some people thought it might be. Nope, the huge majority of the 400 Coalition of Progressive Electors members voted in favour of the Vision-COPE-Green non-aggression pact. Even Tim Louis, when I talked to him afterwards, acknowledged that the vote was “strongly in favour.” So you know it’s true. We in […]
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Why one COPE member disagrees with Tim Louis
September 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
At the risk of bringing a shitstorm of furious debate onto Bill Bargeman’s head, I’m posting his comments here for those who don’t think to click on the comments section: My first venture into the blogsphere: The question of whether or not COPE should run a mayoral candidate and the number of council, school and […]
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It’s a quiet morning here at the NPA
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
The last time I and my little media buddies were at the Croatian Cultural Centre was June 15, when thousands of people lined up to vote for a Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate. It’s not quite the same scene this morning. The parking lot here is full, but partly because there’s a computer swap, a Kumon […]
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What will happen to EcoDensity in the Non-Partisan Association campaign?
September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I hear there’s quite a debate going on about how much prominence to give the EcoDensity initiative — something that is closely associated with outgoing Mayor Sam Sullivan — in the NPA campaign. The brand name and initiative often attract notice and admiration from cities elsewhere, with their focus on efforts to make environmental concerns […]
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The yes and no debate over the Vision/COPE deal
September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
For those of you who don’t have “Tim Louis” and “YouTube” on Google Alert, here’s a link to Tim’s argument for voting no against the proposed agreement on splitting the slate spots among Vision, COPE and Green for the Nov. 15 civic election. Essentially, he’s saying he’s not against an agreement but that this is […]
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Tim Louis going to go to battle against Vision/COPE deal
September 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments
In case anyone had any doubts, The Tyee has extensive quotes from Tim Louis about how and why he’s going to try to negate the “co-operative agreement” that the parties have reached on slate-splitting. The interesting part of this news is the way Louis identifies what is the almost the only issue that the two […]
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