In 2005, the turning point of the election came when the ex-mayors started entering the fray. Philip Owen and Larry Campbell appeared side by side in the Vancouver Sun three years ago this week, each blasting the opposing camp and endorsing their candidate. You’ll remember whose candidate won. (And you’ll remember Philip Owen’s effect on […]
Philip Owen wades into the election campaign
November 10th, 2008 · 9 Comments
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Robertson posts his developer-free donor list
November 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In the battle for full disclosure of campaign contributions, Vision Vancouver has now posted how much Gregor Robertson got in financial contributions for his mayoral campaign. At $180,382.50, it’s about $20,000 more than the Non-Partisan Association’s Peter Ladner got for his race. But if you break it down by how much they spent per voter, […]
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Peter Ladner spent $150,000 on mayoral campaign, posts donors
November 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments
The Non-Partisan Association’s Peter Ladner has been attacking Vision’s Gregor Robertson for not telling the public who the donors were to his mayoral campaign against Raymond Louie and Allan DeGenova. He’s also said a number of times that Gregor’s campaign is reputed to have cost $400,000. I don’t know if there’s a shred of truth […]
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The ticker-tape on the Olympic village loan story
November 8th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Hey all, Sorry I disappeared but it’s been a crazy few days and almost impossible to keep up with events as they unroll unless you pretty much type non-stop, which tragically leaves no time to actually interview anyone or get any facts. While some people may prefer to operate that way, I don’t. It was […]
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Vancouver advance polls show signs of high turnout — the Obama effect?
November 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Everyone’s been predicting possible record low turnouts in the B.C. civic elections, with speculation that voters will be just too tired from the recent batches of voting to mark another X. But that doesn’t appear to be the case. I dropped by three of the four advance polls today where everyone was reporting higher turnout […]
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The Geller and Ladner kids invite you to a party in the Downtown Eastside
November 4th, 2008 · 11 Comments
This election has to be setting records for wild and wacky things the candidates are willing to try in order to generate noticeably scarce media coverage of the civic election. David Cadman’s YouTube “Vote Beard” video (posted earlier on this blog) is probably the prize-winner so far. David says that the viral success of this […]
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The real civic election — mudslinging and praise — gets underway
November 2nd, 2008 · 20 Comments
Some days, all you can do is watch the river of news go by and observe the patterns you see. And, from the riverbank, it looks like the campaign is entering its final stage, where people solidify their opinions and any nasty stuff one party has on the other gets leaked out. The story of […]
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Possibly the funniest civic-election ad ever in Vancouver history
October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The question on my mind after watching this video: When is David Cadman’s campaign to elect only people wearing garish and bizarre ties going to start?
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NDP wins put some gas in Vision campaign
October 30th, 2008 · 10 Comments
It’s an all-politics night here in the home nest as we watch CNN on television for the Obama-McCain news, while checking Elections BC’s website for byelection results, after having just come home from umpteenth civic election debate. The debate in brief: Peter Ladner is more of a street-fighter in every encounter with Gregor Robertson, throwing […]
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Comparing the platforms of Vision and the NPA
October 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Here’s my story in today’s Globe that has a succinct overview of the platforms from Vision Vancouver and the Non-Partisan Association. There’s much more to say on both of these, both of which show that we are fully in the grip of policy wonks. (Each platform contains over 50 points and refers to strategies like […]
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