COPE will have my…disrespect. I am totally agreeing with ‘Everyman’ before me. Until they stand up on their own against the Vision crooks that obliterated their own party, and stop signing ‘no combat’ agreements with them, I will not even bother. Another reason for walking away from this corrupt bunch.

Look for Tim Louie as Cope 3.

Everyman and Ned are right. This really is an unholy alliance isn’t it? Look at Cope’s Council voting record. As time has gone on they’ve voted increasingly against their masters.

VV will, quietly just before the election encourage their voters to plump their ballots to VV only, thereby skewering the poor Copers. This is known as an intended consequence.

Richard its not that ridiculous. VV has done as much to marginalize Woodsworth (whom I admire, despite not agreeing with her on many things) as it has to Anton.

And speaking of Vision candidate Kashmir Dhaliwal, am I the only one who wonders why he seems to have disappeared from the civic affairs scene after losing the last election?

@Everyman

Enough of the idle speculation. Lets talk about real issues. Let Woodsworth speak for herself.

The Thought of The Evening

“New release. ‘Beast of Vision’ – The Stroboscopic Years, 2008 -2011. On VHS, DVD and on Limited Edition Self Destructing Eco Friendly Green Ray DVD.”

Rated : R (Hair Raising Scary – for language, violence against unsuspected public)
Duration: 15+ minutes of Fake
In Magenta.
Widespread.

Loaded with Bonus features like:

– Deleted COPE scenes (including simulated Vision arse kissing)
– Mayor and Entourage Gag Reel
– Heather Deal Mephisto-Laughing Takes
– Tim Stevenson Confessional
– Bloopers with Penny, Aufochs, Magee and the Hollyhock Tuba Players
– Allen Garr’s Vancourier Recitals
…and more.

Speaking of the Mayor’s Gag Reel. This statement of his just surfaced today: “Vancouver is quickly becoming one of the most thriving, energetic downtowns in … the world,” he said. “In the coming years we’ll rival the downtowns of New York, of London, of Paris.”
FROM: ‘City’s downtown in elite company: Mayor…London, New York, Paris models for Vancouver’ By ERICA BULMAN, 24 HOURS

Get it? Vancouver is becoming a…most energetic …’downtown’! LOL
Call me picky, cynical, pessimist, whatever… but having worked and lived in ALL of the above cities, my verdict is in.
This Mayor has become, slowly but surely a certified LEED Laughing Stock. It almost makes me feel bad. I was wrong all along. He is not coming from Cortes Island… he must be coming from An-Delusia!
Think about it. This is the guy who tops the Party who is keeping COPE on a short leash. Could you imagine the level of ineptitude that could be reached by this lovely tandem?

O tempora! O mores!

Now go do the right thing. Vote wisely!

We live in VanLonPaYork and this keeps us busy.

@Michael Geller, #7:
I’ve long felt that the Greens’ progressive tendencies were shaky at best, so if your prediction proves correct (and a more cynical alliance would be hard to imagine), it will provide me with an ironclad motivation to never vote for them as long as I live. Thanks!
gmgw

GMGW @Michael Geller, #7:
I’ve long felt that the Greens’ progressive tendencies were shaky at best, so if your prediction proves correct (and a more cynical alliance would be hard to imagine), it will provide me with an ironclad motivation to never vote for them as long as I live. Thanks!

GMGW…an NPA/Green Alliance was not a prediction….on the contrary, it was written entirely in jest.

Since Vision and COPE were teaming up, I thought NPA should team up with someone too. The only other party that has elected politicians in the past few years is the Greens…so it came to mind.

So let me repeat: there has never been, and not likely ever to be an alliance between the Greens and the NPA. It was just a joke; I repeat, just a joke, written in jest.

However, I now better understand why George Abbott and Moira Stillwell, who both have a wonderful wicked sense of humour, once told me why they invariably refrain from joking too much in public. People often misconstrue their humour.

It’s a pity, isn’t it.

@Roger Kemble #15

‘The ongoing display of childish exuberance, mostly women I note, waving their ridiculous flags at that bemused un-dissevering, delusional, dress-up couple to show just what a deep trough we are in.’

Mr. Kemble, come your “revolution” I do hope that we find, at its centre, some semblance of humanity, and not just the apparent sexism and cynicism that you display in your post. I think we’ve had enough of that kind of thing already in Canadian politics.

As for the royal wedding, I think its harmless pleasure actually serves to point out a very basic need in us all.

It’s about love, actually.

And were we all to remember and employ that emotion a bit more, perhaps your hard-hearted world would indeed be a better place to live in.

So, lighten up a bit, Rog.

GMGW, George, et al….I look forward to the day when individuals who can think and talk and write for themselves, can successfully run for Council, rather than just sanctioned members of a particular party. I know this is very idealistic, but I do think it would result in a much better system that what we have had for the past few decades.

My hope is that after the next election there will be people with a variety of life experiences and opinions on Council. I look forward to the day when there is honest and critical debate, rather than the game playing, including ‘follow the leader’ that seems to go on.

There are a number of people currently on Council who I would like to see re-elected next time. But I also hope some good new candidates can get elected.

A Council dominated by just one party, whether it be NPA or Vision or Greens, or a very strong alliance such as we have seen with Vision/COPE is not in the city’s best interests. We need a balance of opinions, and more independent and critical thinking.

As for me, I’ll be watching along with most of you……from the sidelines. cheers

ps That is unless the Greens want me to run as their leader. (just joking!)

@ Glissy #12

I read Robertson’s ‘Vancouver’ speech, given at a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon, in the Friday Van. Sun. (Jeff Lee).

‘…Robertson said his administration’s effort to lure clean technology and green businesses to Vancouver had helped make it “the third largest cluster in the world” of such companies.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Robertson+paints+rosy+future+core/4695095/story.html#ixzz1L7sVewbC

I would like to know what ‘green’ companies he is referencing.

re COPE: Harry Rankin might be a little angry (were he still alive) that COPE is no longer a standard bearer but part of a VISION political chess game.
-30-

@ Gassy Jack’s Ghost #25

I did read about this new program in the Vancouver Sun and I saw a promotion team, with cars, handing out pens at 4th and Yew, yesterday (Sunday).

Smart Cars are part of the Mercedes line and I would think this may be part of their program opened in Burnaby – fuel cell technology.

Morven, Max, please see my comment 4 above.

“VV will, quietly just before the election encourage their voters to plump their ballots to VV only, thereby skewering the poor Copers. This is known as an intended consequence.”

Cope are being used, badly. It’s to bad because the community voices they represent need to be at the table as opposed to the duplicitous, lees than transparent VV.

@Morven #29:

solcial issues – you mean like this;

….’Wendy Pedersen of the Carnegie Community Action Project said, “We are mortified that we have to fight for these shelters every year. Premier Clark promised to regularize funding for shelters. She needs to show she’s in charge and get funding within 24 hours plus commit to building 2000 social housing units a year in BC. We need the Mayor to live up to his promises to end homelessness, buy land for social housing and cancel his office renovations and other unnecessary expenses in order to pay to keep these shelters open as long as needed.”

Wendy Pedersen of the Carnegie Community Action Project said, “We are mortified that we have to fight for these shelters every year. Premier Clark promised to regularize funding for shelters. She needs to show she’s in charge and get funding within 24 hours plus commit to building 2000 social housing units a year in BC. We need the Mayor to live up to his promises to end homelessness, buy land for social housing and cancel his office renovations and other unnecessary expenses in order to pay to keep these shelters open as long as needed.”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

are less appealing than the streets! Can you imagine?!”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

are less appealing than the streets! Can you imagine?!”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

“Last spring, the City and Province shut down 5 shelters. Now they are shutting down 5 more, kicking people who have nowhere else to go onto the street. There is no good reason to do this. Everyone suffers. This cruel and precarious situation has to change,” said Tristan Markle of Vanact! “Mayor Robertson won power on the backs of the poor and working-poor, promising to make Vancouver affordable and to end homelessness. But the City is becoming less affordable every day, and the numbers of homeless are only increasing. We need a big change.”

“Here we are with shelters closing in the same week the City of Vancouver passes a law saying it is illegal to put up shelter on a public street,” said Doug King, lawyer at Pivot Legal Society. “The lack of understanding is appalling.”

Max @31

funny repeat post, bet you can’t repeat that ten times quickly 🙂

I’m not sure I understand this whole shelter thing.. there seems to be some games being played, and definitely favoritism..

I question why some shelter protesters got arrested, and others didn’t when they stormed city hall… both occurred after the by-law passed.

@ George #31;

I think I must have held the copy button down too long or too hard….ooops!

Kerry Jang made some pretty harsh comments about the shelters being closed – it was in Van 24 hours later last week. I tried to retrieve them with not much luck.

More or less to the advocates, it was you knew this day was coming and suck it up. People are moving into long term social housing, that was the plan.

But it seems the blossom is off the rose with Vision and their promises to help the homeless.

Glissando, you had me in stitches.
‘Always. Why do they always have to provide you with only the smallest pencils known to mankind, the IKEA giveaway pencils? Inside the voting booths, that is’ LMAO
That’s what I asked myself earlier too.
And the BGT clip was hilarious, that guy was genial, absolutely genial. BTW, I completely forgot about this show, I’ll be watching it from now on. Thank you!