August 31, 2010 - 9:04 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
With the way that the NPA has planned out their candidate selection process, the above signs have little to do with the reality of the current political climate in Vancouver.
For the first time in years, it seems as though the NPA is showing signs of life by organizing a number of events for the fall. A pub night, followed by a fundraiser with former NPA Mayors as the main attraction, moving onto a public forum are all being circled on the calendars of the remaining fifty members of the party who bother to show up to events.
All of these events are designed to create the perception of momentum as the party/association/political entity moves towards November 20th, when the party intends to nominate its candidates for next year’s election.
Here, however, is why these series of events are unlikely to divert attention away from the lacklustre results that that nomination meeting is likely to produce.
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August 30, 2010 - 2:54 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
I have started down a path of some interesting contracts doled out by the Sam Sullivan administration during his tenure in office.
Of interest is one individual who likes to criticize contracts coming out of the Mayor’s office/City Hall, yet was the recepient of several back in the day from what my sources are telling me (thanks for directing my inquiries, gentlemen).
In fact, these contracts were cleverly and sneakily hidden so that they were not easy to discover.
Until now. More to come in the ensuing weeks.
August 30, 2010 - 11:19 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Over the weekend, an apparent joint effort between virulent anti-Vision Vancouver critics Alex Tsakumis and Mike Klassen culminated in two separate posts about consultant Linda Oglov.
But who is Linda Oglov and what exactly did she do for the City? Well, let’s take a look at everything that these two City Hall opponents failed to examine in detail.
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August 27, 2010 - 9:21 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
The image of a reporter aggressively tracking down a story has been shattered by a Vancouver media contingent that doesn't seem to be bothered with the facts.
So this week’s latest pile-on by the media is over the renovations that are occurring at City Hall and the empty space that has resulted in the city’s engineering department moving to the Crossroads building at Broadway and Cambie.
This story by Vancouver Sun reporter Jeff Lee was the piece that started the frenzy.
And ever since Monday, most reporting that has picked up on the item has failed to acknowledge a number of pertinent pieces of information that changes the entire context of the way in which the vacancies within City Hall came to be.
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