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  • Scroll down through this account of the HST rally at Canada Place this past Monday, where you will find a picture of Deputy Mayor Ellen Woodsworth, who is described at having given “a rousing speech!  What they fail to mention is that Ellen ended off by trying to lead the crowd in a “NO GST” chant.  Ellen had no idea until awkward attendees informed her of her single letter mistake as she went to sit down.

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    Anton was a Park Board commissioner in 2004.
  • The VPL employees were all over this site yesterday.  I am going to try and get an update from yesterday’s board meeting to see if anything was decided about the administration’s poor decision making.
  • I don’t agree with Kennedy Stewart on a lot of things these days, but he is right when he states that there is “something wrong” with the campaign finance rules (or lack thereof) at the municipal level.  If the Feds have capped individuals and kept out corporate interests, municipal elections should be subject to a lot more scrutiny when it comes to contributors (that goes for you too, Province of British Columbia).

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FACT OF THE DAY

In 2010, Vancouver had fewer than half the number of murders than it had in 2009.  There were nine homicides within Vancouver’s city limits, down from 19 killings the previous year.

Quote OF THE DAY

“Perhaps it was my silk dress or the new perfume I’ve been wearing lately. When I asked Suzanne Anton what her New Year’s resolution was, she replied, “To kiss a pretty girl!” and pecked me on the cheek.”  – Writer Emily Barca describing her encounter with the lone NPA City Councillor on New Year’s Eve.

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