February 4, 2010 - 11:33 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Tsakumis is at it again, with his rage over the success of Vision Vancouver seemingly running roughshod over the facts.
Here is part 1 for context, because like I said in this previous post, most times that I have the opportunity to read an Alex Tsakumis rant, I don’t stop laughing and shaking my head.
Never let the facts get in the way of a political axe that you have to grind.
This is Tsakumis’ take on Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper’s attendance at the Friends of Bloedel Rumble in the Jungle fundraising event. He implies that Jasper arrived at the fundraiser and threw his weight around in demanding a discount.
What a load of crap.
Here is how it really went down.
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November 18, 2009 - 3:20 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Aaron Jasper thinks that the Park Board should escape the cuts coming down from City Hall.
Park Board Commissioner Aaron Jasper is on a campaign to stop cuts to the Vancouver Park Board Budget as part of the serious shortfalls that City Hall is facing for the coming fiscal year. Here is what he told CBC News:
“We need people to make a lot of noise,” said Jasper.
“We will clear our schedules. We are going to work for the next seven days to help get the voice up to city hall … to talk to our colleagues up there to help them realize that parks is important to the well-being of the residents of Vancouver,” said Jasper.”
The Park Board has now deferred a vote on a proposal from staff to cut $2.8 million in expenses from its budget, a move that has been given a deadline of November 25 to occur.
I’m not sure what they’re trying to accomplish in the coming week, however. In fact, I have a very specific question.
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October 27, 2009 - 8:46 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
I finally received a call back from Peter Kuran, who as a result of Susan Mundick’s immediate departure, has now risen to the position of acting General Manager for the Vancouver Park Board.
First, I was told that Anita Ho, the Director of Corporate Services, had also received another inquiry besides CivicScene’s regarding Ian Robertson’s use of the Vancouver Park Board logo on his personal and partisan website. In fact, it was Ho that added the “Proudly 1 of 7 Elected Officials of the” to the logo to try and smooth things over.
In consideration of the fact that this logo is a representation of a public entity, I didn’t feel that this was sufficient, hence my follow-up with Kuran.
Want to use this on your website? Feel free, because you are unlikely to get much pushback from the Vancouver Park Board.
What I discovered in our conversation, however, was very surprising to say the least.
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