Mackinnon is using politics to cloud the issues, as per usual.
I have documented before how Park Board Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon is prone to political grandstanding.
Mackinnon’s upcoming motion on forcing a plebiscite on cetaceans in captivity onto the 2011 ballot is just the latest example of this tendency.
Here is the text of the motion:
Some are arguing that clouds like this pose no harm to bystanders if it is found outside, which is clearly against a growing body of scientific evidence to the contrary.
Take a listen to an interview (it begins at 6:11) conducted this past Tuesday by CKNW’s Christy Clark and the chair of the Park Board Aaron Jasper. It is clear from her very first question, Clark is just itching to pick a fight and agitate Jasper.
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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.
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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“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.
