A possible reenactment of the former City Manager overseeing the bidding and construction processes for the Olympic Village.
As per usual, Allen Garr hits it out of the park with his analysis of the KPMG report release in today’s Vancouver Courier.
Garr notes that the ones who were publicly calling for the report to be released have suddenly changed their tune:
No amount of spinning can change the fact that fiscal prudence has finally come to City Hall.
A humourous piece the Vancouver Sun today by the Sam Sullivan loyalists who continue to grind their political axes with blind vigour. A piece that will soon have a counterpoint, by the way.
Their tenuous headline of potential tax increases frames their entire approach to the issue of spending and fiscal prudence; namely, that greater efficiencies and openness at City Hall are worthy of criticism from those that had the chance to change things, but didn’t.
A far more accurate and balanced reflection of the new approach being taken by City Manager Penny Ballem comes from Allen Garr’s column in last week’s Vancouver Courier.
When a government comes to power by way of a complete and utter onslaught, it is most often as a result of a state of monumental dissatisfaction with the outgoing administration rather than a groundswell of support for the newly elected. This is a political reality that Vision Vancouver supporters must acknowledge if they are to be honest in their analysis of last year’s election.
Fenced in like their favoured municipal party, certain Vision Vancouver critics are getting desperate.
Cloaked under the auspices of serving as an:
“online journal…designed to raise the profile of city issues, while also keeping you up to date with the latest news, views, high and low points of your city politicians,”
nearly ten months of “coverage” has functioned as little more than a platform to bash the new regime. Questions as to who is financially supporting these efforts have never been adequately addressed.
But when these attacks fail to warrant enough traction to make a dent in the support of an extremely popular Mayor and Council (backtracking, projecting – wait until next week folks, hallucinating, embellishing and finally acknowledging), then desperation sets in.
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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.
