March 9, 2010 - 3:47 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
CivicScene's makes a return to the Vancouver Sun this morning.
CivicScene is back with the first oped in a new series beginning in today’s Vancouver Sun.
Critics of the current administration at City Hall tend to frame their grievances on the accusation that the civil service has been politicized. In fact, when I spoke to lone NPA City Councillor Suzanne Anton over the Olympic Games and asked what her biggest objection to Vision Vancouver was, this was her first response.
But let’s for a moment consider the alternative.
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January 4, 2010 - 10:59 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
This is what Sharon Urton's email to Suzanne Anton communicates loud and clear.
In spite of never signing up to receive her updates, I am a willing member of lone NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton’s mailing list, and thoroughly enjoy her gramatically creative opinions about “the country’s most greenest” community or her kind invites to exciting events like the NPA’s AGM, where my participation alone could have ensured a 2 per cent increase in attendance.
Not everyone, however, is as enamoured with these emails.
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December 14, 2009 - 1:52 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Oh, the injustice of it all!
Wow, what a discovery! Hey Charlie, maybe if you continue your investigation, you will be able to grab a comment from one of the Councillors, particularly any of the Vision persuasion, who have no doubt been muzzled on such an emerging scandal. You might also discover an incongruence between the colour schemes of the many sections on the City of Vancouver website.
December 7, 2009 - 11:01 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Direct from the desk of what is being called the “Mayor’s blogosphere spinmeisters” (oh how I wish that a paycheque was included in such an exalted distinction!) by those who no longer work within the halls of power, here’s something to consider…
In a land where research is dwarfed by political spin, the motif above costs $239,000. Thankfully, only a few embittered individuals live there.
Does $239,000 for a logo and a slogan sound reasonable? Of course not, making such an assertion the basis for a fantastic and infuriating story that plays to the public’s worst sensibilities about politics and government.
Instead of such a shallow and manipulative interpretation, let’s examine this kind of expenditure in contrast to what was doled out by the last administration in moving the VEDC forward, and then make a judgement on whether Vancouver citizens are getting value for their money.
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