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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September 23, 2009 - 12:49 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
This memo from Frances J. Connell, Vancouver Director of Legal Services, to City Council and the City Manager confirms the place of the Park Board within the city’s hierarchy as laid out by the Vancouver Charter.
The document is very telling in terms of roles and responsibilities, as well as a chain of command, but the most pertinent paragraph is the following:
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September 22, 2009 - 9:21 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
These are the remarks that current Park Board chair Raj Hundal made before yesterday’s Board meeting:
The Park Board chair has spoken, and the conditions surrounding outgoing Park Board GM Susan Mundick's departure are now like water under the bridge
September 18, 2009 - 9:35 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
So Mayor Gregor Robertson is speaking up about the bureaucratic wasteland that sits between the province and the federal government when it comes to stimulus funding that was supposed to be destined for BC’s municipalities.
Campbell: "Hey, there's our portion of the stimulus." Harper: "Where?" Campbell: "Made you look. Ha!"
And rightfully so. It is September 18, 2009, and nine months after the federal budget that promised billions in economic stimulus funding, BC communities are still waiting in limbo.
So, the question that needs to be asked is, who exactly is to blame? Read the rest of this entry »
