NPA Mayor rivals Suzanne Anton and Ian Robertson battle it out over media attention.

Before I delve into the issue of Northeast False Creek (NEFC), I want to indicate that the concept of density, which was at the heart of former Mayor Sam Sullivan’s EcoDensity initiative, is not what ruffled feathers about his proposals.  Density is something that needs to be widely embraced to ensure a sustainable future, particularly in the way in which Vancouver is growing.

Rather, it was the former Mayor’s approach that created such a backlash against the idea.  Whether it was registering his own personal trademark for the EcoDensity label, or the manner in which he dictated to neighbourhoods without the slightest attempt at compromise, to the way that the concept always revolved around a one-man show in its presentation, the means of marketing or communicating the idea, fell flat (this view is in fact echoed by urban planner, architect and former NPA candidate Michael Geller in this comment on Frances Bula’s site).

Now, in moving onto the current debate going on about NEFC, the comments offered by lone NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton and lone NPA Park Board Commissioner in this story are completely disingenuous

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