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Quick hits

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Ladner, Sullivan and Owen’s management of Property Endowment Fund suspect

Posted by Jonathan Ross

Some former NPA affiliated staffers are running extremely low in the memory department.

So, a Freedom of Information request filed by City Caucus’ Daniel Fontaine has discovered that the Property Endowment Fund (PEF) board did not meet during the calendar year of 2009.

Without the time nor the inclination to find out the frequency of meetings in previous council years, however, the magic of the Internet has turned up some interesting facts about the reign over the PEF by former NPA Mayors/mayoral candidates.

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Random political thoughts on the 3 municipal parties

Posted by Jonathan Ross

How will this landscape change in 2011?

How will this landscape change in 2011?

November 1, two weeks before the one-year anniversary of the 2008 election, and as I await my usual slate of NFL games on a lazy post-Halloween Sunday, here are some political analysis of the state of Vancouver’s three municipal parties:

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Quick Hits

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FACT OF THE DAY

In 2010, Vancouver had fewer than half the number of murders than it had in 2009.  There were nine homicides within Vancouver’s city limits, down from 19 killings the previous year.

Quote OF THE DAY

“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.

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