So, apparently the Olympics have already happened, and Vancouver lost $1 billion.
Nonethess, when conservative wingnuts and left-wing Olympic opposition both start using the Vancouver Olympics as their example of why a city would be well advised NOT to hold the Olympics, the final rose petal on VANOC’s business case has officially fallen to the ground.
Your tie is cutting off the oxygen again
Like I do with most Alex Tsakumis rants, I didn’t stop laughing and shaking my head while reading his latest, found in today’s edition of the 24 Hours newspaper.
Tsakumis starts off with his best impression of Fox News’ Glenn Beck, whose anti-global warming pontifications are far more eloquently worded, but on par with Tsakumis’ love of all things big, dirty and self-polluting (I’m talking about his vehicle, not the driver).
If Alex doesn’t like the Burrard Bridge trial, or the people that ride bikes in this city (a group he affectionately refers to as cycling fascists), then that is fine, because he isn’t alone in his complaints.
What I do take issue with is Tsakumis’ use of false data, sloppy math, and flawed arguments.
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Vancouver’s West End is 204 hectares and is home to 44,000 people (as at 2006) and has increased 5.8% in the previous 5 years and 66% moved since the last census. 61% speak English as their mother tongue. The majority are in the 20-39 year old age group. 59% are one person households, with 8,710 families and an average household inome of $38,000. There is a total of over 28,000 private households.
“We’re really asking people to be respectful of the diversity of our community. People live down here because of the diversity, they feel safe within diversity, and that’s a really important value for us.” – Brent Granby, West End Resident’s Association
