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Shared services review a team effort

Posted by Jonathan Ross

Everyone pitched in with the efforts to achieve internal City Hall savings.

Everyone pitched in with the City of Vancouver's efforts to achieve internal savings throughout City Hall.

Over the past few months, there have been several posts on other websites either raising concern over the way that change was being implemented within City Hall, or detailing the laments of those directly or indirectly impacted by the cuts coming down throughout the organization.

And, if you read enough of these “the world is going to end” posts, you might think that anarchy is about to set in, or at the very least, a mutiny is coming against the City Manager.

Well, here’s another perspective.

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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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