March 9, 2010 - 9:06 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
COPE and Vision Vancouver sang and danced together in 2008, but will their tryst continue in the 2011 electoral campaign?
The recent utterings of hypocrisy by Councillor Ellen Woodsworth and Councillor David Cadman have got me thinking about the electoral cooperation that COPE and Vision Vancouver successfully exercised in the 2008 civic election.
(On a side note, I will be very interested to see how many events Councillor Woodsworth actually attended during the Olympics, as the rumour is that she was frantically asking for tickets to any event she could possibly insert herself into – regardless of comments by her colleague Councillor Cadman about said tickets being “a perk of position.”)
The deal between COPE and Vision currently remains in limbo, as both sides seem to be content to let things be ironed out at the last minute, as was the case in 2008.
Here are the strategic considerations for both sides to consider in a conversation that would be wise to have sooner rather than later.
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March 5, 2010 - 2:48 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Barnes has emerged nicely from her personal issues.
Park Board Commissioner Constance Barnes has had a rough ride – literally and figuratively – with her personal problems that unfortunately crossed into her life as an elected official
It is already a harrowing experience to admit that you have a problem with addiction and seek help for your problem, never mind having to do it in such a public fashion.
And, of course, Constance’s detractors went into full attack mode, writing her off as someone who wouldn’t be able to make any kind of significant contribution to the Park Board.
But it is amazing what a little common sense can do to prove critics wrong.
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January 4, 2010 - 10:59 am |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
This is what Sharon Urton's email to Suzanne Anton communicates loud and clear.
In spite of never signing up to receive her updates, I am a willing member of lone NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton’s mailing list, and thoroughly enjoy her gramatically creative opinions about “the country’s most greenest” community or her kind invites to exciting events like the NPA’s AGM, where my participation alone could have ensured a 2 per cent increase in attendance.
Not everyone, however, is as enamoured with these emails.
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November 18, 2009 - 3:20 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Aaron Jasper thinks that the Park Board should escape the cuts coming down from City Hall.
Park Board Commissioner Aaron Jasper is on a campaign to stop cuts to the Vancouver Park Board Budget as part of the serious shortfalls that City Hall is facing for the coming fiscal year. Here is what he told CBC News:
“We need people to make a lot of noise,” said Jasper.
“We will clear our schedules. We are going to work for the next seven days to help get the voice up to city hall … to talk to our colleagues up there to help them realize that parks is important to the well-being of the residents of Vancouver,” said Jasper.”
The Park Board has now deferred a vote on a proposal from staff to cut $2.8 million in expenses from its budget, a move that has been given a deadline of November 25 to occur.
I’m not sure what they’re trying to accomplish in the coming week, however. In fact, I have a very specific question.
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