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NPA membership bypassed by party brass
November 8, 2010 - 12:56 pm | 0 Comments Posted by Jonathan Ross
This is the way the NPA's membership is being treated by the party with regards to choosing candidates.
For many months, November 20th was heralded as a rebirth for the NPA – the day that the party would collectively choose candidates for the next election.
But due to a lack of interest, the nomination day was only promoted as the first round of the process, with “a second set of nominations to be held in the spring of 2011.”
Eventually, what was supposed to be a day for hope turned into a very limited screening of what the party was about to offer to the public – two candidates for City Council, one candidate for Park Board, and one candidate for School Board.
And now we know that the NPA board has decided that appointments/acclamations, rather than democratic elections via the will of the membership, is the way to go.
Tags: Bill McCreery, Casey Crawford, Jesse Johl, Kashmir Dhaliwal, Melissa De Genova, Nomination Meeting, NPA, Raj Hundal, Sophia Woo, Vancouver City Council, Vancouver Park Board, Vancouver School Board, Vision Vancouver
Margaret MacDiarmid’s $165,000 report to piss on the VSB
October 14, 2010 - 10:11 am | 0 Comments Posted by Jonathan RossEducation Minister MacDiarmid had to spend $165,000 on a report to butress her war against the Vancouver School Board.
I’m a little behind the times on this story, although I notice that few (if any) outlets actually covered the cost of Margaret MacDiarmid’s loaded report against the Vancouver School Board.
That’s right folks – $165,000, including $15,000 on travel to and from Victoria.
Money well spent.
Now parents are obviously upset with the prospect of their local neighbourhood schools potentially closing. And NDP MLAs like Adrian Dix are working with the parents in his riding to ensure that their voices are heard.
Fair enough.
But why not direct their anger against the ones that pushed school closures in the first place?
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“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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