January 6, 2011 - 12:19 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Laments about New Year's Eve celebrations were bound to be negative regardless of what direction the City of Vancouver decided to move towards.
Happy New Year to everyone. The site experienced some technical difficulties to start the year, but is now back and functional, with a site redesign in the works.
This story referred to in this letter made the rounds on several newscasts, blogs and publications around the city to end the year. “Vancouver is a no-fun city…Vancouver isn’t world class…Vancouver is not capitalizing on the party spirit left over from the Olympics…City Hall has shown no leadership in getting people excited”…and on it went.
The fact of the matter is that it really didn’t matter what the City of Vancouver decided to do on New Year’s Eve…because it was inevitable that criticism would follow.
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December 15, 2010 - 12:34 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
The dynamic duo is at it again, and this time, they are using gender politics as their latest form of attack.
This story went up in this morning’s Vancouver Courier, with the spin being that Aaron Jasper was undemocratic, and that a female should be in the chair.
But like usual, the Ian Robertson/Stuart Mackinnon alliance has become more concerned with cheap politics than substance.
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December 13, 2010 - 12:41 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
December 9, 2010 - 5:34 pm |
Posted by Jonathan Ross
Tim Louis has his facts wrong on the accomplishments made by the current City Council on social housing.
Yesterday, former COPE Councillor Tim Louis wrote an op-ed on City Caucus claiming that the Vision Vancouver led Council has been responsible for no new social housing.
But here are the real facts that Tim failed to mention:
Under the NPA, the city signed a 2007 Memorandum of Understanding with the Province to open 14 sites of social housing.
At the time it was hailed as a landmark agreement, and on paper, it absolutely was. It was very positive.
Except for one thing…there was absolutely no money attached to the commitment.
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