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I managed to find a copy online, after someone sent a takedown notice to the version on youtube. Well played Mayor, well played. I always thought parody was exempt, but whatevs.
yeah i can't say i'm a fan of gregor, but as mentioned above he does take public opinion very seriously. too seriously - to a point where he almost seems like a pushover with his policies.
Although I think his decision of putting up those stupid TVs (at Vancouver taxpayers' expense) during the Stanley Cup playoffs was absolutely retarded (While our public programs are grossly underfunded [education, renewable energy, etc.] the mayor goes out of his way and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to subsidize people to watch MORE TV? Wow. Just wow.) I am also very disappointed at his subsequent handling of the riot.
With that said, I do think his policies on reducing homelessness (this program improves all our lives-reduces crime/injustice/etc.) and his aim to improve Vancouver's livability (bike lanes, local food, greenery etc.) is to be applauded.
I don't get why the NPA doesn't fight fire with fire and put up an mayoral candidate who's just as photogenic as Gregor, but is actually able to articulate. Gregor may be a pretty face, but he's pretty bad when he's forced to stray from his talking points. I can't listen to him for more than a couple of minutes when he ventures off-script.
Anton would probably make a decent bureaucrat, but she's not cut out to be a politician. She comes across as old and cranky (I suppose she reflects the majority of NPA supporters.) Mike Klassen, the guy who used to run that CityCaucus blog, should have put his money where his mouth was and ran for mayor himself (instead he chickened out and decided to run for council.) Heck, even Rob MacDonald would have done a better job of galvanizing supporters of the status quo and the wealthy by running for mayor. (He ran an editorial in the Province a while back in which he called for the ripping up of the bike lanes.)
My summary of Vancouver politics...he's a twit and she's a twat. Pick one. It'll be cheaper to pick the twit.
I think he's more an "ideals guy" than good at actually running the city. Seems that a few instances he just kinda hopes it works out for the best. Let's hold hands.
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Dubgee is a single dad, youth mentor and musician. from East Vancouver. His working class family roots have been part of the Little Mountain and Commercial Drive area since the 1970's. After becoming a father and enrolling his son in the same neighbourhood school that he attended as a child, he joined the Parent Advisory Committee and began working with youth in after school programs. Combining his two passions of music and youth advocacy, Dubgee soon began to facilitate hip hop empowerment workshops in order to help youth vent their frustrations through music. While working with youth, Dubgee observed the conditions that affected East Vancouver schools and became increasingly frustrated with budget cuts to education and civic spending habits. He became vocal about his concerns by joining community marches, and rallies and through his Music has decided to be the change he is so vocal about.
LAWRANCE, Robin
In 2010 Mr Robin Lawrance Runing in the City of Ottawa Election for the Officer of MAYOR and I did not win at this time and I put out $500.00 and this time was not good for Mr Robin Lawrance. So I am in Election for the Office of MAYOR in the City of Vancouver BC. on November 19th, 2011 and I Mr Robin Lawrance will win this Election and be Come your new MAYOR on November 19th, 2011. At this Time I am going all the way to win and be your MAYOR in the City of Vancouver.
I think it's wrong that we have many election sign's and brochures in Chinese.
i don't see anything wrong with that. If they are appealing to Chinese people, the easiest to get their message across to them is by using their native language.
The list of candidates is a fucking joke. Spelling/grammar errors in some of their bios, no photos/casual photos of the candidates, etc.
WTF.
I hate to say this but Gregor will probably be re-elected again, NOT because he's doing a great job running the city, but because there's no real alternatives unless you want some hippie "artists" or some random dude that happened to be wearing a suit.
I'm not a fan of their closed-door politics at the financial expense of the city's residents. Not to mention, the STIR project (Short Term Incentive for Rental) to tackle homelessness and affordable housing? What a joke.
Gregor campaigned on making Vancouver the #1 greenest city, so I expect 3 years of more initiatives that make living here hell, yet give David Suzuki a hard on.
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WOOO Gregor!
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Any bets on where the next bike lane will be?
Gregor campaigned on making Vancouver the #1 greenest city, so I expect 3 years of more initiatives that make living here hell, yet give David Suzuki a hard on.
weren't you the one supporting cyclists for hogging the road? and voicing your sadness over a cyclist who died because she didnt?
weren't you the one supporting cyclists for hogging the road? and voicing your sadness over a cyclist who died because she didnt?
bike lanes would have saved her :/
You're an idiot, if you voted based on this kinda reasoning, next time please spoil your ballot.
I posted an article where a woman was killed on a street 1 block away from a street with a dedicated bike lane. Why wasn't she using the bike lane still remains a question - yet bike lanes certainly did NOT save her cause she didn't use them.
Either bike lanes don't work, or we need a bike lane on every road cause guess what... not all bike lanes are going to take you 100% of the way to your destination. Bike lanes on every road aren't feasible, thus bike lanes don't work.
I cannot believe so many people voted YES to allow the city to borrow money. I have't liVed in a city that borrowed money, nevermind asked voters if they could and voters said "sure, go ahead, we'll pay higher taxes later to cover the payments".
Just based on the results of the 3 capital plan borrowing questions, I'm convinced this city is full of morons. Unless the 2:1 ratio of people voting yes all misread the question..
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So you expected the vote to be the opposite of how most people are living in the lower mainland? On borrowed money.
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I cannot believe so many people voted YES to allow the city to borrow money. I have't lied in a city that borrowed money, nevermind asked voters if they could and voters said "sure, go ahead, we'll pay higher taxes later to cover the payments".
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no surprise here.
