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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.
No you didn't
you posted an article about a woman getting hit by a car because she was riding too far to the right (leaving space for traffic) nothing in your post or the article was about having a dedicated bike lane 1 block away
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Originally Posted by taylor192
A woman cyclist was killed in Ottawa 3 weeks ago cause she was doing cars a favour and riding on the edge of a lane, until some asshat opened their door, forcing her into traffic and a vehicle that didn't leave enough room ran her over. For safety reasons she could've and should've decided to occupy more of the lane beyond the reach of car doors, yet she like many cyclists was being nice to drivers, and she paid with her life for that convenience.
So I get why you're upset, yet just chill. Waiting 30-60 secs for the light to change isn't going to kill you, yet impatient drivers might kill the cyclist.
i could swear you just bitch for the sake of bitching on here...
as for your first comment voting based on the reasoning of what a mayor has done for particular segments of the population (your segment it would seem since you attest to being a cyclist) isn't idiotic at all.... it's actually the proper way to decide if a candidate will be beneficial to you or the communities needs.. "what will he do for the city..."
and then you're bitching about how bike lanes won't work because there's not enough of them.... lol wtf? are you for it or against it? if you're against it your reasoning shouldnt be "there isn't enough of them to be useful", vote him in so he can give you more bike lanes then...
i don't live in vancouver anyway so i didn't vote Gregor in, but i'm glad he got his post once again
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..
I was thinking the same thing at the polling station. You had to have read the question very carefully in order to understand the question.
Well, I'm not surprised that Gregor and his cronies won again. I was hoping for more accountability and openness with at least any different party. Blasting public funds for his personal interests without public consultation is absurd.
I love the "public safety" question. $13 million to fire halls and police upgrades. $35 million to "civic offices". Um... how are civic offices PUBLIC SAFETY?!?!?!?!!?!
or the $65 million for "transit and infrastructure" where 60% of it goes to bridges and streets... something like 15% of it to "greenways" so... more fucking "traffic calming devices" aka roundabouts with dying shrubs in them. Fucking retarded voters.
The $68 million for parks, libraries, community centres and recreational facilities with $40m allocated to that portion of it, I'm less against. Some of the pools and ice rinks are in definite need of upgrades and repair. And I do actually use them.
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you posted an article about a woman getting hit by a car because she was riding too far to the right (leaving space for traffic) nothing in your post or the article was about having a dedicated bike lane 1 block away
Why are you bitching and whining without reading more on her death? Oh ya...
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Originally Posted by StylinRed
i could swear you just bitch for the sake of bitching on here...
Cause you are just hear to bitch and moan without doing any homework. Glad you can find my post,, did you care to research any further before making your completely incorrect criticism? No. Thus I stand correct.
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Originally Posted by StylinRed
as for your first comment
You obviously are too dense to understand my first comment. I asked you to not vote if you don't do your homework. Bike lanes don't work, when you try to provide an example of them working you fail miserably - cause as I pointed out, a bike lane 1 block away did not save her life.
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Originally Posted by StylinRed
and then you're bitching about how bike lanes won't work because there's not enough of them.... lol wtf? are you for it or against it? if you're against it your reasoning shouldnt be "there isn't enough of them to be useful", vote him in so he can give you more bike lanes then...
What part of this did you not understand? Please let me know so I can be more clear.
I love the "public safety" question. $13 million to fire halls and police upgrades. $35 million to "civic offices". Um... how are civic offices PUBLIC SAFETY?!?!?!?!!?!
or the $65 million for "transit and infrastructure" where 1/4 of it goes to bridges and streets... something like 1/2 of it to "greenways" so... more fucking "traffic calming devices" aka roundabouts with dying shrubs in them. Fucking retarded voters.
Great point on the offices!
I don't understand why the city has to borrow for infrastructure. They should be getting gas tax transfers and using that for infrastructure.
I posted this recently: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=49.244987,-123.162886&spn=0.00155,0.004128&sll=49.245985,-123.161041&sspn=0.006198,0.016512&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=19
Go by this intersection and see the improvements the city paid to make. They widened the sidewalks, narrowed the street, made a corner harder to navigate, put a divider in the street, ... all to make crossing the street safer cause there's a school nearby. Makes sense, until you realize only a handful of students actually cross here. I drive past this everyday, so I got to see how many city workers were wasted on this for 3 months this summer!
If this is what they are borrowing for, its a complete waste.
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.
I don't even live in Vancouver proper anymore, but I followed the blogs, etc. before the election. Vision Vancouver definitely has a track record of doing things behind closed doors, but you know what's more pathetic? The NPA, the party of the rich and established, which finished a distant second. They screwed themselves by running a cranky old lady who had nothing positive to offer. You'd think that with all the commotion caused by the bike lane fiasco that the anti-cyclists, anti-environmentalists would have been out to vote in droves.
Like Cope-lite did four years ago, the NPA should dismantle and rebrand itself under a new name and get some brighter and more articulate candidates who will actually stand for something.
I don't even live in Vancouver proper anymore, but I followed the blogs, etc. before the election. Vision Vancouver definitely has a track record of doing things behind closed doors, but you know what's more pathetic? The NPA, the party of the rich and established, which finished a distant second. They screwed themselves by running a cranky old lady who had nothing positive to offer. You'd think that with all the commotion caused by the bike lane fiasco that the anti-cyclists, anti-environmentalists would have been out to vote in droves.
Like Cope-lite did four years ago, the NPA should dismantle and rebrand itself under a new name and get some brighter and more articulate candidates who will actually stand for something.
Yes!
Having Suzanne Anton as the face for the NPA was a mistake. They needed a newer, fresher, and younger edge. Or simply put, a prettier face. Nobody wants an old cranky maid to run their city.
i could swear you just bitch for the sake of bitching on here...
At first you think Taylor is some sort of narcissistic Troll, but then you just realize that he's just some poster that's way too damn opinionated on political views, posts in every damn political/election related thread and is too stubborn to hear any other views.
Guy is way too abrasive, tries desperately to push his views onto others, and anyone who doesn't agree with him or his views, resorts to calling them idiots and such.
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Originally Posted by taylor192
LOL love it!
I notice this in some of his replies. WTF is up with this "LoL Love it!" shiet?
Anyone that makes a political joke he agrees with and it's "I love it!" , this is the kinda reaction girls get when they see an engagement ring or a puppy for a present.
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Originally Posted by taylor192
Why are you bitching and whining without reading more on her death? Oh ya...
what???
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Cause you are just hear to bitch and moan without doing any homework. Glad you can find my post,, did you care to research any further before making your completely incorrect criticism? No. Thus I stand correct.
yeah... i read the article and all other posts in that thread and you've never mentioned anything regarding bike lanes being 1 block away in that thread etc etc... you were just bitching @ ppl fed up with cyclists
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You obviously are too dense to understand my first comment. I asked you to not vote if you don't do your homework. Bike lanes don't work, when you try to provide an example of them working you fail miserably - cause as I pointed out, a bike lane 1 block away did not save her life.
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What part of this did you not understand? Please let me know so I can be more clear.
i dont understand the part where you begin to type.... because you're constantly changing what you're saying ever so slightly to try and make it seem like you're not wrong when you clearly were....
just face it you're an idiot who comes on to bitch about anything and everything even when it contradicts what you were bitching about on a prior day and you'll bitch about things you support* as long as its coming from a person you dont like (robertson)
*no one really knows what you support since you're bitching about everything....
solution: get laid (might be hard though since you'll probably bitch her/him out before you go at it)
Susan Anton did a superb job of getting Gregor elected, and I think she should be very proud of he...oh, she was ona different party. Riiiight.
She never connected with voters. My test for people is, even if what you are saying doesn't make sense to me, does it make sense to others. She failed.
The only thing that she ever said where I sat there and actually agreed with her is in an article, she was talking about how being mayor is not as glamorous as 'some'-gregor make it out to be. She said quite clearly that she viewed homeslessness as a provincial problem. Their jurisdiction. The city's main goal, is development permits and infrastructure.
I don't think the city of Vancouver should be signing agreements to back the money for the Olympic village and all this other grandstanding, build a legacy bullshit.
Now, sadly that doesn't resonate with people that want solutions, see nothing coming from Victoria or Ottawa and have their candidate saying, "fuck that! not my bag, baby"
Gregor had this one in the bag before it started.
In New West, the incumbant mayor doubled his competitor. Doubled. I think in Civic politics, the only real time you get a change in Mayor is when the old one retires.
I want to thank all you people that bitch and complain on voting day about the issues with each party and why they didn't vote for others. Thank you for coming a day late and a buck short.
At first you think Taylor is some sort of narcissistic Troll, but then you just realize that he's just some poster that's way too damn opinionated on political views, posts in every damn political/election related thread and is too stubborn to hear any other views.
Guy is way too abrasive, tries desperately to push his views onto others, and anyone who doesn't agree with him or his views, resorts to calling them idiots and such.
and one day you'll realize the people I call idiots are those who don't research their opinion before opening their stupid mouth - yet first you have to join me in being someone who researches his opinion first. Until then you'll hold this opinion of me, cause that's the only side you see.
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Originally Posted by azndude69
I notice this in some of his replies. WTF is up with this "LoL Love it!" shiet?
Anyone that makes a political joke he agrees with and it's "I love it!" , this is the kinda reaction girls get when they see an engagement ring or a puppy for a present.
Would you prefer I use all the internet meme faces instead?
Exactly, you don't get it and never will. Please spoil your uneducated vote next time.
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Originally Posted by StylinRed
i dont understand the part where you begin to type.... because you're constantly changing what you're saying ever so slightly to try and make it seem like you're not wrong when you clearly were....
Facts are not wrong. Just cause you don't understand them doesn't make them wrong.
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Originally Posted by StylinRed
just face it you're an idiot who comes on to bitch about anything and everything even when it contradicts what you were bitching about on a prior day and you'll bitch about things you support* as long as its coming from a person you dont like (robertson)
and now the personal insults cause you don't understand what you're talking about.
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*no one really knows what you support since you're bitching about everything....
Stupid people don't understand, and I don't expect them to that'd why I talk down to them like they are idiots... cause well, they are.
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solution: get laid (might be hard though since you'll probably bitch her/him out before you go at it)
LOL I've mentioned enough times my GF teaches sex ed. Yet you'd know that if you really followed my posts, right?
The solution is to kill off all the stupid people in the world, yet the government won't allow me to do that, so instead I just make fun of them.
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Originally Posted by taylor192
Exactly, you don't get it and never will. Please spoil your uneducated vote next time.
you don't even know what you were talking about thats just the thing... or else you'd explain like you enjoy doing but you cant...
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Facts are not wrong. Just cause you don't understand them doesn't make them wrong.
you're still missing the point.... you're constantly changing and adding to things like a liar that was caught but wont admit to lying so he keeps on piling bullshit hoping that it'll eventually all make sense....
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and now the personal insults cause you don't understand what you're talking about.
....so i guess that means you didn't understand anything from the very start?
since these were your very first words...
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You're an idiot
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LOL I've mentioned enough times my GF teaches sex ed. Yet you'd know that if you really followed my posts, right?
having sex and having a "GF" are two different things and no i don't follow your posts... i simply remembered your post in a thread i was following...
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The solution is to kill off all the stupid people in the world, yet the government won't allow me to do that, so instead I just make fun of them.
maybe you should start off with yourself? since you still have no clue what your babbling about if there were no usernames attached to each post you'd probably be bitching @ yourself and not even realize it... that's just how bad a state of bewilderment that you're in
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