[CivicBlues]

So you may or may not have heard of the plan to close the Burrard Bridge for a Yoga class.

Only in Vancouver? Burrard Bridge to close for mass yoga class - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/only-in-vancouver-burrard-bridge-to-close-for-mass-yoga-class-1.3102831)

Well people are rightly P-O'd and have even started a protest seeing as how it falls under National Aboriginal Day as well as Father's Day)
https://www.straight.com/blogra/469016/national-aboriginal-day-gathering-counter-disrespectful-burrard-bridge-yoga-closure

And now this. The mastermind behind it all is trolling British Columbians now. FailFish
Christy Clark tweet calls out 'yoga haters' over Burrard Bridge backlash - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/christy-clark-tweet-calls-out-yoga-haters-over-burrard-bridge-backlash-1.3109668)

So, why don't we throw our hat into the ring...how about a RS car meet on the 21st as well?

[320icar]

ugh. this situation is just bunk. yes its a sunday, yes its 4am to 11am. yes theres no rush our traffic. but there is absolutely ZERO REASON why it couldn't be done at a huge field in stanley park, or fuck, even right under the burrard street bridge where they do bard on the beach.

sometimes man. i just dont get it.

http://i.imgur.com/92Q62wf.jpg

[Eff-1]

I hate the fact $150k of tax dollars is going to this. MSP premiums keep going up, translink is crying for more money, VSB is talking about closing schools, oh but wait here's $150k for yoga on the bridge. Priorities are all screwed up.

If they want to do it, 100% of the cost should be taken on by Lululemon or other sponsors. That's how the private sector works.

[chouchou]

Lol where's the public vote on this??

[GLOW]

Lol where's the public vote on this??

it would cost $4 million for a vote on spending the $150k, and at the end they won't be able to count up the votes due to unknown reasons.

:troll: :troll: :troll:
not srs

[Tone Loc]

ugh. this situation is just bunk. yes its a sunday, yes its 4am to 11am. yes theres no rush our traffic. but there is absolutely ZERO REASON why it couldn't be done at a huge field in stanley park, or fuck, even right under the burrard street bridge where they do bard on the beach.

sometimes man. i just dont get it.

http://i.imgur.com/92Q62wf.jpg

No kidding, eh? Who would want to practise yoga on a stretch of hot, uncomfortable pavement. When Vancouver has so many beautiful parks with large stretches of green space that is perfect for that kind of thing.

[Traum]

If anyone is interested, here is Crusty's thread about the yoga party on her Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/ChristyClarkForBC/photos/a.487195720941.272811.22819070941/10153993897075942/?type=1

The comments are fantastic.

[pastarocket]

Christy Crunch is awful when it comes to trying to create a positive public image to British Columbians.

Who is Her PR guy? Bieber's agent??

Her stupid tweet, which she thinks is self-deprecating humor, just gives me another reason not to vote for the Corporate Liberals.

Corporate Crusty, why did you schedule this huge yoga orgy on Father's Day??

Yeah, yeah, the bridge is closed from 4am to 11am on June 21st. However, I'm sure that there are some fathers and sons/daughters in the Lower Mainland who could use the Burrard Bridge for travelling while they spend some quality time together.

Dumbass Christy puts her foot in her mouth AND types up stupid tweets. FailFish

I hope that there is pouring rain on the Burrard street bridge (only from 4am to 11am) to rain on that Yoga parade. :lawl:

[punkwax]

Drone video footage pls. :ilied:

[pastarocket]

Drone video footage pls. :ilied:

Lululemon should do some product promotion by giving out free yoga stretch pants to hot girls for the yoga. :lawl:

Then drones can take some video footage of some eye candy. :smug:

[Tone Loc]

Lululemon should do some product promotion by giving out free yoga stretch pants to hot girls for the yoga. :lawl:

Then drones can take some video footage of some eye candy. :smug:

As long as they only hand out pants up to size L, that's cool with me

[dragondragon99]

lol i saw christy clark in person when i was in court

[vitaminG]

dont forget the "sponsors" are two big liberal party contributors, lululemon and altagas. theyre contributing a fraction of the cost the rest of which is borne by taxpayers.

so were basically subsidizing an ad for lululemon and altagas. while also inconveniencing ourselves in the process. big article about it in the province, makes my blood boil

[adambomb]

All this hate for Christy Clark and deep down inside, she doesn't give a fuck about the haters. She's having a yoga day and if you object, you can kindly go fuck yourself. :cool:

In BC you can make all the campaign promises in the world (LNG, education etc.) but it takes forever for any process to be completed. BC has so many whiners and we give each of them a microphone. With the expected resistance from First Nations, the LNG was a great promise and a great way to throw around big numbers for tax revenue but it will never see any fruit in her term. Same with education reform and its expected appeals. Delay, delay, delay... The foundation has been laid, but it will be up to the next gov't to deal with the garbage. BabyRage

By then, she'll be finish out her term as a Premier, retire nice and early in her life while collecting a fat pension. All this from a former radio host. :notbad:

[CharlesInCharge]

To the outdoor soccer fields of B.C. Place for a counter yoga meet and with solidarity to the first nations gatherings. We should crowd fund a cook out of nutritious lamb bones soup for the DTES needy.

[Soundy]

Well people are rightly P-O'd and have even started a protest seeing as how it falls under National Aboriginal Day as well as Father's Day)
https://www.straight.com/blogra/469016/national-aboriginal-day-gathering-counter-disrespectful-burrard-bridge-yoga-closure
You do all realize, International Day of Yoga was created by the UN, not the BC Liberals, right? The place may have been chosen by Crispy, but not the date.

It's also Father's Day, Car Free Day, and Summer Solstice. So, if we're going to rank who's being disrespectful to whom, the general pecking order should be Yogis < Pedestrians < Aboriginals < Fathers < The Fucking Solar System. I think solstice has this one by a few billion years, and the ONLY ones getting pissed off or feeling disrespected in all this should be the Druids and Wiccans (and maybe astronomers).

So, why don't we throw our hat into the ring...how about a RS car meet on the 21st as well?
I'd think the various Car Free Day locations would be more fitting. Everyone's worried about them closing a single bridge for a few hours while most people are still sleeping in, meanwhile 15 blocks of Commercial Drive and 21 blocks of Main Street are being shut down the whole fucking day and well into the evening.

Edit: No, I'm not pro-Libs or pro-Crispy... I'm anti-stupid, and this subject is just brimming with it. Most frightening thing of all though, is that CharlesInCharge has probably the most intelligent post in this thread so far (well, except this one, of course).

Further edit: the real irony of it all, is people getting so worked up over a practice that's supposed to be calming... :fulloffuck:

[StylinRed]

It's also Father's Day...but all the reports i've seen on the issue on the news made no mention of that


Christy is going to be BCs leader for awhile, thanks to all the ignorant voters out there, so to launch the attack campaign now is a bit slow/late i'd rather just ignore it all as it just gets me PO'd ;)

[flagella]

And then we also have some hipster yogis (what a gay fucking word) who won't participate because one of the sponsors is Altagas. Just what the fuck is Christy Cunt doing?

[carisear]

lol, so I hate that they are closing down the bridge, but meh, whatever. The city is the one that agreed to it, as the bridge belongs to them. But of course now that there is backlash, of course they say they don't support it ...

BUT, I think this troll post is hilarious. I agree with Soundy -- the car free days on major thoroughfares throughout the entire day are much worse.

Face it, Vancouver is just plain old fucked. Everyone in it thinks they are the centre of the universe, and that their shit matters more than everyone elses.

Yes, i'm a Vancouverite, and I don't care what any of you think because I know i'm right.

[EmperorIS]

lol vancouver can't do anything fun without getting an earful from uptight assholes

world class city gtfo

[Hondaracer]

Yea, same people bitching about no fun city get their panties in a bunch over an event that won't effect them

Who gives a shit about 150k, mike Duffy was blowing that on breakfasts every month on our dollar.

[FerrariEnzo]

Lululemon should do some product promotion by giving out free yoga stretch pants to hot girls for the yoga. :lawl:

Isnt Chip Wilson already in hot water for previous discrimination for non-hot girls :lawl:.. i doubt he would do touch that water again...

[Louhasnocash]

If I was given a dollar every time I talk shit about Christy Clark, I would have enough to buy a house in Vancouver

[FerrariEnzo]

If I was given a dollar every time I talk shit about Christy Clark, I would have enough to buy a house in Vancouver
not even.. with all these mainlander coming in to buy up everything.. lmao.. by the time you saved up enough, prices will sky rocket again...

[Manic!]

Yea, same people bitching about no fun city get their panties in a bunch over an event that won't effect them

Who gives a shit about 150k, mike Duffy was blowing that on breakfasts every month on our dollar.

It's not the event it's the location and the cost of hosting it at said location that's the problem. If the city of Vancouver wants to spend 150K to close down a bridge that's there problem but when it's provincial tax dollars that's when people start having problems.

[jackmeister]

everyone's so worked up for a full bridge closure for 4am to 11am on a SUNDAY...while the same people takes it up the ass that there's 1 bike lane (soon to be 2) which takes up 16.66% (soon to be 33.33%) of the bridge EVERYDAY.

this is more justified than spending 600k on for public art at skytrain stations, although i do think the event organizers should pick up the tab

[MR_BIGGS]

There is a lot of arrogance in the Premier and you can tell in how she communicates and what she says.

I'm not a fan of hers. In my opinion, she lacks leadership qualities and doesn't exude intelligence. That said, the NDP should be taking their time to recruit young, intelligent people and should change their policy positions but they won't so they are fucked. The Alberta NDP have a likeable leader and people were fed up with status quo. I don't see the same thing happening here.

[Manic!]

So I here LULU Lemon paid $10000 for there sponsorship. That seems like a steal. RS should sponsor it. I would put in some in. Om on the Bridge sponsored by Revscene.net .

[Soundy]

So I here LULU Lemon paid $10000 for there sponsorship. That seems like a steal. RS should sponsor it. I would put in some in. Om on the Bridge sponsored by Revscene.net .

I'll kick in ten bucks for that!

[Eff-1]

Sure, it's Sunday morning when the traffic is light. Yes $150k for a government is peanuts. But it's the principal.

$150k might hire a couple new nurses for a year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

$150k would be miraculous for a government funded residential health care home (like where my mother works) who gets their budget cut every year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

$150k might add a new lawyer for legal aid for a year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

I'm oversimplifying how government budgets work. But 99% of the time the government says it has no money for things people need. And every year user fees and taxes go up. If that's the case, don't spend what you have on dumb things you don't need.

It's like if you setup a go fund me page because you tell people have no money, and then buy a dash cam.

[godwin]

Well looks like it just got interesting:

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/06/aboriginal-protests-planned-international-day-yoga/


Aboriginal protests planned for International Day of Yoga on Burrard Bridge
By Lauren Sundstrom

Premier Christy Clark received a lot of flack for her plan to close the Burrard Street Bridge on International Yoga Day on June 21, and now a group is planning to protest the event.

International Yoga Day, an event created by the U.N., happens to fall on the same day as National Aboriginal Day. Some people feel the Premier is ignoring Aboriginal people by holding a large $150,000 yoga event while having no scheduled events for Aboriginal Day on the same scale.

A Facebook page titled “Decolonize Burrard Bridge on National Aboriginal Day,” which has 2,000 likes at the time of publication, plans to disrupt the “Om The Bridge” event.

“When we heard about the embarrassing, expensive, and deeply out of touch yogathon ‘Om the Bridge’ that was set to take place on National Aboriginal Day, we created ‘Decolonize Burrard Bridge on National Aboriginal Day’,” the creators of the event told to Vancity Buzz in a statement.

“We encourage the people of Vancouver go to the Burrard Street Bridge on June 21 and use all the event infrastructure paid for with tax money for what it should have been earmarked for in the first place: National Aboriginal Day.”

[Spoon]

Sure, it's Sunday morning when the traffic is light. Yes $150k for a government is peanuts. But it's the principal.

$150k might hire a couple new nurses for a year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

$150k would be miraculous for a government funded residential health care home (like where my mother works) who gets their budget cut every year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

$150k might add a new lawyer for legal aid for a year. Oh no wait there's no money for that.

I'm not for or against this whole thing. But none of your ideas spur any type of economic activity. By that I mean, the event can perhaps cause people to buy more yoga gears, enroll in classes etc. All these can generate taxes and create job opportunities. Not saying your idea is bad. But once that money gets spent, it's gone.

[Eff-1]

yeah but you could have a big yoga event in a park, like brockton oval and it wouldn't cost $150k. or at least get private sponsors to foot the bill if you're going to close the bridge. the whole thing is going to be an amazing advertisement for lululemon at the end of the day, for only a $10k sponsorship. talk about a good deal.

[Spoon]

This is the type of publicity we need to keep telling people we're a world class city. :whistle:

[twitchyzero]

may be someone can explain how the operating cost of an old bridge on a sunday morning can amass to $150K? Does that mean the city just loses millions every time they host a marathon downtown? Yeah they have bigger sponsors but that can't be cheap if closing one bridge for a few hours only is 150k

[Manic!]

may be someone can explain how the operating cost of an old bridge on a sunday morning can amass to $150K? Does that mean the city just loses millions every time they host a marathon downtown? Yeah they have bigger sponsors but that can't be cheap if closing one bridge for a few hours only is 150k

Security, advertising, rerouting traffic, sound system, coordinators, it all adds up. Just imagine how many police are going to be there.

Why not give 15 cities 10 K each to so they can host there own Yoga events. That would have been a way better option.

[kkttsang]

may be someone can explain how the operating cost of an old bridge on a sunday morning can amass to $150K? Does that mean the city just loses millions every time they host a marathon downtown? Yeah they have bigger sponsors but that can't be cheap if closing one bridge for a few hours only is 150k

Most marathons are solely paid by the sponsor and organisers that's why entry fees are so expensive for them.

[dat_steve]

a bridge full of yuppy girls in yoga tights you say? :accepted:

[Eff-1]

Premier said she won't go. And lululemon cancelled.

Lululemon pulling out of #OmTheBridge event on International Day of Yoga | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly (http://www.straight.com/blogra/470591/lululemon-pulling-out-omthebridge-event-international-day-yoga)

[multicartual]

Only in Vancouver can a public yoga event turn into a giant hate fest complete with threats from other groups who can't even clean up the trash at Hastings and Main, yet will mobilize to protest a positive outdoor event

Surrounded by retards

[Dragon-88]

Further edit: the real irony of it all, is people getting so worked up over a practice that's supposed to be calming... :fulloffuck:





Surrounded by retards


:werd:

In before full cancellation of event.


There isn't even an aboriginal event scheduled in Vancouver that day. Why all the aboriginal fuss?

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100013322/1100100013323

[EmperorIS]

CANCELLED

[carisear]

I should've been a spin doctor. could've shifted all blame completely.

"Teaming up with Car Free Day in Vancouver, we are honouring Int'l Yoga Day by hosting a giant bridge party with you and 5000 of your closest friends!'

[Spoon]

It's social media. People will always make a fuss about anything even if it doesn't concern them. It's too bad these spineless suits don't get it and backs down to these "communities" though.

[BoostedBB6]

'Om the Bridge' cancelled as sponsors and Christy Clark pull out - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/om-the-bridge-cancelled-as-sponsors-and-christy-clark-pull-out-1.3111363)

[smoothie.]

rofl.

GG.

meanwhile, all sponsors got free publicity, and liberals cheer for Clark's attempt.

[Manic!]

rofl.

GG.

meanwhile, all sponsors got free publicity, and liberals cheer for Clark's attempt.

You think Liberals supported this?

[Hondaracer]

Not like anyone would have known it was aboriginal day otherwise.

[Soundy]

Listened to clips of the Grand Chief making a fool out of himself... beaking on about how THIS event being booked on THIS day, SPECIFICALLY disrespects aboriginals... Not a single fuck given for other planned yoga events, nor for Car Free Day.

Dear natives: THIS is exactly why white people are tired of your shit.

[carisear]

Dear natives: THIS is exactly why white, brown, yellow, purple, green, rainbow, etc, etc, ... people are tired of your shit.

fix'd

[Soundy]

fix'd
Nah, the rainbow people are too busy being fabulous to care.

[CivicBlues]

CANCELLED

You're welcome folks. gg.

All you Crusty/M<oonbeam/Chip Wilson apologists can suck my balls.

Oh, and moderators we should close this thread before it becomes some huge native bash fest. :rukidding:

[Manic!]

I am glad the natives where going to protest. People always complain on line but never do anything about it.

[6o4__boi]

lmfao at this whole fiasco

[CivicBlues]

...that's what you call DIRECT democracy folks!

[jlo mein]

There isn't even an aboriginal event scheduled in Vancouver that day. Why all the aboriginal fuss?


There's an Aboriginal festival happening that day at Trout Lake.

http://www.bcnationalaboriginalday.com

[jackmeister]

National Aboriginal Day - set by Federal Government
International Yoga Day - set by United Nations

The bridge closure event was approved by the City of Vancouver (with consideration of policing/traffic etc), and the Premier gets reamed for supporting it, and calling out the haters (literally). Thanks guys, we are now back to no-fun-vancouver. I hope we don't have a Sun Run or BMO Marathon ever again because I couldn't drive through downtown on a Sunday morning.

[twitchyzero]

Security, advertising, rerouting traffic, sound system, coordinators, it all adds up. Just imagine how many police are going to be there.


yeah i read $70k alone was to be dedicated to the policing
were they gonna dispatch air 1, and a full ERT squad or something? That's $10k per hour!

mind you this was before all the heat it got on media and people wanting to protest.

[CivicBlues]

National Aboriginal Day - set by Federal Government
International Yoga Day - set by United Nations

The bridge closure event was approved by the City of Vancouver (with consideration of policing/traffic etc), and the Premier gets reamed for supporting it, and calling out the haters (literally). Thanks guys, we are now back to no-fun-vancouver. I hope we don't have a Sun Run or BMO Marathon ever again because I couldn't drive through downtown on a Sunday morning.

I wish people would stop comparing this Christy Clark yoga farce (hey it' rhymes!) to the Sun Run and various marathons.

Runs have their dates set months, if not a full year in advance. This was announced 2 weeks prior and falls on not one but two other important days.

Fun Runs/Marathons also recoup the majority of their costs through entry fees and corporate sponsorships. Plus, it makes sense to RUN across a bridge. How does it make sense to put a yoga mat on a dirty asphalt while doing downward dog?

Oh and please, if this event determines whether or not Vancouver is defined as a no-fun city, then we're even more pathetic that I thought. "Fun" is not, under my definition, government sanctioned corporate publicity stunts.
FailFish

[gars]

I don't do Yoga, but I thought it would be pretty cool to be on the Burrard St Bridge watching the sun rise on summer solstice.

There are plenty of government funded events which don't include runs. Things like Canada Day Celebrations, Fireworks, etc - all get funding from different governments, while they're still sponsored by corporations. Hell, the fireworks were sponsored by a tobacco company for a long time until they made it illegal.

[Hondaracer]

Cancelling it probably ran up 100k+ in administration costs

[LiquidTurbo]

Lululemon HQ is at the base of Burrard bridge too.. hmm...

Even those who do yoga, who the hell would like to put their matt down on a fricking bridge roadway?

[underscore]

I would hazard a guess that the bridge was chosen for its height to view the sunrise, so in that respect it makes sense. But the second you factor in the cost and massive inconvenience, that idea falls flat pretty fast.

[PiuYi]

Listened to clips of the Grand Chief making a fool out of himself... beaking on about how THIS event being booked on THIS day, SPECIFICALLY disrespects aboriginals... Not a single fuck given for other planned yoga events, nor for Car Free Day.

Dear natives: THIS is exactly why white people are tired of your shit.

pretty off-topic, but i was stunned yesterday when i found out that first nations get more lenient criminal sentencing than everybody else... so laws apply less to them than the rest of us because their ancestors were abused by our ancestors :rukidding:

She was handed a suspended sentence and 16 months' probation, given credit by the judge, because of her efforts to turn her life around — and because she's of First Nations heritage.

Harris noted Vanichuk is "a first time aboriginal offender" and handed her the light sentence, citing a section of the Criminal Code that calls for "all available sanctions other than imprisonment that are reasonable in the circumstances" for aboriginal offenders, because of the historical mistreatment of First Nations people and their disproportionate representation in Canadian prisons.
Stanley Cup rioter's victim describes controversial sentencing as 'wonderful outcome' - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stanley-cup-rioter-s-victim-describes-controversial-sentencing-as-wonderful-outcome-1.3110258)

i agree something needs to be fixed if they're disproportionately incarcerated, but this is absolutely fucking ridiculous

/rant

[bcuzracecarz]

Listened to clips of the Grand Chief making a fool out of himself... beaking on about how THIS event being booked on THIS day, SPECIFICALLY disrespects aboriginals... Not a single fuck given for other planned yoga events, nor for Car Free Day.

Dear natives: THIS is exactly why white people are tired of your shit.
Oh, and moderators we should close this thread before it becomes some huge native bash fest. :rukidding:

I'm biting my tongue, worked all over Canada and been to every small community from US border to the Arctic Ocean, I'm a very open and inviting person to all sides of all the stories and see myself as very fair... But seeing what I've seen makes it very difficult to take their side

[StylinRed]

I'm biting my tongue, worked all over Canada and been to every small community from US border to the Arctic Ocean, I'm a very open and inviting person to all sides of all the stories and see myself as very fair... But seeing what I've seen makes it very difficult to take their side

just the opposite with my experience it sounds... /shrug

[Soundy]

There's an Aboriginal festival happening that day at Trout Lake.

National Aboriginal Day at Trout Lake | Sunday June 21, 2015 (http://www.bcnationalaboriginalday.com)

Yeah, that was the other thing that got me... after it was cancelled, they had the Grand Chief (or some other spokesperson) saying that the protest was off and now they would "celebrate Aboriginal day instead".

Uhhh... WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND LEAVE OTHER PEOPLE THE FUCK ALONE TO DO THEIR THING??

I would hazard a guess that the bridge was chosen for its height to view the sunrise, so in that respect it makes sense.

I don't do Yoga, but I thought it would be pretty cool to be on the Burrard St Bridge watching the sun rise on summer solstice.


Not sunrise, but... yeah, the bridge gets some pretty fantastic views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgk1pEHi_Q

Oh and please, if this event determines whether or not Vancouver is defined as a no-fun city, then we're even more pathetic that I thought. "Fun" is not, under my definition, government sanctioned corporate publicity stunts.
FailFish

If Vancouver is a no-fun city, maybe it's because Vancouverites like it that way....

[yray]

Fuck yall now I can't have HD videos of milfs in lulu sheer pants

[CharlesInCharge]

Yeah, that was the other thing that got me... after it was cancelled, they had the Grand Chief (or some other spokesperson) saying that the protest was off and now they would "celebrate Aboriginal day instead".

Uhhh... WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND LEAVE OTHER PEOPLE THE FUCK ALONE TO DO THEIR THING??

...What if a leak comes out in 5 years that Yoga day was specifically created as a part of many desperate attempts in reducing the native Canadian movements?

Is it any surprise when the majority of the 'security counsel' veto holders are also the creators and supporters of ISIS and the U.N. is basically sitting on its ass while atrocities are openly being made.across the world. Like in Yemen now, indiscriminate bombing of women and children... these numbers are surpassing the last Gaza blood bath.

Anyway sharpen your blades ghuys, Yoga on the bridge is the last thing you'll remember when youre up north, being sniped by Russians, for control of Arctic natural resources.

[Soundy]

What if a leak comes out in 5 years that Yoga day was specifically created as a part of many desperate attempts in reducing the native Canadian movements?
Yes, I'm sure the UNITED NATIONS created INTERNATIONAL Day of Yoga just to fuck with the natives in CANADA, a country that doesn't even rate for the UN Security Council. The WHOLE WORLD is celebrating Yoga just to piss off a handful of Canadians.

[CharlesInCharge]

911 and ISIS was planned 100 years in advance... if dont understand the stakes and how Canada is also an energy giant, well your just... typical Soundy then.

[Manic!]

Uhhh... WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND LEAVE OTHER PEOPLE THE FUCK ALONE TO DO THEIR THING.



Because there are spending 150K of tax payers money. If you want to spend 150K that's up to you but when you want to spend 150K of other peoples money they have a right to complain.

[Adorkami]

Because there are spending 150K of tax payers money. If you want to spend 150K that's up to you but when you want to spend 150K of other peoples money they have a right to complain.

When did they start paying taxes?

[Soundy]

When did they start paying taxes?
Point!

[Manic!]

When did they start paying taxes?

When they come to my store to buy cigarettes and lotto and other stuff.

[thegentleman]

Not like anyone would have known it was aboriginal day otherwise.

I had just noticed it on on my Outlook calender today. Haha

[carisear]

When they come to my store to buy cigarettes and lotto and other stuff.

which is why they buy them all on native land.

[Manic!]

which is why they buy them all on native land.

Not all of them do all the time.

[4444]

911 and ISIS was planned 100 years in advance... if dont understand the stakes and how Canada is also an energy giant, well your just... typical Soundy then.

Yay, CiC is back and crazy as ever!

[Soundy]

Yay, CiC is back and crazy as ever!

I think CiC needs to run all his posts by Tic Tac for translation. They'd probably make more sense.

[Phil@rise]

I think its a bs event. For all the reasons already posted but how much do you guys think it would have cost to host this on one of our beaches or parks? Prob the same or more. Cleaning up a park in downtown is no easy feat. The litter the butts the needles etc...

[Manic!]

I think its a bs event. For all the reasons already posted but how much do you guys think it would have cost to host this on one of our beaches or parks? Prob the same or more. Cleaning up a park in downtown is no easy feat. The litter the butts the needles etc...

It would cost way less. Garbage clean up already happens at parks and you would not have to pay for traffic diversion.

Yesterday a Liberal party member come to my store to ask it I wanted to sign up again for the Liberal party because my membership had lapsed. I laughed. Don't think so.

[PiuYi]

Burrard Bridge petition would turn city landmark into a pride rainbow

http://i.cbc.ca/1.3116094.1434498552!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/rainbow-bridge.jpg

A bid to colour Vancouver's Burrard Bridge into the biggest pride rainbow in the world has gathered hundreds of supporters.

"This needs to happen," wrote Suzanne Lindsay of Vancouver, in support of a huge rainbow installation on one of the city's oldest' landmarks.

A petition started by "Rainbow Warrior" on Change.org already has more than 800 people signed up to urge the City of Vancouver to "show your love and support for your city, and the LGBTQ community" in a colourful way.

"We're going to build the biggest pride rainbow ever," claims the website.

The goal is 1,000 signatures. Those who signed the petition say the change would signal how the world sees Vancouver.

"Because homophobia is one of the greatest plagues in this world. Showing acceptance and embracing differences is a step forward in our society," Israel Delage wrote.

The hope is to unveil the rainbow July 30th in the middle of Pride Week, officially making Vancouver "somewhere over the rainbow."

Burrard Bridge petition would turn city landmark into a pride rainbow - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burrard-bridge-petition-would-turn-city-landmark-into-a-pride-rainbow-1.3116079)

:facepalm: leave that fucking bridge alone....

[twitchyzero]

i've no problems with that if it doesn't adversely affect traffic or cost taxpayers.

[Traum]

Burrard Bridge petition would turn city landmark into a pride rainbow - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burrard-bridge-petition-would-turn-city-landmark-into-a-pride-rainbow-1.3116079)

:facepalm: leave that fucking bridge alone....
Gotta hand it to them for the creativity!

[Soundy]

Burrard Bridge petition would turn city landmark into a pride rainbow - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burrard-bridge-petition-would-turn-city-landmark-into-a-pride-rainbow-1.3116079)

:facepalm: leave that fucking bridge alone....
If we're to follow protocol, some questions must be asked:

How much will this cost?
Who's paying for it?
Have organizers considered proper safety measures for this work?
What closures will be required for the work to be done?
Is anyone disrespecting the natives with this?
What about gay natives?
What about gay yogis?

Hey, I know, they could build the rainbow by strapping different color yoga mats to the bridge!

[twitchyzero]

hey u leave the gay yogis out of this

[westopher]

I think its a bs event. For all the reasons already posted but how much do you guys think it would have cost to host this on one of our beaches or parks? Prob the same or more. Cleaning up a park in downtown is no easy feat. The litter the butts the needles etc...
Yeah because the smoking and heroin use would drastically increase in parks during this yoga event.
:rukidding:

[multicartual]

LGBT-anything is the most politically correct thing in the west right now

[multicartual]

http://i.imgur.com/4lHoWqy.jpg


This will happen, you watch!


Anyone seen as being only 99% behind gay rights is a political target

[Soundy]

LGBT-anything is the most politically correct thing in the west right now
Get it right, you heathen - it's LGBTQ now. At least until someone else feels those terms don't include them and they need to add another letter.

[underscore]

Yeah because the smoking and heroin use would drastically increase in parks during this yoga event.
:rukidding:

I'm assuming he means cleanup prior to the event so it's lush and beautiful for the photo ops and yoga yuppies.

[Manic!]

If they are footing the bill and they are not closing the bridge I see no problem with it.

[MindBomber]

Listened to clips of the Grand Chief making a fool out of himself... beaking on about how THIS event being booked on THIS day, SPECIFICALLY disrespects aboriginals... Not a single fuck given for other planned yoga events, nor for Car Free Day.

Dear natives: THIS is exactly why white people are tired of your shit.

99.99% of all Aboriginal people don't give a fuck about the fact that another event coincides with "Aboriginal Day," and I'd be willing to bet that that includes the Grand Chief, he's only taking the alignment of the dates as another reason to rally against it. I don't think the logic behind that is any different from the logic behind much of the myriad of other points of opposition that have been brought up, particularly those by other hyperpolitical groups that feel the need to respond in protest to absolutely every act by another political group.

[PiuYi]

Get it right, you heathen - it's LGBTQ now. At least until someone else feels those terms don't include them and they need to add another letter.

Quad-sexual?? what's Q?

[multicartual]

Quad-sexual?? what's Q?

What Does LGBTQIA mean? | Tahoe SAFE Alliance (http://tahoesafealliance.org/for-lgbqtia/what-does-lgbtqia-mean/)

Basically if you do anything else other than P in the V then you are FABULOUS and celebrated by this group

[falcon]

I'm gonna design a straight white male flag and petition to cover the Granville bridge with it. Equality, right?

Fuck this. Seriously I've had enough with gay rights being shoved in my face wherever I go. Why can't people just go live their lives quietly and just be themselves without having to force it in my face.

[jackmeister]

I wish people would stop comparing this Christy Clark yoga farce (hey it' rhymes!) to the Sun Run and various marathons.

Runs have their dates set months, if not a full year in advance. This was announced 2 weeks prior and falls on not one but two other important days.


Seriously? 2 weeks notice to close a bridge for a few hours is quite reasonable. It's not the end of the world if you can't ride a bike or drive across that bridge before 11am when you can go east 5 minutes and get on the Granville Bridge to get to downtown.

If this was a workday and closed the bridge on those hours, there's a right to be outraged.

I don't want to sound insensitive, but National Aboriginal Day is hardly considered an important day for traffic. They planned massive events in the downtown/kits area right?

I don't think the UN purposely planned June 21 so it can mess with lord ol mightly Fathers Day which is always the 3rd sunday of June and just so happens it overlapped. FailFish


Fun Runs/Marathons also recoup the majority of their costs through entry fees and corporate sponsorships. Plus, it makes sense to RUN across a bridge. How does it make sense to put a yoga mat on a dirty asphalt while doing downward dog?

I do have to agree the majority of the cost should be borne by the sponsors. Having said that, it's an event to celebrate a healthy activity, so I rather see our tax dollars spent on that than other bs that happens in Vancouver.


Oh and please, if this event determines whether or not Vancouver is defined as a no-fun city, then we're even more pathetic that I thought. "Fun" is not, under my definition, government sanctioned corporate publicity stunts.
FailFish

This event itself doesn't determine whether we have fun or not, but seeing how events get politicized so easily because of general dislike of gov't just shows how pathetic we are. We don't live in a world where everyone's needs and wants get catered to. LIVE WITH IT. Most large events are government sanctioned and corporate sponsored anyways (look at all those little logos). I guess you hate the HONDA Celebration of Light, the ROGERS Santa Clause Parade etc? Oh nevermind, they have been around for so long, it's okay to keep them going because it's a tradition.FailFish So we can't start new events? This wasn't even called LULULEMON'S Yoga Day.

If you don't like Christy Clark or the Liberals, don't vote for them. Apparently more people in this province disagree with that.

[Soundy]

What Does LGBTQIA mean? | Tahoe SAFE Alliance (http://tahoesafealliance.org/for-lgbqtia/what-does-lgbtqia-mean/)

Basically if you do anything else other than P in the V then you are FABULOUS and celebrated by this group
We're gonna run out of alphabet by the time they're done...

[twitchyzero]

I'm gonna design a straight white male flag and petition to cover the Granville bridge with it. Equality, right?

Fuck this. Seriously I've had enough with gay rights being shoved in my face wherever I go. Why can't people just go live their lives quietly and just be themselves without having to force it in my face.

you can apply the same logic to the holiday spirit around Christmas time then :derp:

they say those who are vocal against LGBT are likely closet homosexuals :gay:

[Soundy]

Why can't people just go live their lives quietly and just be themselves without having to force it in my face.

Hey, as long as an agenda is ALL they're shoving down my throat.... :ifyouknow: :troll:

[SpartanAir]

http://i.imgur.com/4lHoWqy.jpg

I'm all for gay rights and equality, support anyone's decision to live their life by their own identity, have plenty of gay and bi friends, and I live in the West End.

But for fuck's sake, this rainbow just looks terrible. I think the Burrard Bridge is one of Vancouver's coolest landmarks, and I think it's beautiful; I get to look at it outside my window every day. It's a classy, historic piece of art.

You wouldn't put a Hawaiian lei on Michaelangelo's David or paint Mardi Gras beads on the Mona Lisa. Just leave it alone, dammit.

:facepalm:

[multicartual]

they say those who are vocal against LGBT are likely closet homosexuals :gay:

Gay dads turn to 'hero' sister in surrogacy struggle - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gay-dads-turn-to-hero-sister-in-surrogacy-struggle-1.3117875)

So wrong, yet if you say anything... you're a closet gay?

[CivicBlues]

Seriously? 2 weeks notice to close a bridge for a few hours is quite reasonable. It's not the end of the world if you can't ride a bike or drive across that bridge before 11am when you can go east 5 minutes and get on the Granville Bridge to get to downtown.

If this was a workday and closed the bridge on those hours, there's a right to be outraged.

I don't want to sound insensitive, but National Aboriginal Day is hardly considered an important day for traffic. They planned massive events in the downtown/kits area right?

I don't think the UN purposely planned June 21 so it can mess with lord ol mightly Fathers Day which is always the 3rd sunday of June and just so happens it overlapped. FailFish

I live downtown. I planned to meet my dad for Father's day brunch and hit up Mccleery golf course before this farce. Sure the UN didn't care yoga day was coinciding with a Hallmark holiday, but I suppose they didn't think an idiot politician would close off a major traffic artery to celebrate it (i.e. score political brownie points).


I do have to agree the majority of the cost should be borne by the sponsors. Having said that, it's an event to celebrate a healthy activity, so I rather see our tax dollars spent on that than other bs that happens in Vancouver.


Doing yoga on a dirty oil-slicked asphalt with an incline on both sides is healthy? How about the myriad of other options for a venue in this city (parks, beaches, squares, gymnasiums, stadiums) that 99% of yoga practitioners would have no qualms about. And as a plus, won't block traffic!


This event itself doesn't determine whether we have fun or not, but seeing how events get politicized so easily because of general dislike of gov't just shows how pathetic we are. We don't live in a world where everyone's needs and wants get catered to. LIVE WITH IT. Most large events are government sanctioned and corporate sponsored anyways (look at all those little logos). I guess you hate the HONDA Celebration of Light, the ROGERS Santa Clause Parade etc? Oh nevermind, they have been around for so long, it's okay to keep them going because it's a tradition.FailFish So we can't start new events? This wasn't even called LULULEMON'S Yoga Day.

I don't really consider these events a sign of Vancouver being a "fun" city. Most large cities have fireworks, most large cities have parades. I watch them and they're nice events for what they are but really they're just a part of living in a metropolitan area. A city becomes "fun" when the inherent culture promotes creativity and spontaneity in it's cultural/artisitic/nightlife offerings. The city's old-school protestant roots show in City Hall's antiquated liquor laws/closing hours. It shows in the corporatized,gentrified, and generic options for nightlife. It shows in it's rampant NIMBYism, which is a direct result of City Hall's downtown "living first" policy which results in retirees and fussy busy bodies moving into the downtown core and then proceed to complain about noise. A stupid yoga event on a bridge on a Sunday morning doesn't mean shit to most people.


If you don't like Christy Clark or the Liberals, don't vote for them. Apparently more people in this province disagree with that.

That's funny, I don't think I was being political at all in my post. I actually voted for the Liberals in the last provincial election. I was also bewildered by the amount of hate that Christy Clark got in social media and possibly attributed it to the sexist bias we have towards female politicians. But after this stunt and her supposed "self-deprecating" tweet I now see how much of an opportunist hack she is. Unfortunately we don't have much of an alternative as to who to vote for.

Anyway the people have spoken, why are we still arguing about it? :toot:

[Tone Loc]

I'm gonna design a straight white male flag and petition to cover the Granville bridge with it. Equality, right?

Fuck this. Seriously I've had enough with gay rights being shoved in my face wherever I go. Why can't people just go live their lives quietly and just be themselves without having to force it in my face.

The whole point of "gay rights" is to publicize the fact that many LGBTQ people are unable to "just be themselves" and "live their lives quietly" because of discrimination, hate, and dealing with people's backward religious views that somehow give them a right to pass judgment on others.

This is why "Pride" exists; maybe it has gone a little overboard in the past few years, but it still has roots in an event where members of the LGBTQ community are able to actually be themselves, and be surrounded by others dealing with the same struggle, without fear of public backlash. It's also great for the straight community to show their support of LGBTQ issues (more girls for us straight guys, amirite?!).

Personally, there are a lot of things in my mind that are "worse" than being gay. I'd rather my future son brought home another man than bring home a lifted pickup....:heckno:

[Soundy]

I don't really consider these events a sign of Vancouver being a "fun" city. Most large cities have fireworks, most large cities have parades. I watch them and they're nice events for what they are but really they're just a part of living in a metropolitan area. A city becomes "fun" when the inherent culture promotes creativity and spontaneity in it's cultural/artisitic/nightlife offerings. The city's old-school protestant roots show in City Hall's antiquated liquor laws/closing hours. It shows in the corporatized,gentrified, and generic options for nightlife. It shows in it's rampant NIMBYism, which is a direct result of City Hall's downtown "living first" policy which results in retirees and fussy busy bodies moving into the downtown core and then proceed to complain about noise.
Or complaining about a bridge closing for a few hours early on a Sunday morning? Forget NIMBYism, people who could not possibly in any way be affected by the bridge closure were still bitching about it.

A stupid yoga event on a bridge on a Sunday morning doesn't mean shit to most people.
You'd never know it with how upset everyone got about it.

[CivicBlues]

Or complaining about a bridge closing for a few hours early on a Sunday morning? Forget NIMBYism, people who could not possibly in any way be affected by the bridge closure were still bitching about it.

Well I was affected by it, I bitched about it, and now it's gone. :fuckyea: There's NIMBY for stuff that will actually make the city better which is dumb. And then there's NIMBY for stupid ill-thought out shit like this.

[westopher]

I think the reason most people are really flabbergasted by it isn't the traffic issues. It's because it's just plain fucking stupid. Yoga on a road isn't a good idea. Especially if it costs money. If they wanted to make an event in a park, even though it costs taxpayer money and I'm not even slightly interested, it's something fun for people to do, which is cool. We are talking about yoga on a fucking road..... That is a garbage idea no matter how you want to spin it.

[multicartual]

I see it from an artist's point of view and it was an amazing idea, here's why:



1. It was on the Summer Solstice.

If you were plenty baked going "ommmmmm" just as the sun rose above the horizon on the one day where the sun would rise earliest and set latest, it would be a magical experience. Keep in mind the Burrard bridge is a high-elevation landmark with holes in the side of the walkway that would have illuminated the crowd.

It would have looked spectacular just at sunrise. Picture it...

Just as dawn's rays pour through the slots in the stone bridge, you look around and see nothing but strangers of all shapes, sizes and ages, bathed in the golden light; all ommmm'ing together.



2. The breeze.

The burrard bridge has a very nice breeze coming in off the water. The problem with yoga in a park is the bugs, allergies and the uneven surface. Ever tried to do yoga on a non-even surface?

I bet half the people going "WTF would you want to do yoga on a gross, oily surface for?" probably have never done yoga themselves!



3. It promotes a healthy activity.

Yoga is not just for the body, in fact, much of it is for the mind. The poses you hold force you into uncomfortable states and that discomfort in a group setting gives you a definite feeling of being part of a collective over the individuality you feel in a gym. When you're being a bro and curling 50s with your sweaty mullet thrashing about as you grunt and fart your way to bulging biceps, the struggle is an individual one and no sense of comradery is fostered. Doing yoga on a bridge at the crack of dawn on the solstice would have helped you to feel closer and more connected with Vancouver and Vancouverites.



4. Yoga is an activity for literally everyone

Toddlers to decrepit seniors, yoga can be performed by nearly anyone of any physical state. People in wheelchairs can even participate! The beauty of yoga is that it celebrates body movement, the discomfort of life, the acceptance of your own limits and fosters connections with people you otherwise would share little to nothing with.

It was also... free!



But hey... don't listen to artists, what do we know?

Listen instead to the general public that merely looks at a road and goes:

"Ugh! That's going to cost money!
"Eww! That's dirty and gross!"
"What! That's on aboriginal day, what an insult!"

http://i.imgur.com/d78B7Z9.jpg

[Manic!]

It was also... free!


"Ugh! That's going to cost money!
"

??????

[carisear]

I don't really consider these events a sign of Vancouver being a "fun" city. Most large cities have fireworks, most large cities have parades. I watch them and they're nice events for what they are but really they're just a part of living in a metropolitan area. A city becomes "fun" when the inherent culture promotes creativity and spontaneity in it's cultural/artisitic/nightlife offerings. The city's old-school protestant roots show in City Hall's antiquated liquor laws/closing hours. It shows in the corporatized,gentrified, and generic options for nightlife. It shows in it's rampant NIMBYism, which is a direct result of City Hall's downtown "living first" policy which results in retirees and fussy busy bodies moving into the downtown core and then proceed to complain about noise. A stupid yoga event on a bridge on a Sunday morning doesn't mean shit to most people.


Not sure if you realized that you just argued against your own point.

A city becomes "fun" when the inherent culture promotes creativity and spontaneity in it's cultural/artisitic/nightlife offerings.

This is exactly what this event was.

It shows in it's rampant NIMBYism, which is a direct result of City Hall's downtown "living first" policy which results in retirees and fussy busy bodies moving into the downtown core and then proceed to complain about noise.

Once again, that's exactly what happened.

By your own definition, you proved his point?

[multicartual]

??????

Free to attend.


Sure it might cost a few bucks to police and clean up, but I think it was a worthwhile event.

[CivicBlues]

Not sure if you realized that you just argued against your own point.

A city becomes "fun" when the inherent culture promotes creativity and spontaneity in it's cultural/artisitic/nightlife offerings.

This is exactly what this event was.

It shows in it's rampant NIMBYism, which is a direct result of City Hall's downtown "living first" policy which results in retirees and fussy busy bodies moving into the downtown core and then proceed to complain about noise.

Once again, that's exactly what happened.

By your own definition, you proved his point?

How is doing Yoga on a bridge a cultural or artistic offering? And before you say anything you do realize that the lululemon-clad Yoga practiced here in the West has almost nothing in common with the spiritual roots of it in India. As far as I'm concerned it falls under the same category as the Naked Bike ride and critical mass bullshit we had to deal with a few years ago.

Like I said, I'm all for NIMBY against stupid shit like this.

[Manic!]

Free to attend.


Sure it might cost a few bucks to police and clean up, but I think it was a worthwhile event.

It was going to cost 150K.

[multicartual]

It was going to cost 150K.


Yes, and?


It is like people don't mind that real estate is completely unaffordable but dear god if you try and put on an event to make this city more livable, die in a fire!

[multicartual]

How is doing Yoga on a bridge a cultural or artistic offering?


Did you even read my post?


You are the anti-christ of hipsters!


Doing yoga on the bridge and watching the sun rise while guided through poses would have been a beautiful sight to behold. What an amazing time and place it would have been out in the fresh air, surrounded by people just acknowledging that event with you in their own peaceful movements.


Being in that moment just as the run rose would have been a very wonderful experience.

[CivicBlues]

Did you even read my post?


You are the anti-christ of hipsters!

Thanks! :whistle:


Doing yoga on the bridge and watching the sun rise while guided through poses would have been a beautiful sight to behold. What an amazing time and place it would have been out in the fresh air, surrounded by people just acknowledging that event with you in their own peaceful movements.


Being in that moment just as the run rose would have been a very wonderful experience.

Sunrise is set to be at 5:07am on June 21st. The event would have started at 8am when the sun is already high and blazing.

For everything else you can have the exact same experience at Vanier park or English Bay without dealing with irate drivers with air horns or Native protestors with drums.

[Soundy]

Sunrise is set to be at 5:07am on June 21st. The event would have started at 8am when the sun is already high and blazing.

It was scheduled to start at 4am and run until 11am... :derp:

[CivicBlues]

It was scheduled to start at 4am and run until 11am... :derp:

Road closures were to begin at 4am and the attendees were to be invited starting at 8am for an 8:30am start. Did you think the traffic was just going to part ways and have drivers sing kumbaya? FailFish

[Soundy]

You put a roadblock on the approach to the bridge, it's empty two minutes later...

[CivicBlues]

You put a roadblock on the approach to the bridge, it's empty two minutes later...

If only if it were that simple, otherwise why do road closures for Celebration of Light start at 4pm for a 10:30pm show?

I really hate to link vancitybuzz as a definitive source but all the official sources are taken down already:

Burrard Bridge to shut down for massive Yoga Day Vancouver event (http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/06/burrard-bridge-yoga-day-vancouver/)

scroll down to see the start time.

[bcrdukes]

Thanks! :whistle:

:seriously:

[Soundy]

If only if it were that simple, otherwise why do road closures for Celebration of Light start at 4pm for a 10:30pm show?
Because it's dozens of square blocks of multiple different neighborhoods and you want people to be able to walk in and set up their spot early?

Seriously - and I know this is hard, but use your brain for a moment - if you stop traffic coming onto a bridge, at 4am on a Sunday, how long is it REALLY going to take for the bridge to be completely empty of cars? If you use your imagination, like Mr. Rogers taught you, you can probably visualize all 30 seconds of this happening as four or five cars exit to the surface streets at each end.
:toot:

[CivicBlues]

Because it's dozens of square blocks of multiple different neighborhoods and you want people to be able to walk in and set up their spot early?

Seriously - and I know this is hard, but use your brain for a moment - if you stop traffic coming onto a bridge, at 4am on a Sunday, how long is it REALLY going to take for the bridge to be completely empty of cars? If you use your imagination, like Mr. Rogers taught you, you can probably visualize all 30 seconds of this happening as four or five cars exit to the surface streets at each end.
:toot:

Are you in charge of traffic management at the City of Vancouver? I mean seriously do you think I was in charge of this? What the fuck do either of us know?? The official event page (when it was up) said it starts at 8:30. Sure if you went and showed up with your yoga mat at 4 am I'm sure you'd get a bunch of cops telling you to come back in 4 hours.

Why are we even still arguing about this hypothetical sunrise at a non-existent road closure occurring at a non-existent event? It's been cancelled after public outcry at it's stupidity. We won, you lost. End of story. :smug:

[Manic!]

Yes, and?


It is like people don't mind that real estate is completely unaffordable but dear god if you try and put on an event to make this city more livable, die in a fire!

The government has no money for schools or hospitals so where did they get the money for this?

[godwin]

Because of accounting and budgets? School budget belongs to VSB, hospital belongs to Coastal. Besides the event was originally sponsored. Just like if the makerspace out of money, doesn't mean you are out of money etc etc.

If cancelling an event like this can make money magically appear in the coffers of VSB and Costal Health.. Greece might want to take note.

I am sure the police and city support workers who will be working would have appreciated the overtime, especially on a weekend.

The government has no money for schools or hospitals so where did they get the money for this?

[multicartual]

For everything else you can have the exact same experience at Vanier park or English Bay without dealing with irate drivers with air horns or Native protestors with drums.


Irate drivers on a Sunday morning?


If you're irate on a Sunday morning before 11 AM you have bigger problems in life than people doing yoga on a bridge.


Those protesters can get fucked. If those pricks can protest a healthy event yet not self-organize to clean up litter on the downtown east east side they're proving that trolls exist in real life and they just want to shit on anything good while never doing anything positive themselves.

[jackmeister]

Well I was affected by it, I bitched about it, and now it's gone. :fuckyea: There's NIMBY for stuff that will actually make the city better which is dumb. And then there's NIMBY for stupid ill-thought out shit like this.

shit like this is what makes this city better. you want a nice and quiet city with no community events? live on an isolated island or something. Vancouver's a city with its own character, shit like this builds character. Most of all, you live in downtown? you have no problems with marathons and parades closing the streets for half the day, but a problem with a bridge closure when most people in/out of downtown at 4am on a Sunday are shitfaced in a cab?

Didn't know driving across Granville Bridge instead of Burrard would throw off your entire Fathers Day. FailFishFailFish

[Manic!]

Because of accounting and budgets? School budget belongs to VSB, hospital belongs to Coastal. Besides the event was originally sponsored. Just like if the makerspace out of money, doesn't mean you are out of money etc etc.

If cancelling an event like this can make money magically appear in the coffers of VSB and Costal Health.. Greece might want to take note.

I am sure the police and city support workers who will be working would have appreciated the overtime, especially on a weekend.

You understand B.C. exists outside Vancouver right?

[godwin]

Yes but Burrard Street bridge is city property.

Hence I pointed out only Vancouver city for school and hospitals. The province distributes money to the relevant geographic authorities.

Again the money has been budgeted for fiscal years, if there are projected short fall, it might happen. I can't see how cancelling or putting on an event will affect budgeted items (unless they are really incompetent). As I say, if you can make money appear and disappear due to putting or cancelling events and affected a published budget, I am pretty sure there is a Nobel prize for Economics waiting for you.

You understand B.C. exists outside Vancouver right?

[multicartual]

I am so angry right now I can feel my pulse through my skinny jeans

[westopher]

The government has no money for schools or hospitals so where did they get the money for this?

LNG

[multicartual]

I kind of wish I could have Ommmm'ed the bridge :(

[bcrdukes]

Meet you on the west side of Burrard Bridge @ 6:45am tomorrow. Milano Coffee after.

CivicBlues - Please come! :hotbaby:

[adambomb]

Am I allowed to join? I just bought a new fedora and a sweet pair of Vans. :hat:

[CivicBlues]

shit like this is what makes this city better. you want a nice and quiet city with no community events? live on an isolated island or something. Vancouver's a city with its own character, shit like this builds character. Most of all, you live in downtown? you have no problems with marathons and parades closing the streets for half the day, but a problem with a bridge closure when most people in/out of downtown at 4am on a Sunday are shitfaced in a cab?

Didn't know driving across Granville Bridge instead of Burrard would throw off your entire Fathers Day. FailFishFailFish

LOL at all you butthurt sore losers.

Go cry into your into your organic soy lattes, no one else cares.

FYI I have no problem with marathons and parades (even if they are corporate sponsored) because they're not half-assed attempts to curry favor (excuse the pun) with a foreign power and corporate interests.

[carisear]

Lol, I was actually opposed to this event as well, however at least I can see that it would serve ALOT of people. anytime you can get a free family-friendly event that is pretty unique, for only $150k, I can see the merit in it. And that $150k pretty much goes directly to people's wages in Vancouver.

btw, hosting it at a park, or other venue would cost just as much. you still need to hire the same amount of people -- flag people to direct traffic, clean-up crew, people to place banners, port-o-potties, police enforcement, etc. Not like those costs magically disappear. I do believe that corporate sponsorship should cover it 100% if possible though.

[multicartual]

Go cry into your into your organic soy lattes, no one else cares.


2015 hipsters drink quintuple shot americanos with only a small amount of milk


2016 may see a return of drip coffee with flavoured creams

[multicartual]

Lol, I was actually opposed to this event as well, however at least I can see that it would serve ALOT of people.


Like I said... I bet it would have been awesome!

[CivicBlues]

2015 hipsters drink quintuple shot americanos with only a small amount of milk


2016 may see a return of drip coffee with flavoured creams


Q: Why did the hipster burn his mouth?

A: Because he drank quintuple shot fair-trade americanos with organic vegan soy milk before it was cool.

[multicartual]

I bet if CivicBlues touched a fixie bicycle his skin would burn and he would hiss

[multicartual]

p.s. True hipsters are so over soy, it was soooooooooo 2011

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p.s. True hipsters are so over soy, it was soooooooooo 2011
That's because hipsters suck the cool out of everything, chew it up, and spit it out before moving on to ruin the next trend.

BTW, your little sister wants her jeans back.

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Chill brahs! So much negativity is killing the chi. Wooo saaaa... Kreygasm

Let's all relax and debate this like gents over a basket of yam fries and micro-brewed pale ales. :gayfight:

And for 2015, its organic cane sugar with your americano. I know because a few of my caucasian commuter cyclists friends are thinking of opening a cafe in Chinatown with asian influence in the name to pay homage to the neighbourhood. Woo Chee Wong Cafe Haus will be up and running as soon as the cement dries around the bicycle racks. :)

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Chill brahs! So much negativity is killing the chi. Wooo saaaa... Kreygasm

Let's all relax and debate this like gents over a basket of yam fries and micro-brewed pale ales. :gayfight:

And for 2015, its organic cane sugar with your americano. I know because a few of my caucasian commuter cyclists friends are thinking of opening a cafe in Chinatown with asian influence in the name to pay homage to the neighbourhood. Woo Chee Wong Cafe Haus will be up and running as soon as the cement dries around the bicycle racks. :)
Fucking awesome :lawl:

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Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm