Even though I've been following the Vancouver election quite closely I was unaware of this dimension. An interesting read from a local paper that gets too little credit for publishing important news."Behind the...
highlighted by mtippett | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 254 views | 0 comments
This just in: Robertson is the apparent winner. Louie failed to get Robertson below 50% of the vote."About 5,000 people have now voted, as of 3 p.m. down here at the Vision Vancouver vote/party/music...
highlighted by mtippett | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 431 views | 2 comments
The rumors are flying about who's supporting who in the upcoming Vision nomination. The winner of the party's race will have a decent shot in the city election in the fall. The way the race is shaping up...
highlighted by mtippett | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 169 views | 2 comments
Vancouver's mayoral race is already breaking the records. It seems that Vancouverites are looking for change too. In some ways the local race mirror's the US Presidential race with new entrants like...
highlighted by mtippett | 20 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 388 views | 0 comments
The Vancouver mayoral election is turning into an expensive affair."Vancouver city councillor Raymond Louie has been attracting attention even among those who don't read Chinese with his full-page ages in all the...
highlighted by mtippett | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago 221 views | 0 comments
Here is a great backgrounder on the 3 Vision party candidates shooting to become Vancouver's next mayor."Voters won't go to the polls until November, but the contest to become the mayoral candidate for Vancouver's...
highlighted by mtippett | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago 379 views | 0 comments
This race is shaping up to be a doozy!""This is a completely different race from anything we've seen before in Vancouver," said Kennedy Stewart, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University. "What's happening...
highlighted by mtippett | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago 309 views | 0 comments
"Vancouver -- Veteran park board commissioner Allan De Genova is the latest politician to hop on the "change bandwagon" set off by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. "Allan De Genova is about to make a change...
highlighted by mtippett | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 355 views | 0 comments
by Linda Solomon for The Vancouver Observer Dahlia braces herself for a job she dreads. In the alley behind her newly purchased Cambie home, she drops the kitchen garbage into big green bags. Then she lifts the big bag into the back of her...