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Politics & Life in British Columbia
Category: Civic Affairs- 24Hrs Vancouver
This weeks column for 24Hours Vancouver: BC keeps Richmond in the dark on Massey
With all the pet projects, contentious developments and questionable spending happening in cities across Metro Vancouver, it’s a rare day I find myself feeling sympathetic for local mayors and councils. However, when it comes to how the provincial and federal governments seemingly steamroll local… Continue Reading “This weeks column for 24Hours Vancouver: BC keeps Richmond in the dark on Massey”
Last weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver City Hall: Take big money out of civic campaigns
Forgive me for the lack of recent posts other than my columns; summer is here and there are many other things to do in the warm summer evening than sit and blog on a hot sweaty desk chair….I’ll post soon and there are several… Continue Reading “Last weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver City Hall: Take big money out of civic campaigns”
Last weeks City Hall column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Surrey LRT plans scary expensive!
In the iconic movie Field of Dreams, farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice whispering every time he walks through his corn field: “If you build it, he will come.” But only in the movies could a farmer plow a cash crop, build a baseball… Continue Reading “Last weeks City Hall column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Surrey LRT plans scary expensive!”
This weeks City Hall column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Regional politicians deserve more scrutiny
If you’ve ever played roulette, you might have heard the old phrase describing the popular game of chance: “Round and round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows.” It also describes how I feel when I look at the many ways local… Continue Reading “This weeks City Hall column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Regional politicians deserve more scrutiny”
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