Yes, I know…. but there is only so much summer and not enough time to get it all done. And considering I generally dedicate about 10 months of the year to politics, summer is a welcome reprieve. So, as this weeks column comes out later today, here are the links to the last two! LastContinue reading Summer catch-up: Last two columns for 24Hrs Vancouver.
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 things I want to write about. For now, this was Thursday’sContinue reading Last weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver City Hall: Take big money out of civic campaigns
Last weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Transparency hit new low during plebiscite
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/06/17/transparency-hit-new-low-during-plebiscite Twenty-three is the number of elected representatives in Metro Vancouver who are members of the Mayors’ Council on Transportation — 21 members are mayors, one represents Electoral area ‘A’, and another is the chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation. Collectively, they are supposed to represent the views and interests of the citizens of theContinue reading Last weeks column for 24Hrs Vancouver: Transparency hit new low during plebiscite
“Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.” ~ Oliver Goldsmith aka “The day politicians closed a bridge to do yoga.”
It was hot yesterday in the suburbs. So hot that when I first heard the Burrard street bridge was being completely closed for 7 hours on the first day of summer to do yoga.…I went and poured a glass of ice water to make sure I wasn’t suffering the first signs of heat stroke. TheContinue reading “Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.” ~ Oliver Goldsmith aka “The day politicians closed a bridge to do yoga.”
Westcoast Views with Laila Yuile 