As I hinted yesterday, Vision Vancouver councillor George Chow is going to make a “special announcement” with Gregor Robertson tomorrow. Just got this in by carrier pigeon. GREGOR ROBERTSON, GEORGE CHOW TO MAKE SPECIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT (VANCOUVER) Vision Vancouver Mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson will be making a special announcement with Councillor George Chow about the […]

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The city, port and Tourism Vancouver are pushing the province’s regulatory body to give more taxi licences for the city of Vancouver. But, as my Globe and Mail story today notes, cab owners are saying they can’t get the drivers these days to fill the jobs. It takes three drivers (three shifts of round the […]

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Here’s my story from the Globe and Mail today that summarizes the election to date. Some uncomfortable news there for some folks, I realize, but the important thing is: This is only the opening chapter. The always new and surprising thing about election campaigns is the way they evolve in such a short time. It’s […]

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Yes, it must be the beginning of the official campaign season. Both Vision and the Non-Partisan Association will be in the vicinity of the Commercial Street transit station from 7:30 to 9 a.m. tomorrow to chat with harried commuters, we can’t imagine what about. The NPA’s Peter Ladner and Suzanne Anton say they’ll be at […]

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For months, Councillor George Chow has kept everyone in suspense as he ponders whether to run for council again. This quiet but hard-working councillor, who goes to absolutely every event in town, is someone Vision would love to keep on board, because he’s got those moderate creds that help the party market itself as centre-left. […]

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This email went out yesterday from NPA hopeful Jamie Lee Hamilton, who had been hoping to run for one of the three remaining NPA park board spots on its slate. Hamilton, who once ran as a Coalition of Progressive Electors candidate, has been a vocal NPA supporter for the past three years. She had come […]

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For those who don’t think to click on the comments sections here, I had a couple of interesting responses to those who read my recent post that linked to a story about condos taking over New York commercial and industrial land. Here they are. It’s interesting and not surprising to see this happening. San Francisco, […]

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I hear rumours that Allan DeGenova may be considering a run as an independent councillor. DeGenova has acknowledged to me over the past few weeks that it’s hard for him to contemplate the thought of not doing public service as he has for almost two decades. But it would be hard for him to pick […]

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For the last couple of years, there’s been much agonizing over whether condos are encroaching too much on the downtown, the invasive species of the development world choking out commercial and industrial uses wherever they go. People often talk as though this is something unique to Vancouver, the product of its policy of promoting housing […]

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The real reason why there should be more non-Caucasian candidates on city council: Everyone who came out to the announcement by retired banker David Lee about his run for a Non-Partisan Association council spot got an excellent lunch at the Garden Villa on East Pender. Yum. Anyway, onto the news. Yes, Mr. Lee made his […]

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