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There are so many tea leaves to read in the election results and many of you have been busy at doing that through this blog and many other outlets. Here are two of the stories I wrote in the last couple of days. One is about Vision supporters seeing this solid second win for the […]

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Many of us feel today as though we’ve stopped pounding our heads against the wall, with the cessation of crazy emails in our inboxes and hysterical ads on the radio containing increasingly bitter accusations from the NPA about Gregor Robertson and Vision Vancouver. Sounds as though we weren’t the only ones feeling that way, to […]

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In case you didn’t know the news from last night. More of my thoughts to come in this blog post, but I have to run off briefly and wanted something up for the commenters to start on.  

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That’s what it could come down to, folks — the 5,000 votes that make the difference for the bottom five spots on council. More here.

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For those of you still looking for guidance in how to vote, here’s a round-up of endorsements and/or information bulletins that I’ve been sent by various groups or that I’ve run across. (Please feel free to add your own in the comments.) Fair Tax Coalition: Sent out a message to its members noting who was […]

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Everyone uses a different value system and set of criteria to decide who they want to vote for. I wouldn’t presume to give people a list of “best” candidates, because my best will never match your best. I’m not endorsing anyone either. Some people are going to vote straight Non-Partisan Association or straight Vision/COPE slate […]

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Peter Wall and Rob Macdonald are distinctive figures in this city, far-sighted developers and land-buyers who don’t hesitate to speak their mind. They’ve done business together. Now they’re backing different candidates.

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Political reporters live in the bubble, along with the politicians, bureacrats and campaigners they cover. As well, we’re hampered by our tendency to hang around in our personal world with people who have similar political convictions. So any sentient journalist likes to check out what the real people are thinking, outside those circles. Here’s the […]

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Teaching statistics, math and polls to my journalism students this week, so I’ve got a wealth of material on my hands to use in class as examples of vague claims, misleading statistics, deceptive graphics, and other magical acts with numbers that the two major parties are performing. Both parties have contributed. Vision started with a news […]

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