Just to say it one more time for everyone who has had a hard time understanding who is where in this rugby game of park board versus community-centre associations: There is actually a group of community-centre associations that has been ready to negotiate with the park board and that did not take to the streets […]
Entries from January 2016
13 community centre associations of 20 ready to negotiate with park board to figure out a way to share revenue
February 6th, 2013 · 33 Comments
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Study shows uncivil commenters on blogs polarize discussions, make more moderate people less likely to participate
February 2nd, 2013 · 47 Comments
Fascinating article and one that echoes what I heard more than a decade ago from a woman who conducted public consultations about the dangers of large, public meetings: the strongly opinionated will take over, the moderates will get discouraged and go home, any hope of reasonable discussion will end. Perhaps we can conduct a live […]
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Catholic Charities building near BC Place sold to Amacon; city searching for a new home for shelter currently operating there
February 2nd, 2013 · 11 Comments
No one seems to want to talk about this deal much yet, since the city, developer and church are working out what is going to replace the shelter. But here’s what we know for now.
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