The latest Justason poll is out. My story is here, but there is already all kinds of mad spinning going on.
City hall’s Kevin Quinlan has tweeted out that Mayor Robertson has risen in popularity as the main news, while CityCaucus’s headline is that the NPA is in a statistical dead heat with Vision.
Vision people, meanwhile, are pooh-poohing the poll, saying people don’t vote for parties, they vote for leaders. Therefore, the vote intention for the party is kind of meaningless and the approval rating for the mayor is the key difference.
I await your analysis.
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1 spartikus // Aug 6, 2011 at 6:23 pm
despite his overly partisan comments, which should have rendered him ineligible for the job.
Ah, I see. It’s “partisan comments” that rendered him ineligible.
You understand we live in a democracy, governed by a Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
But very well, I see you’re with Klassen on this. How do you plan on enforcing this? Tribunals? Star Chambers?
2 Max // Aug 6, 2011 at 11:06 pm
@ Spartikus #51:
Our so called ‘Charter’ instituted by one government in the 80’s, needs a rethink. It needs to be brought up to current times.
Too many miscreants hide behide our ‘Charter’.
3 sv // Aug 7, 2011 at 12:26 am
So you like rules as long as you get to make them.
4 Everyman // Aug 7, 2011 at 9:16 am
@ Spartikus 51
And how would you expect someone like Mr. Heinrich to work with an NPA dominated school board? The taxpayer would be stuck with another overpriced severance package. The same goes for all the Vision partisan hirings. I wonder what Penny Ballem’s severance package looks like? And I sincerely hope we get to find out.
5 spartikus // Aug 7, 2011 at 9:38 am
And how would you expect someone like Mr. Heinrich to work with an NPA dominated school board?
In democratic countries that uphold the freedom of speech, individuals are typically given a chance to show their professionalism regardless of their politics, religion, gender, sexuality and race.
It’s a principle many millions have died defending over the last century, but I digress…
6 Max // Aug 7, 2011 at 11:17 am
@ Everyman #54:
re Ballem: I read somewhere her severance package would be over the $1M mark.
7 Max // Aug 7, 2011 at 11:42 am
From Kurt’s ‘resume’:
Who I know, what they know
I know the Mayor of Vancouver. And Kevin Quinlan, who communicates for the Mayor. I know a lot of the councillors and powerbrokers at City Hall, too. These people know a lot about governance.
8 Everyman // Aug 7, 2011 at 10:37 pm
He knows the Mayor and some councillors – who are the ones who know a lot about governance? ; )
9 Bill McCreery // Aug 16, 2011 at 9:49 pm
@Baron 8:
“NPA, unfortunately, continues to make an issue out of everything that’s going on at the City to the point that I have no idea what they stand for.”
Really? Spartikus seems to have formed some conclusions about where some NPA candidates stand:
“I know who Bill McCreery is and I have a sense of what he represents. Ditto Bickerton. Ditto Klassen.”
But, @Tiktaalik 10:
“It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in feeling like Vision/NPA act like the same party on too many issues.”
I’ve been away, but I can’t let such a statement go unchallenged even at this late date in this post.
If you have read my posts over the past months here and elsewhere, and you have the ability to make a fair appraisal of them, there is no way you can conclude I as an NPA candidate, will not, when elected, conduct myself very differently than the Vision caucus. Even where I share an objective, such as improved biking, I differ with Mayor Greg & co. on their demonstrated inability to properly realize them in a fiscally responsible way that actually works.