It’s been somewhat quiet the last couple of weeks as everyone recovers from various nomination meetings and candidates do their background work to prepare for the all-out campaign. The first public debate between the Non-Partisan Association’s Peter Ladner and Vision Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson is tonight, 7:30, at the Vancouver Public Library. Sponsored by Langara College, […]

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There have been a few rumours floating around this week that the Non-Partisan Association approached several Vision candidates in previous weeks and asked them to consider switching parties, since they’d be guaranteed to get a slate spot. I tracked down everyone whose name I heard mentioned in connection with that story here today and this […]

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This is a bit late, but since I spent four hours of my short time here on earth listening to this stuff, you should at least get the benefit. As all you political junkies know, the NPA acclaimed most of the final set of candidates on Saturday and had a vote-off among the four park-board […]

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A few people have emailed to ask me how many school-board candidates the Non-Partisan Association is actually running. It’s a bit confusing, since the news release that went out this afternoon listed newcomer Joanne Pulis as the party’s seventh candidate. That’s in addition to veterans Clarence Hansen, Carol Gibson, and Ken Denike, along with first-timers […]

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It took a lot longer to count the votes than anyone expected, but finally the results came in at 2:24: Wai Sin was the candidate dropped from the four, losing to Marty Zlotnik by only eight votes. The results: Melissa DeGenova, 214; Naresh Shukla, 189; Marty Zlotnik, 161; Wai Sin, 153. I’m sure Wai will […]

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There’s five minutes left to vote here and the place has started to feel lively after all. Clearly, more people showed up than even the NPA expected, since the sandwiches and desserts ordered for lunch were scarfed up instantly, leaving some people with nothing but empty plates. It seems more like about 400-500 people have […]

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The last time I and my little media buddies were at the Croatian Cultural Centre was June 15, when thousands of people lined up to vote for a Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate. It’s not quite the same scene this morning. The parking lot here is full, but partly because there’s a computer swap, a Kumon […]

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I posted last night that I was wondering if the Non-Partisan Association would bring its 10th candidate up to scratch by this morning. They did, but not the retired police officer I’d been hearing rumours about. Instead, we got the news as we came into the NPA nomination meeting this morning that the the new […]

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The Non-Partisan Association is heading into its nomination/acclamation meeting tomorrow with one spot still open on the council slate and three on school board. It will be interesting to see whether any of those spots are filled by tomorrow morning. I’ve heard that a certain retired police officer is being heavily courted to run in […]

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I hear there’s quite a debate going on about how much prominence to give the EcoDensity initiative — something that is closely associated with outgoing Mayor Sam Sullivan — in the NPA campaign. The brand name and initiative often attract notice and admiration from cities elsewhere, with their focus on efforts to make environmental concerns […]

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