Well, the results are in. It was a landslide victory for Ken Sim and his ABC (A Better City) party in Vancouver’s municipal election, Saturday Oct. 15th. Only time will tell how far to the right mayor-elect Sim’s governing will be. For me, the takeaway is that anything in politics is possible — even the…
Category: Vancouver
My Predictions for Vancouver’s Municipal Election
My Predictions – Written October 12, 2022 Electoral predictions are a mug’s game at the best of times. They are even more difficult in an at-large voting system, which is what we have here in Vancouver. With that having been said, here are my predictions for the Vancouver municipal election, Saturday October 15th. I’ve written…
A Very Dark Time for Democracy in Vancouver
This is a dark time for democracy. A very dark time. A very dark time for democracy in general and a very dark time for Vancouver’s municipal democracy in particular. For the first time ever, the Vancouver Police Union has decided to interfere in Vancouver’s municipal election by endorsing a specific party and candidates. A…
Kennedy’s “Captains”
On September 13th 2022, a homeless individual, Stanley Q. Woodvine, came across a disturbing piece of paper that may determine the outcome of the race to be elected Mayor of Vancouver. Someone — we don’t know who – had mistakenly dropped a 2-page spreadsheet which listed potential donor “Captains” and donation targets, featuring an astounding…
Charity: water
This week’s blog is about the most powerful and moving video I have ever watched. The movie documents Scott Harrison’s life up until and after he created the non-profit organization charity: water. The mission of charity: water – the mission that drives Scott Harrison’s life — is to bring clean water to everyone on the…
TransLink CEOs are a Different Breed
Last week, I wrote about a recent experience I had encountered trying to book my return ride from the Vancouver Folk Festival for Sunday, July 17th with HandyDart (DART). I was told the return ride I wanted at or later than the 7:00pm-7:30pm slot was not available, but an earlier ride for the 5:35 –…
With Success Comes Bureaucracy
TransLink’s HandyDART is on the whole a truly great system. This innovative service – delivers over 5,000 trips per day in the Metro Vancouver area. I remember in my first year of law school, 1981, when I helped to get HandyDART off the ground. It was a huge victory. Then, still in my first year…