Today, I would like to address the issue of transit along the Broadway corridor. As we all know, Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision Vancouver colleagues are promoting a subway down Broadway out to UBC. That’s pretty much all we hear from them these days — let’s build a subway down Broadway, the developers want…
Category: Vision Vancouver
Let’s Not Let the City be Railroaded Again – Tim Louis on Expropriation of Arbutus Corridor
It’s not often that I agree with our current mayor, but when Gregor Robertson recently accused the Canadian Pacific (CP) of “bullying tactics” in its efforts to force the city to pay well above market for the long contested Arbutus Corridor, bulldozing some of the community gardens that city residents have nurtured along the…
Vision’s Vision is Getting Blurry
In politics, as in our personal lives, sometimes we need to revise our expectations. Other times, we have to admit we are wrong; we are required to concede that we simply did not do enough. In the case of Vision Vancouver’s highly touted and infinitely flexible promise to end homelessness, it appears that a rather…
Resurrecting the Downtown Historic Railway
Great analysis below is courtesy of my friend Peter Finch, who is an advocate for (and very informed about) streetcars. Vancouver’s Vision-dominated city council recently produced a report on the Downtown Historic Railway, declaring it “too old to work on a safe and viable basis,” and adding that “ridership was ….low” (attrib. Geoff…
Letter of the Week: Vision Vancouver shows little respect for citizens
My letter to the editor got selected as the Letter of the Week in the March 16 2014 edition of the Vancouver Province. It was also published in March 17th’s Vancouver Sun. Let’s keep the pressure on Vision Vancouver until Election Day, when hopefully we’ll say goodbye to them! Letter of the Week: Vision Vancouver…
Heather Place Development to Further Erode Affordable Housing
Just wanted to share with you the latest COPE press release. For Immediate Release, March 11, 2013 HEATHER PLACE DEVELOPMENT TO FURTHER ERODE AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Vancouver, BC), On the heels of a recent poll by Insights West showing 40% of Vancouver residents consider affordable housing the biggest issue facing the city, Vancouver City Council is…
And in other (corruption) news…
Below is another Letter to the Editor I wrote in response to an article in the Vancouver Courier. Nothing surprises me any more! Re: “Citizen polling website contract awarded without tender” (Vancouver Courier, Jan. 2nd) Hats off to your reporter Mr. Mackin for exposing Vision Vancouver’s awarding of a contract worth over $150,000 without tender….