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You can scratch Ian Campbell’s name off the ballot.
Campbell, who was acclaimed by Vision as the party’s mayor candidate in June, announced Monday that he is withdrawing his name from the race for Mayor of Vancouver.
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Heather Deal only Vision Vancouver incumbent seeking to retain council seat
Vision Vancouver has named its slate of candidates to run in the October 20 municipal election.
Party members spent Sunday voting between eight different candidates to join current councillor Heather Deal who is the only Vision incumbent running to retain her seat.
Currently Vision has five of the 10 seats on Vancouver's city council.
The party has nominated four other candidates including Deal.
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The exodus of experienced municipal politicians in Metro Vancouver continues.
The exodus of experienced municipal politicians in Metro Vancouver continues.
Raymond Louie, who has been a Vancouver city councillor for 16 years, announced Wednesday he won't be seeking re-election in this October's civic elections.
"He was one of the most conscientious, longest-serving and smartest city councillors I have ever come across," said fellow Vision Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang, who is also not seeking re-election.
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I took a pic of the Mayor shredding the decks last Saturday.
What does Vancouver City Council do?
By Alex M-Z
City council consists of the mayor and 10 city councillors.
The mayor has different responsibilities than councillors but he/she doesn’t get an extra vote or the final say on council decisions. He/she chairs council meetings and is responsible for representing Vancouver in various contexts - speaking on behalf of Vancouver in discussions with other governments, signing documents on behalf of the city, and ensuring that council decisions are implemented.
City Council as a whole has a huge list of responsibilities and powers. One of the major ones is passing bylaws to regulate local businesses, building activity, noise, and land use. Beyond legislation, they have the ability to buy/sell property, collect property taxes, approve spending for all portfolios of the City government, and fund special activities (e.g. arts and services). They also can set up new departments and offices for city services, and hire people to staff them.
Some things that city council has done over the past few years are:
Increased the police budget. Since Vision Vancouver took office in 2008, the police budget has risen steadily. It is currently inflated by 30% (54 million dollars) above pre-Vision levels.
Changed the definition of social housing in a way that excludes people on welfare and disability from accessing it (see also).
Determined which local arts and cultural organizations received grants.
Increased fines for sleeping on the street to $10,000 and focused police efforts in the DTES, giving out 95% of all bylaw tickets in that neighborhood.
Created new laws to regulate structures built by protesters, making them illegal to keep up overnight and limiting their potential physical size.
Chose not to implement bylaws that could protect low-income people losing their homes in the Downtown Eastside.
Refused to re-name Trutch street after public outcry.
Here's what we do.
We're gonna keep it real. Not interested in campaigning. Not interested in smearing. Not bothered if Vision Vancouver wins city council or the NPA. Frankly, I've voted the last two elections for Mayor Gregor, the one before that for Sam Sullivan. Before that? Nada.
So anyway, this is an odd election because I feel like Vision has become very corporate, and that the NPA, after last election's spanking, have figured out they need to come to the middle.
When two party faithful came out with a stance that was non-gay-friendly on the school board recently, the NPA let them go. That was the right thing to do.
When a Vision candidate was found to have a past that included writing lesbian erotica, she 'chose' to step down from her candidacy. Nobody on the NPA insisted on that. And Vision didn't seem to fight it.
To me, it seemed to characterize my feeling that both parties have bounced off each other in the middle, and maybe even switched places a little.
So, for me, the election will be all about who's keeping it classy. NPA nominee Kirk Lapointe has said he'll resign if any of his people launch personal attacks. He's asked Vision to agree to a similar pledge. They haven't.
To me, that's not progressive, and it's why I started digging. It's why I decided to step up and spend a little time ensuring truth is front and center, and those who choose to smear are properly named and held accountable.
If the NPA starts into this kind of thing too, I'll create a second Tumblr pointing it out. But so far, to my surprise I'll admit, they haven't.
Interesting.
So here we are. Your contributions are welcome. Your attention encouraged. Let's get to the bottom of stuff, eh?
the biggest proof that Vision Vancouver is well and fully captured by developer interests is "condo king" Bob Rennie criticizing the former ruling right-wing party of the NPA, and using this laughable quote
Rennie, a long-time supporter of Vision Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson, said money can no longer determine the outcome of Vancouver elections "because the one percent don't control it anymore".
"And we saw that in the last municipal election," he claimed.
what a fucking joke. the NPA is likely choosing the former Vancouver Sun editor to run for mayor, because our papers are right-wing trash and the entire municipal scene is garbage. Vision can continue to gentrify and condo-ize the entire city because apparently all you need to placate liberals are some fucking bike lanes. COPE and the left will continue to splinter into smaller and smaller factions. and Bob Rennie, prime assholes, will continue to rack up more than 200 parking tickets. because when you've got money everyone else can just go fuck themselves
Encounters with Vision Vancouver members: On democracy and stymied progressive politics
Encounters with Vision Vancouver members: On democracy and stymied progressive politics
For every piece of hate mail I get ten more messages that are just too positive or too funny to ignore.
I met up with this particular person who started a conversation with me via social media and we had a frank conversation on Vancouver politics. This person happened to be a Vision Vancouver member (also known to peck around in media) and we talked about some of the exclusions I brought up in…
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