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- Metro directors get 25% pay increase - good timing, you guys 9:26pm Nov 23
- Vision budget not green enough, claims Green Park Commissioner 12:02pm Nov 23
- Sadness at the passing of Art Cowie 8:48pm Nov 22
Street trees are what help to cool neighbourhoods and make them "green"A news release was sent to CityCaucus.com early this morning from the lone Green Park Board Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon. The headline reads "Green Park Board Commissioner to Oppose Budget Initiative"...
Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro Vancouver's Finance Committee: "We're cheap compared to Translink"CityCaucus.com occasionally likes to raise a stink about how cities spend our tax dollars, but we're careful not to beat that drum too often...
Will civic politicians in Vancouver be restricted from begging for cash from local developers? We've talked a lot about campaign finance reform on this blog over the last year...
Getting around: Sam Sullivan goes black tie hanging with NYC's A-List For the lowly bloggers and other peons back here in Lotusland, we must now take some solace now that we're only one degree of separation from Academy Award winning actor Meryl Streep...
A Flickr slideshow of houses on Richmond's No. 6 Road – why so big? With the possible exception of sprawl developers and the Fraser Institute, few in our province would like to axe the Agricultural Land Reserve, or ALR. ...
David Cadman's colleagues often compare him to the lion in the Wizard of Oz. Despite his bombastic nature, when Vision shouts "boo" he goes running for cover...
A new documentary by journalist/filmmaker Miro Cernetig broadcasts November 26th If Vancouver ever does become the greenest city in the world, there's a good likelihood it will also become home to what is known as "carbon hunters"...
This week it's all about Vancouver's "big play" over the 2010 budget Be sure to pick up a copy of 24 Hours Vancouver (we know that you all do anyway). This week Mike takes a look at Vancouver City Hall's budget process, and likens it to sport. Who's on the team, and who's making the big plays...
We've given props to Coun. Jordan Bateman from the Langley Township Council, who runs the excellent LangleyPolitics.com blog. Jordan made reference to our recent post on the motion by Mayor "Geoff" Meggs to yank Vancouver out of Metro Vancouver's labour bargaining unit...
Should we elect our Vancouver Park Board commissioners...
Blame it on Brodie: Stephen Colbert is flaming mad at Richmond, BC American TV talk show host and entertainer Stephen Colbert is flaming mad at Canada. And he's aiming his SCUD missles at Richmond, British Columbia...
I'll take my rental housing policy with a twist of lemon, please Over a period of several months in 2008 I sat on a VCPC sub-committee led by former TEAM city councillor Setty Pendakur on the subject of increasing Vancouver's rental housing stock...
Are rumours that COPE will wipe itself clean of Councillor David Cadman based in reality?This morning I headed down to the CKNW studios to debate civic issues with my fellow panelists Frances Bula and Jim Green...
The mirror-opposite of the NPA are gathering next Monday on the social impact of the 2010 Games First there was the event held last Saturday, organized by a group of people with NPA ties...
Skip that trip to Mexico... A whopping bill for a Vancouver FOI request Just as CityCaucus.com was starting to see increased revenues as we pull out of this dreadful recession, we received another invoice from the City of Vancouver...
