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Oct. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Taking an Election Break

During these waning days of the Vancouver civic election, I took an afternoon pause to enjoy our wonderful city —…
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Oct. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Meta-Slate — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Everyone’s doing it. Choosing a slate of candidates for the October 20 civic election in Vancouver. But, but, so many…
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Oct. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

What with recommended slates, party scorecards and all sorts of grim slogging going on in election land — it’s time…
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Oct. 11, 2018 / Gordon Price

Millennial Matters – Paul Hillsdon

I’ve been fortunate to meet a lot of young people in my jobs as Vancouver city councillor and SFU City…
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Oct. 11, 2018 / Gordon Price

Civic Savvy: Misunderstanding CACs

  I’ve revised this post on the consequences of negating the CAC mechanism – and why most candidates probably don’t…
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Oct. 11, 2018 / Colin Stein

#VanElxn2018: Price Tags Editor Slate — Colin

Price Tags editors Ken Ohrn and Colin Stein are sharing their personal slates and selection rationales. See Ken’s here. All…
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Oct. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Culture Change — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Further evidence as to the political ascendancy of a different part of our cultural mix. A younger demographic, neither left…
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Oct. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

Failure and Reform: BC’s Local Elections Campaign Financing Act – 5

This is the fifth and final posting about how the BC Local Elections Campaign Financing Act (LECFA) will impact the…
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Oct. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Spending Those CAC Dollars — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Hot on the heels of Price Tags’ post on the basics of what CAC actually is, here’s a Vancouver civic…
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Oct. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

#VanElxn2018: Price Tags Editor Slate — Ken

The 2018 civic election in Vancouver will ask voters to pick from a daunting list of candidates — 1 Mayor…
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Oct. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Canseco Poll Oct 9 — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Mario Canseco of Research Co. has a new poll — which is one of the many non-democratic ways we weed…
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Oct. 06, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Primer On Housing – 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

HERE‘s a deep overview of the housing question, the single top of mind issue for citizens of Vancouver. With thanks…
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Oct. 04, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Public Ranks Issues — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Time ticks along and the 2018 Vancouver civic election on October 20 is not so far away. Long ago, Price…
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Oct. 04, 2018 / Gordon Price

Civic Savvy: An Uncommon Civility

  Justin McElroy and Tamara Baluja at CBC (in their Metro Matters update) think the lead mayoral candidates are, well,…

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