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Oct. 31, 2014 / Gordon Price

Poll: Should City Council have a one-party majority?

Yesterday, PT asked whether you thought Vision or another party will capture a majority of seats on Council.  Today, PT asks…
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Oct. 30, 2014 / Gordon Price

Poll: Will City Council have a one-party majority?

Previous polls were about the mayoral contest.  But as the CBC video below noted, under a weak-mayor system that’s only one…
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Oct. 29, 2014 / Gordon Price

Poll: The Next Mayor of Vancouver should be …

In yesterday’s poll, about 90 percent of you thought Robertson would be the next mayor. Today, the poll asks who you…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

A Do-it-yourself Political Platform

All it takes is the Four ‘C’ Words: creative, consultative, collaborative, community.  Use in any order. We’ll find creative solutions…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Images and Words: Bike to Work Week

What a treat — a group of students from a nearby school visited the busy Quebec / Terminal BtWW station…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Poll: The Next Mayor of Vancouver will be …

Note: not “should be,” but “will be.” .…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Big Cities, Small Mayors

Scot picks up on this CBC report: Mayors across Canada are facing the same dilemma: not enough authority to deal…
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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Democracy

After a slow start the civic election picks up, with good attendance at many of the debates – like this one for…
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Oct. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Fundamental Rule of Traffic

This really shouldn’t be necessary to post (certainly not to most readers of PT), but apparently it’s needed when those…
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Oct. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

NPA Platform: Questions for Kirk – 2 (on counterflow lanes)

From CBC News: In a statement announcing his party’s traffic platform for the November civic election Tuesday, LaPointe promised to “ease…
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Oct. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

COPE Platform: Questions for Meena

From the Vancouver Observer: COPE Mayoral candidate Meena Wong said she would work on implementing a $30 monthly unlimited bus…
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Oct. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Civic Debate: Surrey Mayoral Race – Nov 4

CBC Radio One and SFU Urban Studies team up to present a Surrey Mayoral Debate with candidates Linda Hepner, Doug…
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Oct. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

NPA Platform: A Question for Kirk

From CBC News: Vancouver mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe says his rival Gregor Robertson just doesn’t understand that some people have…
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Oct. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

VPSN's 'Last Candidate Standing' – Nov 2

 From the Vancouver Public Space Network: Vancouver’s only all candidates debate. . Sunday, November 2  2 – 5 pm Goldcorp…

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