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Aug. 15, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Questions – 1

Time for a few questions regarding the referendum the Premier is requiring for new sources of revenue for transit expansion…
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Aug. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

The No-Brainer: Why Brent Toderian loves transit

An interview in The Buzzer for “I Love Transit” Week.  Here’s an excerpt: Is transit a key part of our…
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Jul. 31, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Do the Liberals want a Yes vote?

Here’s a quote from Mike McDonald –  “director of the B.C. Liberals’ (permanent) election campaign” – in Vaughn Palmer’s column: On…
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Jul. 26, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The High-Risk Strategy

If the referendum is about TransLink, or just which particular tax is the least obnoxious, the referendum results in a big…
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Jul. 25, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Emerging Strategy of No

It’s becoming apparent what the ‘No’ strategy will be on the referendum question that aims to get increased revenues for TransLink…
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Jul. 24, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: What should the question be?

We’ll post the possibilities. Here is the suggestion of Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart (previously a Liberal MLA), as reported by…
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Jul. 23, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: "The whole system will crash"

[Coquitlam Mayor Richard] Stewart warns that the region is already at a tipping point. If the  referendum on road pricing…
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Jul. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Easy Question?

Following from the argument below – “The Soft Strategy” – what question could be put on the ballot that has…
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Jul. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Soft Strategy

I’ve been wondering why there hasn’t been more conversation and coverage about the Translink funding   referendum, given the stakes…
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Jul. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Hoist, Meet Petard

Here’s another angle. If the referendum fails, the conclusion will presumably be that the voters of Metro Vancouver do not…
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Jul. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Ladner's 13 reasons ….

… why a TransLink funding referendum would be wrong . Here. My favourite: 3. Because a referendum is a costly,…
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Jul. 15, 2013 / Gordon Price

Ladner on the Referendum: Seriously, why not?

Peter Ladner does a guest column in Metro: There has been a lot of misguided commentary about the proposed referendum…
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Jul. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The War on Transit

Are rural-dominated legislatures fighting a war on transit that they can win by default?  It looks that way in the…
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Jul. 10, 2013 / Gordon Price

Referendum: And So It Begins

From Ken Ohrn … @News1130Radio tweeted this: QUESTION: Should money be taken from community services to fund transit instead? Tweet…

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