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Nov. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

McMartin: The Meaning of the Election for the NPA

Pete McMartin has written the most insightful comment on meaning of the election for Vancouver’s once-ruling party (disclosure: it was…
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Nov. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

NPA: The Curious Case of the Counterflow Lanes

I’m posting another version of this because, given its implications, it has gone curiously unnoticed. From the NPA platform: In…
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Nov. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: A sleepy campaign wakes up

As a dull and sleepy civic campaign enters its last nine days, this occurs. Former NPA Prez endorses Vision –…
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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. 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. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Rob Ford-lite

And it’s beginning to look like Rob-Ford-lite: protect and defend motor vehicle operators. In this new policy announcement, Mr. LaPointe…

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