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Mar. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Poll: Vote for best poster in the Cat-Box Contest

Here are the entries to the Cat Box Contest (named by Meredith, who submitted the first entries “with no charge for…
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Mar. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Ironic Quotes of the Day

Two items that arrived together this morning from Ohrn: Metro Vancouver: “Compass card points to poor choices – but not…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Winners & Losers – Mar 5

The next City Conversation at SFU Burnaby:   . Winners and losers: An SFU student conversation on the Transportation Referendum  .  …
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Video: Brent Toderian – Our ‘Rob Ford’ moment?

On Global: . Brent Toderian makes the case not only for Yes but on the danger of No – potentially the…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Forum: “Health Benefits of Transit Investment” – Mar 9

. The community is invited to explore the critical link between transit and health at a free panel event on…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Consequences of No: “Freeway Fight 2.0”

I hope Novae Res Urbis and their writer Karenn Krangle don’t mind, but I’m going to reprint a full article…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Responses from MLAs – Weekly Count – 5

Now just two weeks until the ballots go out – and here’s the update on the MLAs who have NOT responded to…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

How Jordan works: Lessons from Dr. Evil

David Roberts in Grist describes the techniques of  “Dr. Evil,” i.e., Richard Berman.  Compare to the techniques of Jordan Bateman.…
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Feb. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

What is the referendum really about? And what are the consequences?

Meetings, conferences and writing for the rest of the week, so not a lot of time to blog. Please, write…
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Feb. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Transit Vote Panels: Surrey and Burnaby – Mar 9, 10

Transit Vote Surrey: Rapid Transit for Rapid Growth  . Surrey is one of Canada’s fastest growing cities and has major…
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Feb. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 5: The Larger Agenda

Is there a larger intent behind the referendum the Premier has imposed on the region?  Beyond the obvious discrepancies (why…
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Feb. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: How to Help – 2

Here’s how you can help. 1. Make sure you’re registered to vote. You need to be registered to receive your…
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Feb. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: MLA Response – Marc Dalton

Price Tags is asking every MLA in Metro Vancouver questions about the referendum.   Marc Dalton, Liberal MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission:…
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Feb. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: The Great Dupe

My sense of the referendum at this point: It’s becoming increasingly clear, if it wasn’t obvious at the beginning, that…

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