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Jul. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Op-ed: Why the referendum defeat was a good thing

As Gabriel Metcalf notes in the post below, “San Francisco does not have a massive network of regional public transit…
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Mar. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

Four Less-Discussed Reasons to Vote “Yes” in the Transit Referendum

From Bruce Haden, Architect and Urban Designer . Remember California’s “ Proposition 13”? The 1978 Howard Jarvis led referendum that…
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Mar. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

Globe editorial: A Yes vote is the way forward.

In Vancouver’s transit referendum, vote ‘Yes’  . Exasperation at a public-transit agency is probably an inevitable fact of life in…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Tripling Tweets: Viciousness, Vision and Vienna

Three items to discuss: First, Stephen Rees’ analysis on the Bateman strategy: “Jordan Bateman calls Yes campaign ‘vicious and personal’” The mainstream…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Terence Corcoran and the Next Meme

Luis Bernhardt: It’s worth seeing what the other side has to say, especially if it’s someone with the clout of…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 6: “Research shows …”

A good example of Fraser Institute thinking, and strategy. It’s an op-ed in the Sun – in response to Dahne…
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Mar. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum Editorial: Tri-City News

. Buses vs TransLink is at heart of referendum . News flash: New referendum poll finds strong lead for No…
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Mar. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Pre-Post Game Analysis: What is the Referendum Really About?

The referendum voting hasn’t even started, but the outcome at the moment doesn’t look good.  How did we get to…
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Feb. 11, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum Editorial: Blather and Doubt

Pete McMartin again: . Without the projects the tax will fund, Metro will have many more cars and an increase…
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Feb. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Referendum So Far

Summed up by Graham Harrop in the Vancouver Sun: .…
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Feb. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

By Millennials, For Millennials: Reasons for Yes

A blunt-talkin’ Millennial from SFU.  Three good reasons to reprint this from Burnaby News: .  7 Reasons Millennials Should Vote…
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Feb. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Editorial – Hume on a Hijacking

Stephen Hume in the Vancouver Sun: . Anti-tax group has hijacked debate Pressure group: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, based in…
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Jan. 28, 2015 / Gordon Price

Referendum: Editorial – Shelley Fralic

A little hard to know initially where Shelley Fralic is going in this column in the Sun, but she ends…
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Jan. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Pete McMartin on the Port Mann Bridge, and what we really need

Pete McMartin critiques the PMB in The Sun: . Port Mann Bridge: It’s better at racking up debt than carrying commuters…

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