City Votes 2014

[superman88]

Try and find the time to vote tomorrow before or after (or during?) your appointments.

It should be a beautifully clear day tomorrow so no excuses, and you could vote pretty much anywhere in the city, not just in your own neighbourhood.

If you haven't been following the issues in your city, a good place to start would be the various party websites to see what their platform is.

In Vancouver, there are eleven slates running candidates for various positions: Cedar Party, Coalition of Progressive Electors, Green,Hotel Workers United Local 40,IDEA, NPA, One City Vancouver, Stop Party, Public Education Project, Vancouver 1st, and Vision Vancouver.

Twenty-seven public offices are up for grabs: one mayor, 10 city councillors, seven park commissioners, and nine school trustees.

Thanks to the Straight for some of this information: http://www.straight.com/blogra/7483...parties-running-vancouver-civic-election-2014

There are interesting races going on in Surrey and Richmond too.

S

 

[badbadboy]

As much as it pains me to say this, Mayor Moonbeam's team is supportive of not enforcing C-36.

Forget the fucking bike lanes and tearing up Broadway to run a new train line down it; put you blinders on and vote for the Vision team. We do not know where the others stand on this issue.

 

[Violet]

As much as it pains me to say this, Mayor Moonbeam's team is supportive of not enforcing C-36.

And they're also supportive of not enforcing some other ridiculous laws, such as marijuana laws. I had to look up the origin of the nickname "Mayor Moonbeam". Saw the below exchange on reddit and thought it was funny (I realize neither explanation is correct).

Why do some people call Mayor Gregor Robertson "Mayor Moonbeam?"

I think they're trying to imply he's some kind of flaky liberal hippie.

oh man I thought it was his DJ nickname. He spun some tunes at the Biltmore about year ago.

Mayor Moonbeam is a pretty sick DJ name actually!

"Now lemme see y'all raise ya Happy Planets in the aaaaiiiiiirrrrr!"

 

[susi]

just gotta say....vote vision people, let's not go backwards...vote to protect the sex industry communities safety, pooners, workers, business owners... vote to protect the safe zone we have created....i will not have the energy to deal with the npa guy...he's completely inexperienced and as was expressed in another thread, while cope have a great platform and are also protective of our community, voting for them will split the vote and maybe allow mayor "harper" to get into office...lapoint i mean...did i say that out loud?

get out the vote people!!!

love susie

 

[PoorGuy]

Looks like Malcolm Brodie will continue to be mayor of Richmond, so same attitudes towards incalls, micros, licensed MP's, and AMP's will continue in Richmond.

Diane Watt's protégé Linda Hepner in Surrey is leading. Not sure of her team's platform towards SP's/incalls.

 

[deathreborn]

Looks like Malcolm Brodie will continue to be mayor of Richmond, so same attitudes towards incalls, micros, licensed MP's, and AMP's will continue in Richmond.

Diane Watt's protégé Linda Hepner in Surrey is leading. Not sure of her team's platform towards SP's/incalls.

if she's diane watts protege then the business will have to remain very hidden and discrete. the only thing diane watts did while in office was shutting down every storefront mp/amp in surrey. leased them all out briefly and made them pretend bylaw offices. let the leases expire and now most of the locations are occupied by normal business's.

 

[PoorGuy]

if she's diane watts protege then the business will have to remain very hidden and discrete. the only thing diane watts did while in office was shutting down every storefront mp/amp in surrey. leased them all out briefly and made them pretend bylaw offices. let the leases expire and now most of the locations are occupied by normal business's.

Mayor Hepner and her entire slate have been elected to council.

 

[mercyshooter]

damn it! bike lanes are gonna be happening here in Vancouver city. :doh:

is the government gonna compensate responsible lane users?

 

[PoorGuy]

damn it! bike lanes are gonna be happening here in Vancouver city. :doh:

is the government gonna compensate responsible lane users?

It looks like Vision Vancouver will continue to be able to continue with it's platform as they have control of city council as well.

 

[Fullhouse]

damn it! bike lanes are gonna be happening here in Vancouver city. :doh:

Vancouver has had bike lanes for years, and they will continue to increase now that Moonbeam has been re-elected as mayor.........again

 

[PoorGuy]

http://www.election2014.civicinfo.bc.ca/2014/index.asp

Click on the above link to see your local municipality results.

 

[mercyshooter]

Vancouver has had bike lanes for years, and they will continue to increase now that Moonbeam has been re-elected as mayor.........again

Without proper education to the bike users, it's a waste. There goes our tax money and our debts keep increasing. :doh:

 

[Lo-ki]

Seems that people in Vancouver and Surrey don't really care what happens in the city.....

Vancouver
Estimated Eligible Voters: 483644
Total Number of Votes Cast: 181707

Surrey
Estimated Eligible Voters: 320079
Total Number of Votes Cast: 100982

 

[beginner]

Seems that people in Vancouver and Surrey don't really care what happens in the city.....

Vancouver
Estimated Eligible Voters: 483644
Total Number of Votes Cast: 181707

Surrey
Estimated Eligible Voters: 320079
Total Number of Votes Cast: 100982

Perhaps none of the candidates won their vote, or they have come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter who they vote for. I mean, we have two members alone, in this thread, who have actually promoted a candidate on the basis of his position on pooning and nothing else. Do you think that passes the stink test? Never mind developers buying candidates, what about pooners? I think it's called looking out for number one.

 

[MissingOne]

Looks like Malcolm Brodie will continue to be mayor of Richmond, so same attitudes towards incalls, micros, licensed MP's, and AMP's will continue in Richmond.

And what attitudes are those?

 

[brown25]

Glad to see my Vision vote counted!

Never been a fan of the bike lane BS, but I'm going to support the candidate who ISN'T going to start rounding up pooners after Bill C-36.

PERB is the only place I can tell anyone how and why I voted.

 

[morementum]

Hard to believe there were that many gullible people in Vancouver to vote for Robertson. He and the likes of Burnaby's Corrigan preside over cities developed on the backs of the rest of Canada and BC's hard working men and women in the resource sector and they basically are being NIMBY's and denying anyone not serving up lattes in their bike shorts commuting from their mansions a chance to make a living.

There were candidate options that stood up for social justice issues without killing the economy of this Province. I am lucky and made my wealth while I was young and in Quebec but I fear for the present and future of many in BC as long as these hypocrites (Robertson lives in a million dollar plus west-side home protected by bike lanes plus he has a Cortez Island retreat that Tides US bought the adjacent land and turned it into a park transforming Robertson's summer cottage into a 3 million dollar plus holding) keep ordinary people from making a living. Corrigan is trying to block a pipeline that has existed for more than fifty years and was the reason Burnaby even really developed in the first place to the degree it did.

 

[mercyshooter]

Seems that people in Vancouver and Surrey don't really care what happens in the city.....

Vancouver
Estimated Eligible Voters: 483644
Total Number of Votes Cast: 181707

Surrey
Estimated Eligible Voters: 320079
Total Number of Votes Cast: 100982

That's because these two municipalities have the highest populations in Metro Vancouver. Because of these, greed and power become the highest factors. So now, everything is skewed to one particular party. Nothing is balanced and no equal opportunity is established. Our systems should have been changed!