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Topic: GVRD Municipal Elections 15 November 2008
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Pogo
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posted 29 October 2008 01:41 PM
Here are Vancouver and District Labour Council endorsements:Vancouver City Mayor Gregor Robertson Vision Vancouver City Council George Chow Vision Heather Deal Vison Kashmir Dhaliwal Vision Kerry Jang Vision Raymond Louie Vision Geoff Meggs Vision Andrea Reimer Vision Tim Stevenson Vision David Cadman COPE Ellen Woodsworth COPE Vancouver City Parks Board Constance Barnes Vision Sara Blyth Vision Raj Hundal Vision Aaron Jasper Vision Anita Romaniuk COPE Loretta Woodcock COPE Stuart Mackinnon Green Vancouver City School Board Patti Bacchus Vision Ken Clement Vision Sharon Gregson Vision Mike Lombardi Vision Al Blakey COPE Allan Wong COPE Jane Bouey COPE Bill Bargeman COPE Alvin Singh COPE North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto North Vancouver City Council Craig Keating Sam Schechter Kelly Neilson Rod Clark Mary Trentadue Cheryl Leia North Vancouver District Council Robin Hicks John Fair Roger Bassam David Magee North Vancouver School Board - North Vancouver City Lynda Buchaman Chris Dorais Susan Skinner - North Vancouver District Chief Ian Campbell Cindy Gerlach Franci Stratton Jane Thornthwaite Richmond City Council Harold Steves (RCA) Linda Barnes (RCA) David Reay (RCA) Sue Halsey Brandt (RITE) Evalina Halsey Brandt (IND) Richmond City School Board Rod Belleza (RITE)
From: Richmond BC | Registered: Aug 2002
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Pogo
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posted 30 October 2008 04:22 PM
The Richmond election is going to be interesting this year. There are a number of factors that make picking the winners very hard.1) What happened to Raymond's vote? Raymond Chan lost to Alice Wong by 7000 votes. Why did he lose his votes. Did Alice simply run a better campaign? Did Richmond finally tire of Raymond's politics? Others point to Alice's support for keeping the Garden City Lands agricultural. Still others speak about the power of the NIMBY group which supposedly has a 10,000 member email group and was against Raymond for his initial support of an alcohol recovery house. 2) Name recognition #1 - the Halsey-Brandts. Former mayor & MLA Greg Halsey-Brandt is running for council. His wife Evelina Halsey-Brandt is running for re-election. As well his ex-wife Sue Halsey-Brandt is running. Will there be a limit of times that people will vote Halsey-Brandt and will this affect Sue as the being last on the ballot. 3) Name recognition #2 - Chen, Chen, Chen, & Cheng. Cynthia Chen is an incumbent city councilor, but she will need to ensure that people pick her out from 3 other similiar surnames. She is spending a fortune. As a former star realtor she can afford to. 4) No full slate. The developer party, Richmond First is running only four candidates. There will not be a full slate for any party this time. RCA and RITE are running 3 and 4 candidates respectively and are running joint ads as the "Garden City Coalition". 5) Issues. The Garden City Lands, Affordable Housing and the Olympics appear to be the key issues. Crime hysteria is also rampant in certain communities. 6) Voter turnout. After the federal election and US election it will be hard to get votes out.
From: Richmond BC | Registered: Aug 2002
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kropotkin1951
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posted 31 October 2008 11:44 AM
quote: Originally posted by New to New West: "Here are Vancouver and District Labour Council endorsements:"Who are they endorsing in New West?
New Westminster District Labour Council endorsements.Most of the unions in the Lower Mainland outside Vancouver are in the New West council. quote: NEW WESTMINSTERCOUNCIL Jonathan Cote Bill Harper Jaimie McEvoy Lorrie Williams SCHOOL TRUSTEE Michael Ewen Vivian Garcia James Janzen Lori Watt
From: North of Manifest Destiny | Registered: Jun 2002
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