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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Politicizing Bicycle Safety And Super Delicious Money Fritters

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by Sean Orr | Don’t politicize bicycle safety, that’s our job! Common sense needed to end the bike battles. Is that so? Is that why – two paragraphs in – you assign blame to Gregor Robertson? “Vision Vancouver’s bike lanes (…) is (sic) creating the anger in this city.” And since when is calling for more safety in the wake of an accident a “political stance”? Ugh.

I learned the word hypocrisy in grade 7: Spin doctors are not what public schools need. Oh, great. So you’re going to stop publishing the Fraser Institute’s public school report card every year? Thank you.

Vancouver’s homeless advocate reveals what drove her work. I used to serve coffee for her at Cuppa Joe so I think I can share some of the credit.

Mmm, fritters. City halls fritter away cash on silly projects. A) this only serves to highlight the imbalance between tax dollars, representation and the offloading of senior government responsibilities (housing) to municipalities, and B) completely ignores the fact that, according to Vision executive director Stepan Vdovine, the city’s debt was paid down by $151 million with a tax increase of just 1.3%.

Tweet of the Day c/o BC Ferrys:

Growing up: Vancouver park board approves liquor licences for summer festivals. “Let’s invite a bunch of hot, racist rednecks downtown and let’s feed ’em beer all day long”- David Cross.

Density for the dense: Proposed Oakridge Centre redevelopment draws opposition. I thought we already figured this out. Density around transit is good. “It will truly be a significant impact”. Yeah? Stop saying shit like that until you can prove it. What impact? How will this in any way whatsoever affect your daily life? The average wait for your soy latte will increase by approximately 1.3 minutes? Oh noes.

Headline of the day: U.S. and Canadian authorities spar over Peace Bridge. Because sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.

There are 3 comments

  1. I’m all for the festival liquor license. Coming from the states, I’m used to street events having a beer truck, so long as everything is consumed in whatever area the festival is being held in.

    Sure, there’s public drunkenness, but nothing worse than what I’ve seen outside of the Blarney Stone at 11pm on a Friday night.

    If only smaller events like the Chinatown Night Market could grab one, that’d be nice

  2. But it’s not just a “significant” impact – it’s “truly” a “significant” impact. “Enormous” even, to quote from the article. Still no explanation of why that’s a bad thing, though…

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