by Sean Orr | NIMBY’s in Gastown? Go figure! Vancouver Whitecaps captain’s victory parties enraging neighbours. Or, the trouble with density and the infinitely privileged.

Mea fucking culpa: Vancouver mayor admits mistake in rushing East Van density increases. “Sometimes we move too fast. Maybe some of us drop an F-bomb every once in a while…” And hey, maybe we destroy entire neighbourhoods…big deal. Maybe you define affordability as ‘something someone can afford’…whatever. “Robertson applied a measure of humility in his speech, but he warned the alternative is to turn the city back over to the NPA, which he called “a party of angry old white men.” Hmm, as opposed to a party of smarmy old white men?

The Province chimes in: Is racism, sexism, part of the mayor’s vision?. Um, takes one to know one? Or, as Ivan Drury puts it, “Identifying a social power formation as it exists and criticizing it for that power is not oppressive, in abstract, it’s anti-oppressive.” Is it any wonder so few people vote in civic elections?

Related: Practical solutions to re-engage citizens in local elections.

Victim of Mayday Police Violence Tells his Story. What? He was taking photos? Anarchist!

Meanwhile, RJ Aquino ran for the wrong party last time, and launches new One City party, the logo of which is a little reminiscent of Obama’s, or even London’s Goatse Olympics logo.

Business is booming: How Millennials Are Changing Wall Street. Short answer: they aren’t. “Was it evidence that a new generation of socially conscious investors was changing Wall Street’s priorities? Or was it simply a shrewd new PR ploy from one of the world’s financial titans? Could it be both?” I know! Let’s ask Old Economy Steve.

Chinatown Night Market cancelled this year despite 2013 success. Bizarre how there’s no mention of all that condo development on Keefer Street. It’s hard to do a market in a construction site…

Black Dog Video fights to keep on barking. Hey kid, I’m a computer, stop all the downloading.

Also known as littering: Free Art Left Around Vancouver In Amazing Social Experiment.

Bonus: 15 worst Vancouver hip hop videos.