Morning Brew: December 4th

Because we have tons of housing already, the city is going to demolish the rest of the low income SRO hotels. I must be taking crazy pills again. I think I'm going to end up in the hospital again. I keep reading articles that look like they say "the stock of housing in the downtown that is affordable to low income singles has been holding steady at approximately 14,000 units". It doesn't matter how many times I rub my eyes and re-read that sentence, it still says the same thing. I know, right? I'm losing it.

Mr. King Weighs In On Smilin' Sammy's Worst Nightmare. "She might even be willing to let council go back to a looser, less party-line affair in the way most councils work". I will not make a joke about the looseness of council if we elect the first female mayor of Vancouver. I just won't.

Metblogs on Sullivan, Colbert style.

VPD issue arrest warrant for hospital thief. How could they not catch a dude who stole an entire hospital?

Public excluded from BC Rail case in-camera hearing. Ah yes, when democratic transparency is on trial, its best to be as non-transparent as you can.

While hired goons ransack reporter's office. Paranoid much?

Keefer's take on Glavin. I might have jumped the gun on this one since I didn't even read the book. I don't actually read books.

Mudslide closes Vancouver's Stanley Park seawall.
That's because there are no trees holding the slope together. they should have known that.