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Morning Brew: January 2nd
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- January 2, 2008
Tyee's 2007 Fast Rewind. Not as good as mine.
Damn, I forgot about Sam firing the Board of Variance.
The Province's The Best of 2007 Youtube videos. They forgot 2 girls one cup.
The Couriers best quotes of 2007. This one is a gem:
"There is no reason the government should be collecting garbage, running daycares, or operating gyms, libraries, pools, and community centres. By contracting out these services to private providers, the taxpayer will no longer be obligated to fund them and consumers will have the choice to go to whichever company provides the best service at the lowest cost." -Maureen Bader, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. There is no reason we should let the government govern."
Here's mine: "Hope you get over your hatred and bigotry soon Sean; there's already far too much of it going around". -From an email by John Martin of The Province. This coming from the man that wrote this: "No longer willing to remain silent and tremble at the fear of being called "intolerant," Canadians blatantly defied the chattering classes who insist it is always our responsibility to make the necessary adjustments to appease newcomers and minority group interests".
'Spam' Sullivan made his mark. I wonder who was the first to use the term Spam Sullivan?
Transit fares hit $5 in Metro Vancouver. "Critics say the higher fares discourage people from using public transit", which is good because Translink makes its revenues from gas taxes.
City leaders must take strong stand against this downtown lawlessness. And here I was thinking he was on about the Granville Strip. Nope, he's upset because his friend just moved to the 'edge' of the DTES and was woken up the other night. I know, right?
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An email I sent to the writer of the article about the "lawless ness"
Are you kidding me? An evacuation due to a fire/break in and a car stolen from a “supposedly secure” parking garage suddenly make the area lawlessness? I mean sure there are problems in the DTES – I am an actual resident myself, not someone who lives on the “outskirts”, and as a person who has lived in many neighborhoods in Vancouver – including a high property valued suburb, the west end, and east Vancouver, I have seen my share of the troubles you mention EVERYWHERE.
I was broken into in my apartment in the “lawful?” west end. I was woken up by drunken rowdies returning from bars wandering the alleys on their way home at 3 am.
In my neighborhood in the suburbs full of multi million dollar homes I’ve seen cars drive into the fronts of homes, watched grow-ops get busted, teenagers throw fireworks at cars, and taken short trips to the local mall which has one of the highest rates of car theft in North America.
We all know about fairly recent murders in apartments in Yaletown and Kits. We’ve all seen the prostitutes loitering in the outskirts of Yaletown, the homeless people sleeping in Nelson park.
And tell me please, what underground parking lot in what part of town can EVER guarantee against stolen vehicles?
The only thing about your article that would scare off would be residents of the DTES (or rather, the “edges” of it) is the blatant fear mongering. Yes the DTES has it’s share of problems. Yes civic leaders can’t wish these problems away and do need to take a stand. However, publishing an article pointing out the most minor of the issues – indeed the universal ones – regardless of the neighborhood does nothing to further the argument I think you are trying to make.