'Change' Wins in Vancouver. "For a change, let's try a running city hall without leadership disintegrating through vicious infighting and schisms". Either that, or lets change all the drinking fountains into Happy Planet drinking fountains.

"Can you say 'class divide?" Our very own Red State/Blue State!

Kashmir Dhaliwal defeat a difficult one for the team. Really Vancouver?

Developer crashes the Vision bash. "Long after Gregor gave his first speech as mayor-elect — where he promised everything from the end of homelessness to a formula for cold fusion — the party kept roaring. Even condo mogul Francesco Aquilini dropped in for an appearance".

Suspicious timing: City's CFO resigns conveniently after the election.

Explaining this swing to the left, in which they do anything but.

While Jamie Lee Hamilton blames the electoral system for her loss and not the fact that she's crazy.

Bad investments hurt condo owners. Strata councils can just invest your money? That's crazy. Can they bet it on the horse races?

A slow cooker comes in handy in these financially difficult times. Oh awesome, thanks Vancouver Sun. All I have to do is give up sashimi? Fucking brilliant you yuppie wankers.

Why not a bullet train for Vancouver-Seattle?. Yes! Why not! Let's borrow a massive amount of money from banks on the verge of bankruptcy, and then invest all our money into a Public Private Partnership where we aren't allowed to know any details because it will hurt the bidding process. We Built This City on Boosterism.

Unanswered Questions Remain. Oh we all know who did it. It was that little guy.

Obvious headline of the week: It's not easy being gay in rural B.C.. Its not easy being gay in rural anywhere.

TOQUE

East Side Culture Crawl

21st floor

Steve Louie's BR Election DAy Spectacular photos on Flickr.

iamge by Photocat62 in the BR pool on Flickr.