Morning Brew: Kings of Convenience

Posted by Sean
Filed in News
April 2, 2009

Proposed Afghan law provoking deep thoughts from locals. Unfortunately Jack Handey was unavailable for comment.

Care-home shooting suspect a Gulf War vet suffering from stress disorder. So, just remember that next time they want to build a care home in your neighborhood. (Scare-home)

2010 Games social promises 'not measurable': IOC official. Oh how totally super convenient for them.

Vanoc expects no profit in 2010 Games with economic slump. Oh how totally super convenient for them.

BC Hydro urging conservation before Games. Lights, camera, action.

TransLink raises property taxes to fund 2009 budget. Which means if you own a tiny condo downtown and don't own a car you will pay more than someone who owns a huge house in the boonies and drives their station wagon over a the brand new Golden Ears bridge.

Ferry Fares Float Upwards. "Company hikes prices despite traffic drop, weak economy". OK, I get it. I won't ever go to Victoria. Besides, it rains too much there anyways.

The Great Vancouer Fire. Disaster capitalism?

Grand March for Housing '09

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Hopefully the U.S. learned their lesson in Afganistan and will go back to installing absolute dictators. As for now I guess a Taliban'esque Drug Lord will do.

Ahhhh, social promises not measurable, thats just fine. It's not like making sure success factors are measurable BEFORE a project starts is business 101 or anything.

Posted by: CH at April 2, 2009 10:14 AM | Quote Comment

Jamie Lee Scamilton has been in court all week.

Libel lawsuit.

Posted by: TheRealEastsideDiva at April 2, 2009 10:32 AM | Quote Comment

Translink. agreed. total gouge that will stick it to ALL of us that live in the city and rely less on the transportation infrastructure that ironically benefits those paying lower property taxes and living in the suburbs.

I think they should be tacking a premium onto ICBC payments to cover Translink (as opposed to gas tax, that theoretically those living out in the valley could circumnavigate by filling up just outside the GVRD).

It blow my mind how many smug sanctimonious car-drivers complain about gridlock and high fuel costs while they idle in traffic in their single-occupant vehicles.

Posted by: jerry Incognito at April 2, 2009 11:30 AM | Quote Comment