on May 13, 2022
Depending who you listen to the Broadway Plan, which comes to council on Wednesday is either the greatest thing ever or the ultimate destruction of the Vancouver we know and love. Plus policing, NIMBYs also hate pools, election speculation via polls and candidate announcements, and shenanigans in Surrey, Langley and Lytton.
Broadway Plan | City of Vancouver
Mike Howell: What the heck is the Broadway plan, anyway?
Opinion: Vancouver’s Broadway Plan is a step forward and we can’t afford to fall behind
Brent Toderian thread on Broadway Plan
Broadway Corridor Plan: Seven Needed Amendments | The Tyee
Write To City Council | Broadway for People
How many new homes are needed in Metro Vancouver? The number is shocking
Controversial Vancouver police ‘trespass prevention program’ goes citywide
Ian Mulgrew: What’s the real crime? Make-believe crisis about public safety threats | Vancouver Sun
Mount Pleasant residents protest possibility of a new park pool
Dan Fumano: Early Vancouver 2022 election poll shows Stewart, Sim, Hardwick as most popular picks
Christopher Porter thread on the poll
New Vision Vancouver Candidate Slate to Bring Hope and Experience Back to City Hall
Patrick Johnstone: Yes, I’m running
Surrey Mayor brings back vote to defeat motion related to his public mischief charge
BC mayor censured, pulled from appointments over ‘unbecoming’ conduct – BC | Globalnews.ca
Regarding the Atco ad, here is the entire commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPSje2L_Aqo
Many of the commenters in the Twitter thread commented that it showed only a portion of the ad.
I just listened to your lego blocks podcast, and I disagree with almost everything you said, but I must object to one thing you said particularly. Lori Culbert’s story was informative, but you CANNOT add up all the municipal housing needs totals to reach a grand total of 250,000 new units. They are Christmas wish lists from the municipalities.
These municipalities compete with each other for both newcomers, and for provincial and federal funding. They will not all get what they want. That would be excessive, overkill, and irrational. Plus, many newcomers, if not almost all, will take up existing housing, not new housing. People die. People move away. People move into extended care.
Re.: lego blocks podcast, you are pandering to a bunch of yahoos who never read Brian Palmquist’s report, which emphasized that the illustration shown was a digital rendering of a massing model. Stephen Quinn did not read it either, apparently.