Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision
Fringe Festival - Canning Season
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 03 Sep 2010 at 9:35 AM
Last night we went to watch Canning Season: A Fun Frolicking Variety Hour. In classic Fringe fashion, the title and one paragraph blurb not only did not tell you about the show, it actually mislead y
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Single Family Home Price to Fall to $435,000 by February 2012
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 02 Sep 2010 at 3:27 PM
The Victoria Real Estate Board stats are in for August and it is BAD! 425 total sales is about 50-60% of the 'norm' of the last six years for August. This comes in the wake of the Canadian Centre for
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Fringe Festival is on
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 01 Sep 2010 at 12:02 PM
I remember the Fringe from back in the late 80's when Randy Smith started it all. My ex Catherine worked on it one year.
This year is the first time in five years that is is realistic for me to get
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Amalgamation - Time for people to meet on this
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 01 Sep 2010 at 8:39 AM
There needs to be a more serious move towards amalgamation in this region than what has been going on. I am going to offer to host an evening to get some things rolling.
What we have already out
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2006 Census and the local Federal Ridings
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 31 Aug 2010 at 2:56 PM
There is a very interesting dataset on Pundits Guide which allows you to look at the 308 Canadian ridings through the lens of the data from the 2006 census. I am going to highlight some interest fac
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Lions Gate Bridge Refurbishment versus the Johnson Street Bridge Refuribishment
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 25 Aug 2010 at 6:06 PM
For the record, I do not like the look of the Johnson Street bridge, but I am not a fan of spending a lot of taxpayer money needlessly for a new bridge that is more expensive than we need.
I thought I
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Gyro Park in Cadboro Bay
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 23 Aug 2010 at 5:26 PM
Saanich is considering doing some serious upgrading to Gyro park at Cadboro Bay.
The scope of the proposed changes would seem to make the park much more than the beach and the sailboats. There s
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Saanich Urban Forest Strategy Draft
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 23 Aug 2010 at 4:59 PM
Saanich has offered up their draft on an Urban Forest Strategy. You have until September 12th to submit your thoughts on the strategy.
What I noted is that from 1986 to 2005 Saanich had lost 583 he
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15 months now without the TC
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 20 Aug 2010 at 1:31 PM
For years I subscribed to the TC and when I lived in the interior the Vancouver Sun. I have even had subscriptions to the Globe and Mail and the National Post from time to time. I gave up ge
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Gorge Waterway is safe for swimming
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 18 Aug 2010 at 2:50 PM
After some comments the other day from people about swimming in this region I thought I would dig up the data. It turns out VIHA tests the water and the Gorge is open for swimming.
Turns out is doi
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What the Bridge Referendum Means
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 18 Aug 2010 at 12:05 PM
The referendum on borrowing for the new Johnson Street Bridge is more than just a vote on how to finance the project, it is a proxy for a new bridge versus some form of refurbishment of the existing
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Aug 12 Ipsos poll predicts huge voter turnout in November City referendum
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 17 Aug 2010 at 5:08 PM
I know I just raised this issue, but a new way to speak to it came to mind.
The August 12th poll by Ipsos predicts that 77% of the voters in the City of Victoria will cast a ballot in the November ref
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City of Victoria by-election and referendum
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 17 Aug 2010 at 2:17 PM
It is now just over three months before election day in November, we still do not know if it will be the 20th or the 27th. The council by-election is very quiet and really a sideshow, it is the refe
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Beating the heat in this city
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Aug 2010 at 3:49 PM
I am constantly amazed at how quickly people in Victoria wilt in the heat, anything more than the 30C and people whine about it being hot. It is not like it is that warm here in the Capital Regional
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Uptown Centre Traffic Issues
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 1:50 PM
I had made a note of the problems I could see with the traffic flows at the new Uptown Centre the other day, now it seems at least one member of Saanich council has noted there is a problem. Vic Der
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City of Victoria votes to go forward with a new bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 12:52 PM
Just in, the council voted 8-1 to build a new bridge and not to refurbish the existing bridge. Only Geoff Young voted against the new bridge.
What I do not know is what the information looked like t
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Qu'appele Park in Saanich
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 3:13 PM
Looking west from Qu'Appelle Street
Looking towards the apartment building on Burnside
I thought I would post some pictures of my local park, Qu'Appelle park. It is not nothing big, just a few lot
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The Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 7:37 AM
Today is the last day you can send in your comments to the City in their process. Council will make their decision on Thursday of refurbish or replace.
What I find interesting is how generally quiet
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Just some quick thoughts on traffic
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Aug 2010 at 4:08 PM
On Friday Sheila and I drove up island to camp for a night and we left town during the height of rush hour. Leaving when we did meant we had to go out with the Colwood Crawl and I have a few observa
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House prices in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 9:53 AM
The latest Victoria Real Estate Board stats are out on house sales in the Greater Victoria area and it looks bad for the sellers in this market.
July saw 527 total sales, this is the worst July since
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That Bridge, Once More
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 05 Aug 2010 at 6:03 PM
Old pic I found online
The City has extended their deadline for comments about the bridge to August 10th. I would submit something except for I am really neutral on the options offered and only real
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Central Saanich Council Approves Bylaw for Vantreight Hill Project
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 11:24 AM
At the council meeting last night the Central Saanich council passed the bylaw that was needed to move the Vantrieght Hill Project forward. This is very good news for protecting farming and farmla
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Transit and future growth
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 31 Jul 2010 at 11:52 AM
Transit, especially rail based, requires large numbers of people travelling to one central destination. In Victoria we have had Downtown as a major daily destination for years, but is it realisti
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Some more pics of details from the new Uptown Centre
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 25 Jul 2010 at 9:28 AM
Detail from the wall near WalMart
I thought I would post some pics I took the other day of the details on the buildings and such.
Near the southern entrance to Uptown Boulevard
This is the base
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The New Uptown Centre
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 22 Jul 2010 at 10:12 PM
You know, I keep calling this Uptown Centre, but everything I see only calls it Uptown. That seems wrong and only a partial name, it might make sense if it was a counter part to Downtown, but that h
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BC Transit Surveying businesses about rapid transit into Downtown
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 20 Jul 2010 at 6:02 PM
From Vibrant Victoria I see that BC Transit is going to all the business and landowners near Douglas, Blanshard and Government to ask them about their thoughts on a rapid transit corridor. Here is wh
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Since a few hundred of you read this most days.....
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 20 Jul 2010 at 9:57 AM
I thought I would take a moment to shill for my oldest son Daniel.
He wants to earn enough money to be able to go to Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Quakers. This is in the third week of August
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City of Victoria Parkades
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 19 Jul 2010 at 11:30 AM
The City of Victoria owns or operates five parkades in downtown Victoria. Oak Bay, Saanich and Esquimalt do not have any. Time to ask why the City is in the parking business at all and if it were
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Making Transit more efficient in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 18 Jul 2010 at 9:23 AM
The biggest problem we have in Victoria is the lack of serious Express Bus service.
1) Actually make some form of bu lanes on Highway #1 out to the Westshore. There is enough space on either sid
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Light Rail, what would it take to make sense?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 16 Jul 2010 at 4:45 PM
In looking at different light rail systems through out North America, there seems to be a threshold of 100,000 passenger trips at which point light rail construction and operational costs come to a poi
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Why do we have to have the CRD?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 16 Jul 2010 at 11:34 AM
I keep coming across more and more reasons to dislike the the CRD but all of these reasons come down to one fundamental issue - the CRD is not elected and is not accountable to the public. The CRD i
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Provincial government evaluation of the E&N corridor
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 14 Jul 2010 at 4:17 PM
The provincial government released their study into the E and N corridor and the results are not promising for people hoping that there will be any significant increase in passenger rail service of any
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Vantreight Hill Project - the benefits
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 6:02 PM
The project does have some significant benefits to the community, farming and the environment, here is a list of eight:
Development is located in a location of low environmental impact. Much of the
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Some Pictures from the Hill Project location
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 3:31 PM
I thought it would be helpful for people to see what the views from the Hill look likeThe above is the view towards the greenhouses and warehouse of the Vantreights
You can look towards the Olympi
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Oak Bay Beach Hotel
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 12:02 PM
Finally it looks like there will be forward motion on the hotel after a long delay. The TC reports that the Oak Bay council approved some zoning variances for developer Kevin Walker.
The neighbour
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I am becoming a coastal wimp
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 08 Jul 2010 at 5:12 PM
I am amazed, there was a time when 40 degrees was fine by me and did not slow me down. Now I get a couple of warm days her in Victoria and I am vaguely annoyed that my house is too warm.
I admit th
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Vantreight HIll Project
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 3:28 PM
The people opposed to the Vantreight Hill project say that it contravenes the Central Saanich OCP and the Regional Growth Strategy. I have read both documents from front to back and I can not find a
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The Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 2:18 PM
The City is now talking about doing the sort of detailed public engagement that they should have done in the first place. Dean Fortin has a piece in the TC today explaining how the City will procee
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Race for Victoria City Council
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 06 Jul 2010 at 3:34 PM
There is a by-election this fall for the City of Victoria council and it is stunning at the general silence out there as to candidates. I know of one person who is running, Barry Hobbis. I know o
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Some images of timber harvesting
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 6:33 PM
I find it amazing at how disconnected we are in Victoria. All these pictures are of timber harvesting less than one hour from downtown. We have a forest industry that keeps on going and will be w
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Central Saanich and Agricultural Lands
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 03 Jul 2010 at 2:55 PM
I have been looking at Central Saanich and the farming lands there and here are some interesting facts:
In 1974 Central Saanich had 7292 acres of land in the ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve), now it is
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Getting Stuck on Butler Main
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 03 Jul 2010 at 10:36 AM
Butler Main is a logging road that starts at Young Lake Road in Sooke and goes as far as the Jordan River above the reservoir. Here is meets up with West Jordan Main coming in from Shawnigan Lake.
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Victoria OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 30 Jun 2010 at 3:28 PM
I missed the meetings about the OCP over the weekend, I was camping in Carmanah Valley, the first time I had been there since the fall of 1989. I was there with the Scouts, it was a good time and I
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CRD Plans for the OBPP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 24 Jun 2010 at 4:01 PM
OBPP - One Big Poop Plant.
The CRD has decided that they will place the one and only sewage treatment plant at McLoughlin Point. I know the decision getting to this point has taken ages and if we ar
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Two interesting posts from Jim Legh
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 23 Jun 2010 at 3:08 PM
Jim Legh has a blog called Amalgamate Greater Victoria and he has two interesting recent posts.
The first is about the decision by the City of Victoria not to build rail as part of the Johnson Street
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Central Saanich and the Urban Containment Boundary
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 22 Jun 2010 at 12:12 PM
As people should know by now, I think the Hill proposal by the Vantreights is a good idea. This is land that can not farmed and can not be quarried, it is the perfect place to put houses.
I have bee
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Scouting, a great program for youth
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 19 Jun 2010 at 11:53 AM
One of the local Scout groups is holding an open house next weekend, if you have kids, take some time to check it out.
OPEN HOUSE INVITATIONYou're invited to attend a Scouting Open House in Victoria o
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A letter from a North Saanich resident and environmentalist to the Dogwood Initia
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 18 Jun 2010 at 8:20 AM
This came over my inbox and speaks to the strange situation that has occurred with the Hill Proposal of the Vantreights. Somehow the Dogwood Initiative is leading the charge to stop the development and
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The Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 17 Jun 2010 at 5:28 PM
Council today decided to go forward with a non-rail bridge option for both replacement and refurbishment. I am very glad to hear that sanity prevails.
Of all the futures I can imagine in the next f
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Meeting about Vantreight Hill Project organized by people opposed
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 16 Jun 2010 at 10:02 AM
This may be of interest to some of you out there. I am likely to go out and see how it goes. Knowing the economics of farming, I understand the need of the family to develop the land to be able to p
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Johnson Street Bridge Heritage
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 16 Jun 2010 at 9:49 AM
The City has posted some decent documents about the whole bridge issue on their site. The City is making available some documents relating to the heritage values of the bridge.
Among this is the H
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Oak Bay Secondary Suites Report - "Lets think about it some more"
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 15 Jun 2010 at 9:35 PM
Corey Burger has posted the final report on Secondary Suites by the Oak Bay committee on the issue. The upshot of it is the following:
The Committee is of the view that Council should continue to
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Johnson Street Bridge- Costs to replace or fix
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 15 Jun 2010 at 1:57 PM
The media headlines are $89 million to replace and $103 million to refurbish. These numbers hide what is really going on and the clearly political agenda in the news release. The City has provide
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First Candidate for City Council - Barry Hobbis
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 09 Jun 2010 at 7:21 AM
This came out via email at 2:30 this morning
City of Victoria By-Election - November 2010I am announcing my intention to seek the upcoming vacant seat for the City of Victoria Council. This will be a
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BC Transit Open House at City Hall
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 07 Jun 2010 at 5:47 PM
I went down to the BC Transit open house today. I ran into MLA John Horgan there and chatted with him for a few minutes, the introduction of rapid transit would be of significant benefit to his c
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Talking about the Victoria OCP - what came of the Friday evening at my home
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 07 Jun 2010 at 12:21 PM
In the end only a small number of people showed up, but they were a diverse selection of people and all of them well informed about the City. We were small enough that we could be more informal an
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If I was not working tomorrow, I would be tempted to go to this....
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 05 Jun 2010 at 4:25 PM
I am curious to see what a gun show on Vancouver Island looks like, I have never been to one anywhere and the culture is one that is very foriegn to me - I am a Quaker.
It is actually amazing how many
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Talking about the OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 10:14 PM
It ended up only being a small group of us here at my home this evening talking about the City of Victoria OCP. Our focus became - "What so we mean by a sustainable city?"
Here is the 2 minute run
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The Homecoming Statue and the Neighbourhood Book Exchange
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 3:06 PM
The other day I was looking something up and came across the Homecoming Statue which is on the inner harbour as Navy Centennial commemoration. I can understand the sentiment for the statue, but ulti
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Victoria OCP - Meeting this evening at my home
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 12:52 PM
People are welcome to come to my home this evening to talk about the City of Victoria Official Community Plan.
We will be starting at 7 pm and going till about 9 pm.
It is important that we as the pe
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Shelbourne and Mackenzie - 3959 Shelbourne
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 03 Jun 2010 at 10:10 AM
Not that long ago I was suggesting the idea that there needed to be much higher degree of density in the area of Mackenzie and Shelbourne, especially with office space that connects to businesses dev
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The randomness of finding out about meetings in this city.
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 01 Jun 2010 at 2:59 PM
BC Transit is holding open houses to talk about rapid transit and the next 25 years of transit. The first is Monday June 7th from 1pm to 7 pm at Victoria City Hall. The second is on Tuesday June 8
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Victoria Real Estate Board May sales figures
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 01 Jun 2010 at 2:05 PM
The VREB has released their monthly statistics on home sales in the CRD. The numbers look weak, at 671 units sold in May, this is the lowest level for a May some years now.
The normal sales pattern
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Resignation of Sonya Chandler from Victoria City Council
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 01 Jun 2010 at 1:28 PM
Sonya Chandler, Green party two term Victoria city councilor, is resigning effective September 1st. She is stepping down because she has a chance to study in Europe.
The impact of this means we wi
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Oak Bay Teaparty - June 5-6
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 28 May 2010 at 1:50 PM
OK, Max is old enough that we are considering going to the Oak Bay Teaparty. It has been a LONG time since I was last at the teaparty (link is to some info on the new US movement that stole the nam
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Community Forum on the Sayward road/Hwy #17 intersection
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 27 May 2010 at 5:42 PM
I got this email from Lana Popham, MLA for Saanich South. For a long time I have thought this intersection and the one at Haliburton, need to be replaced. My intention is to go to this community f
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Not only Victoria is working on their OCP, so to is View Royal
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 24 May 2010 at 9:36 AM
I have been aware for sometime that View Royal is working on their OCP, but I have been busy and not really paid attention. They have reached the point where they have a draft OCP for the community
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More thoughts on the Vantreight proposal
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 21 May 2010 at 8:43 AM
I have been looking for alternatives to the development as ways to ensure one of the most significant farming operations in our region stays in operation for the next generation of the Vantreight famil
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Recreation Centres and the City of Victoria OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 20 May 2010 at 12:51 PM
The City of Victoria manages to surive on a single recreation centre because it has can count on people in Victoria being able to use the facilities in neighbouring municipalities. As exmaples, the B
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The Importance of the OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 18 May 2010 at 9:58 AM
The last time the City of Victoria came out with an Official Community Plan (OCP) was in 1995 and it was designed to look out to 2020. Much has changed in the city in that time, some of it the direct
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Victoria OCP process
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 May 2010 at 11:27 AM
As I posted earlier, I am interested in hosting an evening for people to exchange ideas on the future of the City of Victoria. There is a Facebook event page for this now.
I would love to have the
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Esquimalt High Track and Tennis Courts
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 May 2010 at 5:13 PM
I find it rather depressing to see the state of the track at Esquimalt High
This view does not really show how bad it is. If you look from the parking lot near the portables, you can see it is basic
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Camden Green Development in View Royal
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 May 2010 at 4:22 PM
This development is located close to VGH. I have no idea why the name as there are no greens around here at least the street it borders on is called Camden. The location would be a very good one fo
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City of Victoria OCP Process
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 15 May 2010 at 3:20 PM
Readers of this blog, I would like to invite people to come by and spend an evening talking about the City of Victoria OCP and what various people think should be part of the vision for the City into t
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Francis Drake Apartments in James Bay
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 15 May 2010 at 12:52 PM
I wish the City of Victoria would make it easier to find out about development proposals on their website, but that does not seem to be something they are doing. I may think Saanich is anti change,
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Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 14 May 2010 at 12:29 PM
I have been busy trying to finish renoing our upstairs bedroom because my niece is living with us for a couple of months and we need another bedroom in the house. I have been laying a fir floor mad
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Central Saanich Planning and Development Committee Meeting on Vantreight Proposal
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 11 May 2010 at 7:45 AM
I went to the meeting of the committee last night and listened to what was being said about the Hill project proposed by the Vantreights. There were about 150 people at the meeting last night. I w
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Langford, what I make of it
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 10 May 2010 at 4:01 PM
Last night I had to pick up Sheila from a mother's day martini party in Langford in the Glen Lake neighbourhood. I got out there earlier than planned and did a bit of a drive in some of the places I
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HOW TO PROTECT FARMLAND IN THE CRD - THE VANTREIGHT PROPOSAL
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 05 May 2010 at 4:36 PM
This is what I submitted to Central Saanich moments ago, I wish I had more time to write it better, but this is where I got to as the day was running out. I have added some links and a couple more de
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Official Community Plans - what do you do if they are not followed?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 05 May 2010 at 12:03 PM
Victoria is right now going through the process of developing a new Official Community Plan, but how well have the past plans been followed? I know of several commitments in the last two Victoria OCP
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State of the No HST Campaign in the CRD
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 04 May 2010 at 5:53 PM
Since the No HST people released data on how the campaign is going, I thought I would look at how things are going in the CRD.
Riding Party 15% mark total How close to
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Anne Cirrillo's Tomato Sauce is available
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 28 Apr 2010 at 8:53 AM
My friend and neighbour makes a great tomato sauce. It is made in small batches and worth checking out. Here is the text of the email she sent me today
Hello Everyone and Happy Spring!
I'm maki
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New Blog about Victoria Urban Design
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 26 Apr 2010 at 3:33 PM
Make Victoria Better started a few weeks ago. You can follow on Twitter as well. The author is called Evan and 27, but that is all I know about him.
I am not sure what to make of his ideas and whe
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Ideas for the City of Victoria OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 26 Apr 2010 at 3:26 PM
I am working a number of different ideas to propose for the City of Victoria Official Community Plan, and as I go along and develop them, I will post some of them here first.
One of my areas of int
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Urbanspoon
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 26 Apr 2010 at 11:13 AM
I thought I would quickly highlight a website I found useful, Urbanspoon. It is great for finding out about restaurants. It is a tool that you can use on smart phones and which has allowed us to
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House prices in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 19 Apr 2010 at 3:37 PM
With the new rules for borrowing money and the relatively high cost of houses in this city, I suspect there will be some dampening of the market. The only thing I see working against this is misconc
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Shelbourne Corridor
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 14 Apr 2010 at 12:21 PM
There has been some planning exercises being done by Saanich about Shelbourne street - the Shelbourne Corridor Action Plan. While it is nice that Saanich is finally sitting down and thinking about She
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The ever increasing price of water in the CRD
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 09 Apr 2010 at 10:24 AM
Last November I did the math on water rates the costs of rain barrels, the math did not make much sense because waters were not high enough and I could not find a source of cheap barrels. Both of thes
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Secondary Suites
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 07 Apr 2010 at 2:00 PM
The local governments in this region are falling down in protection of the public by not ensuring all the secondary suites are up to code. At the moment almost all the local governments turn a blind e
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http://victoriavision.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-is-letter-ryan-vantreight-posted.html
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 03 Apr 2010 at 11:07 AM
This is a letter Ryan Vantreight posted on Facebook today"Farmland should be saved for farming” - We couldn't agree more!My name is Ryan Vantreight. I am a young father, local farmer and a proud memb
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Overall Zoing Problem for the City of Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 31 Mar 2010 at 2:45 PM
As I review documents so that I make comments about the direction for the City of Victoria OCP, I discovered an interesting factoid. The City of Victoria has a maximum capacity of 95,700 people based
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The Insanity of how UVic Dealing with Rabbits
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 30 Mar 2010 at 9:50 AM
Back when I was at UVic there were no rabbits on campus, it was VGH that had the rabbit problem. Since then UVic has been the centre of a rabbit plague.Lately they wanted to try and manage the rabbit
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Royal Jubliee and Victoria General
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 29 Mar 2010 at 1:03 PM
Two of the largest employers in our region are the two main VIHA hospitals, the Royal Jubilee and the Victoria General. They could and should be significant local economic engines beyond the simple e
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The City of Victoria Offical Community Plan process
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 29 Mar 2010 at 11:33 AM
This weekend saw the kick off public consultation of the process of developing a new Official Community Plan for the City of Victoria with a forum at the Crystal Garden. As I posted earlier, I had som
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Victoria OCP Forum this Evening
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 26 Mar 2010 at 8:44 PM
I had wanted to get to this forum earlier but life intervened so Sheila and I got there just as people had started talking about what they wanted in their city. We got to sit at the table with the ke
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Food Matter Forum Held Today
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 26 Mar 2010 at 3:10 PM
I was at the Food Matters Forum hosted by CR-FAIR at the Friendship Centre. I posted some details on the event here.Two interesting things I will be following up on here shortly are:The Vantreight fa
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Building a Stronger Social Connection in the City
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 25 Mar 2010 at 8:38 AM
One area in which small towns out do bigger centres is with the social capital in the community. The smaller the town, the more of the people you know and the more likely you are to be able to ask th
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CRD Decision on Wastewater Project Today
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 24 Mar 2010 at 1:36 PM
I have not yet heard what the decision is, but the media is making much of the people there protesting the use of P3s. It concerns me that there is such a backlash against a tool that government can
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Tillicum School
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 19 Mar 2010 at 12:13 PM
Tillicum School is in my neighbourhood. Three of my boys went to this school. The school grounds take up a full block between Burnside, Orillia, Albina and Maddock.View Larger MapThe school has be
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Royal Bay Colwood
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 19 Mar 2010 at 11:45 AM
The Royal Bay development in Colwood will eventually cover over former gravel pit in Colwood. When built out the development will have 2800 houses. The first areas have been completedView Larger M
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Would we draw the boundaries like this?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 16 Mar 2010 at 1:54 PM
I have to once again look at the stupidity of the municipal boundaries in the CRD and I can only ask would we have drawn the boundaries we have today in the same way? I can not imagine anyone saying t
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Fundraiser for Camp Barnard Scout Camp
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 11 Mar 2010 at 5:18 PM
DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Time: Doors Open at 7:00am Breakfast at 7:30 to 8:30am Where: Victoria Marriott in the Pacific Ballroom Many of you have very fond memories of Camp Barnard and want
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Transit use in the CRD, how to boost it
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 04 Mar 2010 at 2:20 PM
The people that commute at the moment are the firm base for BC Transit in this region. What BC Transit needs to do is bring more people onto the buses that are not using it at the moment. Here are so
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Seedy Saturday
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 19 Feb 2010 at 1:59 PM
I was supposed to be camping at Mount Washington this weekend so I was going to have to miss Seedy Saturday. I have been out of town for the last three years for this event. I am glad to be here th
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City makes some decisions on the Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 18 Feb 2010 at 4:19 PM
We are not going to have a quick referendum, this is good as I do not think that it would have passed. The City staff have given the council this report.From what I heard from the Mayor on the radio
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Parking in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 15 Feb 2010 at 6:44 PM
The City of Victoria has now shifted over to the parking kiosks with numbered stalls, I think it is time for the city to consider making more areas paid parking.Locations close to existing kiosks would
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Communting in Greater Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 11 Feb 2010 at 3:01 PM
The Canadian Census has some good data on commuting. I went through that data to get some sense on this region.Walk/Bike to workCity of Victoria - 32.9%Sidney - 20.1%Oak Bay - 19.3%Esquimalt - 19.2%S
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Industrial Lands in the CRD
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 01 Feb 2010 at 10:34 AM
In December the final report on the inventory of industrial land use in the CRD was released and it clearly highlights some major warnings for the region with respect to industrial lands. This is the
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Property Assessments - only a few days left to appeal
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 28 Jan 2010 at 6:41 PM
You have until 11:59 pm February 1st to file an appeal of your assessment. There is no cost to you to file and the process is very easy, it is just a short form with your contact information and a fe
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CRD Public Workshop on Regional Growth Strategy - Feb 4th
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 28 Jan 2010 at 4:46 PM
It is very nice that the CRD is doing this, I just wish that they had given as all a bit more warning. The date is only one week away, hardly a reasonable lead time. Also, there is only one session
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How Prepared are You for an Earthquake?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 22 Jan 2010 at 9:50 PM
In the wake of the Haiti earthquake I thought I would post something here to get people to think about how prepared you are for an earthquake here in Victoria.The last major earthquake that hit Vancouv
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The Need for a Connection from the Galloping Goose to Tillicum Mall
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 21 Jan 2010 at 12:11 AM
Saanich has done a nice job of traffic calming Maddock Street from Tillicum Mall through to Harriet Road. There is a pedestrian light at Maddock and Harriet and cars are not allowed to go straight th
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Johnson Street Bridge - sources of information
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 17 Jan 2010 at 11:28 PM
View Larger MapIn general I seem to have managed to locate a fair amount of information that the City and others have made available about the bridge, but i know there is information out there that has
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An Opportunity for the City of VIctoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 17 Jan 2010 at 11:02 PM
With the big success of the counter petition with respect to the Johnson Street Bridge the City of Victoria gains one thing that most local governments do not have - a public that is now interested in
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2010/11 SD#61 Greater Victoria School District Budget Process
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 15 Jan 2010 at 12:19 AM
The GVSD does not make it easy to find the information about their budget process online. The budget timeline is here. The Board of Education will pass the budget on April 21st.If you want to form
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Victoria is the largest ferry dependent community in North America
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 1:04 AM
There is no other location in North America that has as many people as Victoria and is ferry dependent. Overall Vancouver Island is the majority of ferry dependent people in North America.There are c
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Higher density needed near UVic
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 12 Jan 2010 at 11:33 PM
UVic is no longer a small undergraduate university, it is now one of Canada's major universities. Having it still sitting in the middle of the suburbs and there being no redevelopment around it makes
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This is what I would love to see all councilors do
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 12 Jan 2010 at 10:59 PM
John Luton of Victoria city council has a blog and recently responded ther to some comments I had about the decision making process of the city. While I do not agree with everything he asserts and in
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Draft Saanich Urban Forest Strategy
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 08 Jan 2010 at 5:53 PM
Today is the final day for comments on the Draft Urban Forest Strategy for Saanich. This is my quick review and commentsThe goals of the Saanich Urban Forest Strategy are:Goal 1 Protect trees and exp
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The Johnson Street Bridge and Provincial Funding
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 08 Jan 2010 at 4:18 PM
A number of members of the City of Victoria council that are known to have strong NDP connections and the NDP MLA Rob Flemming have complained the provincial government has not provided funding for the
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Johnson Street Bridge - Council Created a Perfect Storm of Opposition
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 08 Jan 2010 at 3:50 PM
The counter petition process was successful as it was signed by more than 15% of the eligible voters. The people of JohnsonStreetBridge.org managed to get more voters in Victoria to sign the counter
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Assessments are out
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 07 Jan 2010 at 2:43 AM
Assessments are out here in Victoria and they are up again. If you have any concern about the value placed on your home, I suggest you appeal your assessment. You have until January 31st to file an
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Local Civic Watchdog Groups
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 06 Jan 2010 at 10:57 PM
In 2008 in the lead up to the municipal elections there were a number of civic watchdog groups that came into existence. We had the Saanich Civic League, Steve Hurdle had Inside Langford, right after
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Johson Street Bridge Petition
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 05 Jan 2010 at 4:38 PM
Well it seems like there were more than enough signatures were collected in the Alternative Approval Process to stop the $42 million borrowing by the City for the new Johnson Street Bridge. The City n
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Beaver Lake General Store
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 05 Jan 2010 at 3:09 PM
The Beaver Lake General Store on West Saanich Road is in danger of demolition. The picture to the left is of the store back in 1979 when it still functioned as an actual general store.The current owne
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Blue Bridge Counter Petition Process Update
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 22 Dec 2009 at 5:12 PM
The counter petition process is going better in Victoria than I thought it would: On Tuesday, December 22, Ross Crockford will be delivering the 5000 signatures we have collected to-date to City Hall
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Victoria International Marina
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 12 Dec 2009 at 12:06 AM
I have been meaning to write about the proposed Victoria International Marina in Vic West for some time now but things keep getting in the way. In general I have no major problems with the marina prop
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WHL v ECHL
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 08 Dec 2009 at 11:32 PM
I really wish someone would get the Salmon Kings out of Victoria and bring in a Western Hockey League team. The ECHL is not a place you find players that are destined to be in the NHL, it is in Major
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Dogwood Line
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 08 Dec 2009 at 10:34 PM
The Victoria Transit Commission is considering a new bus service from Downtown to UVic that will be a limited stop service like the B-Lines are in Metro Vancouver. This new bus service will be named
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Just a passing thought......
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 25 Nov 2009 at 11:34 PM
The CRD is talking about any sewage treatment plant that is built to recover heat from the sewage. a great idea and I support it. But what I wonder is why the CRD is not looking at the potential to ge
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Counter Petition underway for borrowing money for Johnson Street Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 23 Nov 2009 at 9:37 PM
The City of Victoria council has passed the motion to authorize borrowing $42 000 000 for the construction of a new Johnson Street Bridge. The council also chose not put this borrowing to a referendum
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Home Inspector Ordered to Pay
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 12 Nov 2009 at 2:01 AM
A BC home inspector was ordered to pay close to $200 000 to couple in Vancouver for a faulty home inspection. I am happy to see this happen as there seems to be no accountability for home inspectors
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November 11th
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Nov 2009 at 11:01 PM
On Wednesday I will not be at any Cenotaph. I will be walking along Shelbourne Street from Bay to Hillside and back. The tree planted along Shelbourne were planted as a living memorial to the people
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Water rates
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Nov 2009 at 12:02 AM
Not that long ago we paid a total of $2.64 per 100 cubic feet of water used, now it is up to $3.9162 per 100 cubic feet. That is a 50% increase in just over two years. Our summer period water and ut
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25 Years of CFUV
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 03 Nov 2009 at 2:53 AM
The station continues on. I worked at the station from 1988 to 1990 for wages that were less than nothing but the job was cool, I put in 60 to 70 hour weeks while still pretending to go to school fu
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The need for a Regional Transportation Authority
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 28 Oct 2009 at 3:56 PM
The city has now been promised $21 000 000 from the federal government for the replacement of the bridge. This money is not coming from the stimulus money, but from the Build Canada pot of money. T
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Trees and Developments
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 06 Oct 2009 at 11:35 PM
I was sitting outside of the Starbucks at Tillicum and Gorge and noticing that the trees in the parking lot were getting to of a size where they added something to the landscape, that they could offer
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Johnson Street Bridge - who should pay
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 23 Sep 2009 at 1:35 AM
Given that the bridge is not very relevant to most of the people that live in the City Victoria but is crucial for people in Esquimalt and View Royal, why is it that the City is bearing the full burden
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The Johnson Street Bridge Replacement
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 15 Sep 2009 at 6:15 PM
We have another nine days to give comments to the city of Victoria on the proposed replacement bridge design for the Johnson Street Bridge.There are open houses at city hall on the following days:Tuesd
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A New Downtown Library
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 27 Aug 2009 at 3:42 PM
Greater Victoria needs to build a large central library in the core of the city. I would love to see something that is a world renowned building and place the idea of library and learning at the cor
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Density and neighbourhoods in the core of Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 27 Aug 2009 at 3:39 PM
I have been thinking about the issue of density and the cost of housing in general. There is ongoing sprawl in almost all major cities around the world because the typical family wants to live in a d
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Great Set of Historical Pics of Victoria and region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 24 Aug 2009 at 1:55 PM
glenalan54 has a wonderful set of pics on flickr that highlight the history of this area.I highly recommend you browse through them and see what things were like in the past. He has some great compar
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http://victoriavision.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-from-journal-of-commerce.html
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 24 Aug 2009 at 12:52 PM
This is from the Journal of Commerce website. I am happy to see that this project is still moving forward, the addition of residential to the Tillicum mall site is an important move towards making thi
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ALR removal application in Langford
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 21 Aug 2009 at 3:31 PM
This came through my email inboxYou are receiving this email as I have reason to believe you would be interested and concerned about these exclusion applications of ALR lands. ALR land is a provincial
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Off to Seattle
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 10 Aug 2009 at 11:55 AM
I am off to Seattle for a few days, when I get back I am going to try and dig a bit deeper on the Johnson Street bridge thing. I am also going to find out what is happening with the Spencer Road inte
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March 10th Victoria City Council Priority List
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 08 Aug 2009 at 9:50 AM
This is a press release from the Victoria City Council from March 10th with their list of priorities through to the fall. I am going to try and go through it over the next day or two and see how the
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http://victoriavision.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-was-posted-at-vibrant-victoria-i.html
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 07 Aug 2009 at 10:15 AM
This was posted at Vibrant Victoria, I wonder what happened to the work done in 1999 and if we can get our money back since the promises seem not to have been met?Blue bridge to get $1-million facelift
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The bridge once more
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 06 Aug 2009 at 11:38 AM
In a May 21st Powerpoint Presentation there are some budget details, I have major concerns about what is presented there on page 10 of the presentation.This is listed as a Class C estimate - this means
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Johnson Street Bridge - a bit more
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 06 Aug 2009 at 10:59 AM
I was looking through the City of Victoria's powerpoint of April 2nd 2009. In this report consulting engineering firm of Declan had construction times estimates of 24 to 48 months for a new bridge.
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The Johnson Street Bridge Replacement
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 06 Aug 2009 at 9:38 AM
The city of Victoria is proposing replacing the Johnson Street Bridge - aka the blue bridge soon, in fact in just under 20 months. I do not know where I sit on the idea of replacing the bridge, but
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Transit to the Cowichan Valley
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 21 Jul 2009 at 1:47 PM
There is some data on on the usage of the new transit routes from the Cowichan valley. The total daily boardings are still very light, about 12 to 15 per bus run. I can see that the people using it
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I have been on a bit of a break from this
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 22 Jun 2009 at 2:32 PM
but I should be back online with things now.I will be looking around for some interesting topics and things.I was made aware of a blog called the Rainbow Park Ratepayers written by Mike Laplante - the
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Uptown Centre
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 26 May 2009 at 11:18 AM
We are now about a year away from the opening of phase 1 of the new Uptown Centre, the former Town and Country. The website has a nice new feature, a fly through of the whole site.I viewed the video
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View Royal is using Facebook to get input on their OCP
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 25 May 2009 at 6:29 PM
You can add the View Royal OCP Update as a friend on facebook. I am very interested and intrigued to see if this has any impact on public engagement.There are some photo albums on there with pics of
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Peninsula Coop AGM coming up - this relates to problems in how local elections ar
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 22 May 2009 at 12:59 PM
I like the idea of Coops because membership allows people to have control over the business. Peninsula Coop here in the Greater Victoria area is doing well and thriving. We have only been members f
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The Case of Catherine Alpha - School Trustee
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 19 May 2009 at 6:31 PM
Last fall Catherine Alpha was elected to the Greater Victoria School District as a trustee as part of the VPEC slate. She was the only one that was elected from VPEC.On March 12th she filed her elect
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May 12th Election Results in Greater Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 13 May 2009 at 10:25 AM
Turn out percentages are based on registered voters on April 21st, that number rose towards election day so the actual turn out percentage will be lower.Esquimalt Royal RoadsMaurine Karagianis NDP - 10
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Election Party?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 11 May 2009 at 2:47 PM
The pro STV folks in the Greater Victoria area will be at Spinnakers tomorrow night to watch the results.With the end of all the of the elections, I am going to focus in on issue of visions for the fut
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I like candidates that do things differently
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 08 May 2009 at 4:22 PM
This is an interesting thing for a campaign to doThey all look like they are having fun running in this election.
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BC STV - a website where you try it out
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 06 May 2009 at 1:28 PM
I urge you to get better informed about BC STV and to let your friends and relatives know. First past the post is a relic from ancient times that has been abandoned in most of the democratic world b
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More on the Blue Bridge/Johnson St Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 06 May 2009 at 9:50 AM
There has been a good discussion going on over at Vibrant Victoria about the bridge, it is from that discussion that I was made aware of the Te Wero Bridge in Auckland. Now that is an interesting and
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The local races on facebook
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 05 May 2009 at 3:23 PM
Last time I checked on this it was April 23rd, two weeks ago. So how are people doing? Generally not very wellWe have no new entrants in facebook land in the last two weeks.Victoria Beacon Hill * C
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The Blue Bridge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 02 May 2009 at 4:34 PM
I would like to see the city make the bridge a P3, design, build and operate. I would also like to see the city toll the bridge. You automatically toll through transponders on cars or you people hav
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Saanich South - the only race in our region in the provincial election
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 5:51 PM
Saanich South is the only riding in this region where the result on May 12th is in doubt.This riding has been a close one in most elections for the last generation.In 2005 this riding was narrowly won
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I will post any campaign press releases or such if I get them in my inbox
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 5:34 PM
This is from the Rob Fleming campaign: ROB FLEMING CAMPAIGN IS FACING A NEW OPPONENT IN VICTORIA-SWAN LAKE Hi friends, I just wanted to let you in on an interesting development in this constitu
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2 BC STV Information Evenings Wednesday
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 9:11 PM
Title: Information Session Date: Wednesday April 29, 2009 Time: 7:
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First Ad in Favour of BC STV
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 5:20 PM
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Victoria Swan Lake
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 12:47 PM
This is my own riding and it is currently held by New Democrat Rob Fleming. He will be easily re-elected by one of the largest margins of any New Democrat.My Prediction of the Result:Rob Fleming 12 2
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Election Prediction for Greater Victoria Ridings
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 10:58 AM
Esquimalt Royal RoadsMarine Karagianis - NDP - 40%Jane Sterk - Green - 35%Carl Ratsoy - Liberal - 25%Juan De FucaJohn Horgan - NDP - 48%Jody Twa - Liberal - 41%James Powell - Green - 11%Oak Bay Gordon
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How the Provincial Candidates are doing on Facebook
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 23 Apr 2009 at 4:40 PM
Lana Popham has clearly done well this last week and almost doubled her supporters on facebook. He big rise masks the fact that Robin Adair did best among the Liberals in percentage terms.We have thr
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Observations on the Election
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 1:27 PM
It is less than three weeks to election day and here are my observations on the election in this region.There fewer signs on lawns this time around than normally. The NDP seems to be doing the best i
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Putting up a Jesse McClinton sign tonight
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 20 Apr 2009 at 8:58 PM
I remember the federal election and how long signs lasted in my neighbourhood, about two days. I am putting up a sign for Liberal candidate Jesse McClinton tonight, we will see how well it does.
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Form Coery Burger Blog from behind the Tweed Curtain
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 20 Apr 2009 at 8:56 PM
Catherine pointed this out to me thinking it was so me in 1988.Shamelessly reposting the image here.
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The Provincial Election Online Campaign Locally
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 17 Apr 2009 at 12:51 PM
I thought I would take a look at how the local candidates are doing using the biggest social networking tool out there - Facebook - in their election campaigns. It is a free resource and should be a
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Elkington Forest
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 17 Apr 2009 at 11:25 AM
I was pointed in the direction of this interesting website by Catherine Novak. The idea is to combine eco-forestry with housing and the retention of wilderness values. I find the ideas very interes
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BC STV - a website where you try it out
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 14 Apr 2009 at 9:00 PM
Demochoice is once again offering a website where people can try out BC STV. You can vote using the real boundaries and the candidates are the ones running in the antiquated and deficient first past
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Proposed Interechange at the Airport
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 13 Apr 2009 at 11:38 AM
There are numerous locations in this region I would have chosen for a new interchange than at the airport.Mackenzie and Hwy #1Sayward Road and Hwy #17Hwy#1 and Westshore ParkwayHaliburton and Hwy#17If
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Jim Legh Blog on Amalgamation
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 09 Apr 2009 at 9:16 PM
Local lawyer Jim Legh has been interested in getting Greater Victoria amalgamated into fewer than 13 local governments. He has now started a blog to discuss this. Check it out and give him your com
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Looking at some transit numbers
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 09 Apr 2009 at 9:26 AM
I am back at the computer again, March Madness is over, all the bodies are buried, the houses are sold, the estates settled, and camping trips done. I can get back to putting my opinion out there int
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Pedestrian Zones in Downtown Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 31 Mar 2009 at 12:38 PM
There is an interesting discussion at Vibrant Victoria about a potential pedestrian only zone on Government Street.The debate has heated up because of this article in the paper.I would love to see some
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Invasive Species
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 28 Mar 2009 at 2:46 PM
It is fundamentally horrific at the extent that invasive species are taking over so much of the uncultivated landscape in the CRD. I drove past some more nice parks that should be providing us with t
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Looking at Victoria Beacon Hill
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 26 Mar 2009 at 12:25 PM
This is safe NDP ground. Carole James is the MLA and should have little trouble in getting re-elected. This is one of the seats the NDP almost won during the 2001 disaster.Dallas Henault is running
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Car Dealerships on North Douglas
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 24 Mar 2009 at 10:29 AM
I am inspired to make this post because of a thread on Vibrant Victoria. I would love to see all the car dealerships pushed off of Douglas Street. They are very land intensive and create
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Some meetings on planning in this region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 23 Mar 2009 at 8:18 AM
City staff have forwarded a note to VV about a public neighbourhood planning session to be held April 29th.Here's the note, and click here to view the entire PDF.The City of Victoria is reviewing its c
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Being sick and stressed really sucks
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 22 Mar 2009 at 8:38 PM
I have been way behind in posting many of my thoughts and ideas of late because I have been either stressed or sick. I lost all this weekend to something flu like - for the third time I have had flu
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Do you like your local library building?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 19 Mar 2009 at 1:04 PM
The Greater Victoria Public Library is holding a series of consultation sessions with the public to find out what people think of the buildings. I have signed up, you should do so as well.What do you
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The 'FUV is 25???
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 18 Mar 2009 at 8:03 PM
I will write something about this later - well expand this later. I can not believe it CFUV is 25. I did my years ther from 1984 to 1990. I was there for the grand opening, one of about 25 people.
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Oak Bay Gordon Head
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 18 Mar 2009 at 4:47 PM
The Oak Bay Gordon Head riding is remaining largely in the same form that it had the last few times around. There is some area that has been shaved off on the west is in Victoria Swan Lake.Ida Chong
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Some Old Pics of the Eaton Centre
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Mar 2009 at 3:35 PM
Back in the 80s I lived in Victoria and was involved in the campaign to oppose the Eaton Centre Mall. I took some pics at the time and found them again after a long time. This first picture is of th
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Looking at the Race in Juan de Fuca
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Mar 2009 at 12:06 PM
This is a race between John Horgan for the NDP and Jody Twa for the Liberals, though unlikely to be suspenseful race.Changes in the RidingIn the last couple of elections, the bulk of this riding was Ma
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Victoria Daily Photo Blog
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Mar 2009 at 10:25 AM
Benjamin Madison does this blog which is a photo from the Victoria area each and every day. Over the weekend he reached the one year mark.Most blogs are self indulgent rants, rambling meaningless thi
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Expain to me the rain
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 15 Mar 2009 at 7:32 PM
This winter the weekends when I have had time to work around outside there has been rain. I thought about working outside during the week last week, but had to put it off due to pressing projects.I d
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Blogger Flakiness
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 12 Mar 2009 at 9:03 AM
There are some comments that should have appeared on here, but due to some flakiness with blogger, they seem to have disappeared, I apologize.
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Swimming in the Gorge
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 10 Mar 2009 at 3:37 PM
In 1998 Dennis Minaker wrote a book called The Gorge of Summers Gone: A History of Victoria's Inland Waterway. You can find it in the local libraries. He does a great job of telling use the history
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Latest Real Estate Figures for Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 05 Mar 2009 at 10:07 AM
On Monday the Victoria Real Estate Board released the latest figures on real estate sales in the region. They are spinning it as positively as they can by saying February has a big increase from Janu
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Run Down of the Seven Local Ridings
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 04 Mar 2009 at 3:49 PM
There are seven seats in the local area and I believe that six of them are forgone conclusions. The Liberals did badly in 2005 because there was a strong back lash from civil servants, but that anger
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Opposition to the Bay Street Bus Route
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 03 Mar 2009 at 4:47 PM
This was on CFAX today:RESIDENTS OPPOSE BAY STREET BUS SERVICE Mar 2, 2009 RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG BAY STREET BETWEEN QUADRA AND RICHMOND ARE NOT IMPRESSED WITH PLANS BY BC TRANSIT TO I
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What’s in our regional food basket?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 03 Mar 2009 at 7:27 AM
This is another interesting regional food event that I will not be able to make it to - this is the start of spring break and I would like to go somewhere with the family after all of the insanity of t
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Learn How to Create Vibrant Neighbourhoods
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 28 Feb 2009 at 11:35 AM
I would LOVE to go to this event, but I have a conflicting event that is effectively doing what people will be talking about at this event.....Mobilizing Community Assets to Create Vibrant Neighbourhoo
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Corey Burger Blog and Bioswales
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 27 Feb 2009 at 10:25 AM
Corey Burger has a blog on local issues that I find impressive. He is putting a lot of thought into his postings. Definitely worth reading even if you do not agree with him.Corey ran as a Green can
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Consistent regulations across this region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 26 Feb 2009 at 11:54 AM
I have thought about the annoying issue that we have 13 local governments and 13 different sets of bylaws businesses need to deal with. I was talking about this in passing with Jim Legh on Tuesday ni
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James Bay and the Water
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 25 Feb 2009 at 1:33 PM
James Bay is a peninsula, but I am amazed how disconnected the community is from the water.On the north side of James Bay the neighbourhood is disconnected from the water by all of the hotels in the ar
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CRD Water
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 24 Feb 2009 at 7:12 PM
I wonder why the CRD has not constructed a power plant at the Sooke Resovoir and make electrical power from the water going through the dam?I wonder why we do not have a small turbine at the end of Bea
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South Skirt Mountain
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 24 Feb 2009 at 3:42 PM
Langford held their public consultation into this development and if the TC reports are anything to go by, it was not a pleasant evening. I am not sure why Stu Young is so combative with people, he s
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James Bay - The High Rises
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 24 Feb 2009 at 2:51 PM
The 1970s were not kind to James Bay. There were numerous tall apartment buildings constructed during that era - great for density, but they are not great in building community and neighbourhood.If y
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Skiing and Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 23 Feb 2009 at 5:42 PM
This last weekend I was up at Mount Washington with the Scouts. It reminded me how much I love to ski and how far Victoria is from a ski hill.In my teens I earned money so that I could go skiing. I
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Victoria Seals
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 21 Feb 2009 at 4:23 PM
So, is anyone going to go out and see the Victoria Seals?Their season starts on the road. Their first home game is May 29th at Royal Athletic Park versus Long Beach.The price for the tickets is bit st
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James Bay - the start
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Feb 2009 at 9:13 PM
I spent a couple of afternoons in James Bay looking around. From my first impressions what I saw.The 60s and 70s were not kind to the area, not only are the buildings tall, they are ugly and do not c
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Victoria Voter's League
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 16 Feb 2009 at 11:27 AM
I got a note on facebook today from Simon Nattrass about the next meeting of the Victoria Voter's LeagueHi everyone! The next VVL meeting will be at 620 View St, office 211 at 5:00. We are still lookin
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James Bay - first neighbourhood in the series
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 15 Feb 2009 at 8:58 PM
Due to events in my life I have been behind in what I was planning to do with a review of the neighbourhoods in this city. I am now ready to start this project, the first area will be the first neighb
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International Island Games
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 13 Feb 2009 at 4:15 PM
I think Vancouver Island should should the International Island Games Association. This year they are being held on the Aland Islands between Sweden and Finland.I would like to see this because I bel
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BC STV Training Workshop Sat Feb 14th
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 12 Feb 2009 at 2:06 PM
EVENT: STV Training workshop
TIME: Saturday Feb. 14, 10 am to noon
PLACE: Rm A307, Clearihue Bldg., U.Vic.
Dear STV Supporters:
Now that many of you have signed up for a STV Action Team, you will w
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An Online Place to discuss the Provincial Election Locally
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 11 Feb 2009 at 4:42 PM
Vibrant Victoria is a great resource to discuss issues of life and development in the Greater Victoria area.
There are also a series to topics started in the forum to discuss the seven local ridings i
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Quick Transit Thoughts
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 11 Feb 2009 at 11:08 AM
The other day I was in Vancouver and used the bus to get into to town. From the ferry I caught the 620 as far as Airport Station - a relatively quick 30 minutes. There I changed to the 98 B line wh
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We Need to Change the Voting System in BC!
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 10 Feb 2009 at 6:43 PM
EVENT: STV action meeting for everyone
WHEN: Wed. Feb. 11th, 7 pm
WHERE: Rm A207 Clearihue Bldg., U. Vic.
I have been setting up Action Teams, as some of you are aware, and now I'm providing an oppor
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Public Art
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 10 Feb 2009 at 9:53 AM
There is a new website out there called Landmarks: Public Art in the Capital Region.
At the moment it only covers Saanich, Victoria and Esquimalt, but it has a good interface for searching, has pict
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MetroCascade - Victoria Blog Aggregator - Some thoughts about new media locally
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Feb 2009 at 4:35 PM
MetroCascade is a way for you to check out what is happening with a number of blogs in the Victoria area, though I wonder about their content choices as they are including some of my stuff, go figure.
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Baden Powell Dance and Silent Auction in Support of Scout House
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Feb 2009 at 11:17 AM
I am involved with the 3rd Douglas Scout Group here in Victoria and believe this is the single best program out there for kids.
Scouting is a great program from youth. It gets youth out into the out
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New rules for running for Victoria City council
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 09 Feb 2009 at 10:31 AM
I am glad to see that the council has chosen to make it a bit harder for people to get onto the ballot. The small deposit would not be a hardship for anyone seriously running for office since you hav
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Down at Dockside Green
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 07 Feb 2009 at 3:03 PM
I was down there today to try out this new bakery and took a few quick pics.
This new bakey is very good, though pricey. I can see people coming from across the city to buy here, but I wonder how the
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Kirk Hall development voted down
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 05 Feb 2009 at 4:46 PM
You can find a lot of details on the Kirk Hall development here.
I can understand the reasons for it being turned down, but I am disappointed because I liked the look of the development.
Here is the
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Some invasive species in this region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 05 Feb 2009 at 1:48 PM
Over this fall the 3rd Douglas Scouts have been working on a restoration project at Point Ellice House. The youth have been working with Jody of the CRD, and other voluteer to remove English Ivy as p
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Amalgamation
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 05 Feb 2009 at 9:59 AM
The TC had an editorial in favour of amalgamating the local governments. There was also a letter from John Hutchinson arguing for amalgamation.
Both are fine sentiments and point out very good reaso
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More on Real Estate Values
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 04 Feb 2009 at 8:29 AM
The indications of the last four months point to the most serious melt-down in the real estate market in this region since at least the 1960s, I have no access to good data from back then so I can not
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May 12, 2009 Election in this Region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 03 Feb 2009 at 11:25 AM
I will be posting links to all the candidate running in each of the seven ridings in the area. You will find the links on park way down the page on the right hand side.
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Falling housing prices and bankruptcies
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 02 Feb 2009 at 4:01 PM
We are entering an era in which we may see a lot of personal bankruptcies because people owe more for their homes than they could sell them for.
Someone that bought a house in Victoria in mid 2007 for
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Real Estate Doom and Gloom in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 02 Feb 2009 at 3:05 PM
Each month the Victoria Real Estate Board releases data on sales in the area. I have just been looking at the data for January 2009 and it looks really, really bad. I think we can not officially say
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South Skirt Mountain Development - 5000 to 6000 more people within 20 years
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sat 31 Jan 2009 at 3:01 PM
There is a new proposal to develop the south side of Skirt Mountain in Langford - Skirt Mountain is where Bear Mountain Resort is located. The proposal seeks to develop some 84 hectares over the next
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Victoria Voters League
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 30 Jan 2009 at 12:52 PM
This is a new group that has been formed. The web presence is via facebook at the moment. Simon Nattrass, who ran for city council in the fall, is the man behind it.
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McKenzie Overpass
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 30 Jan 2009 at 12:17 PM
If you are interested in this issue, there is a website for the idea here.
I believe that it would be beneficial for the region to develop the overpass. You only need to go through that area to see
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Why do we have free parking?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 29 Jan 2009 at 4:49 PM
All over the city we have lots and lots of free parking for cars. Lots of it is in parking lots, but not all of it. Why are the local governments providing free parking on the streets for cars?
We
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http://victoriavision.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-was-at-cloverpoint-just-before-new.html
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 22 Jan 2009 at 12:16 PM
I was at Cloverpoint just before the New Year - Max was asleep and I kept driving to keep him asleep. There were some amazing waves that day. I wish the picture quality was better, but that is life
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Property Assessments - Should you Appeal?
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 21 Jan 2009 at 2:11 PM
I spent quite a few years sitting on a property assessment review panel, three of them in Victoria on the panel reviewing residential assessments in the area covered by School District #61 - Greater Vi
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Where I have been for the last while.
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 19 Jan 2009 at 11:38 AM
On January 11th my mother died and then on the 13th my father in law Scott Hobbs died. In a matter of two days Sheila and I became orphans. My father died in 2003 and Sheila's mum died in 1997.
Sco
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Cool Blog
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 31 Dec 2008 at 5:07 PM
I came across this blog today it is called digital perspectives. I like the pictures she takes of Victoria, they are the sort of pictures I wish I had time to take - my life does not allow me the tim
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A project for 2009 for my blog
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 31 Dec 2008 at 4:06 PM
With the local elections over, I was trying to think of a theme for 2009 for the blog and I have found one. I will still be posting ideas and thoughts about the city as they occur but I was looking f
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Snow in our city
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 22 Dec 2008 at 11:22 AM
I have to say I am utterly unimpressed with how the major malls are dealing with the snow we have had for the last week. The pictures on here were taken at 3:30 pm December 21st - a full 20 hours af
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Rail on Vancouver Island
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 18 Dec 2008 at 10:36 AM
So far I have mainly touched on this issue with respect to transit in the Greater Victoria area and I remain very skeptical that the idea can make any sense financially for us in this region. I want
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It snows and the city freezes
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 14 Dec 2008 at 7:23 PM
It always amazes me how unprepared Victoria is for snow. People lack snow shovels, cold weather clothes, snow tires and the basic understanding of what snow means.
The weather forecast had been cle
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Grow in population and in traffic
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Fri 12 Dec 2008 at 10:05 AM
I was doing some quick math again on population growth and on what this means for the number of cars in the region, I can see no way that population growth will not mean growth in traffic.
We are addi
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Paying for Rail Transit
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 10 Dec 2008 at 12:13 PM
We have a lot of people in this region talking about rail transit all of it in the context of providing service to Langford and possibly beyond. This talk keeps going and going as if it is inevitable
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Housing Prices in Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 02 Dec 2008 at 10:51 AM
At the start of each month the Victoria Real Estate Board releases the sales figures for the previous month. Yesterday the numbers came out for November of this year and they are bad, really, really
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Richard Park on my Blog
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 27 Nov 2008 at 4:00 PM
When I posted about Richard Park, who was running for Victoria city council, I was stunned at the volume of comments that came about.
I only allowed some of them to be posted because many of them were
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Building a Vision for the City
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 26 Nov 2008 at 3:58 PM
The time has come for the largest municipalities locally to start a planning/visioning process to set the context of what the city will look like over the next fifty years.
It is Victoria and Saanich
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Yes for BC STV - Campaign in Greater Victoria
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 24 Nov 2008 at 3:08 PM
Once again I involved with Yes for BC STV campaign and we are getting an active group going here in Victoria. In 2005 I was deeply involved with the Yes campaign. We came so close last time, only a
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Greater Victoria and sports
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 24 Nov 2008 at 1:33 PM
This is a long way off of the topics I have discussed for the last few months - Victoria and sports teams.
In Victoria there has been a patchy level of support for sports teams. When I was at UVic i
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OPEN HOUSE: Learn More About Victoria's Steel Water Main Project
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Thu 20 Nov 2008 at 9:07 AM
I thought this looked interesting. Most people do not think about the underlying infrastructure of the city. We just assume it will be there and will work - magical thinking. Here is the notice f
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Depaving in this City
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Wed 19 Nov 2008 at 12:19 PM
I recently came across the group called Depave. The idea is to work on reducing the amount of land that is covered by pavement or concrete. This is an idea I have been thinking about for some years
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Getting Elected - What You Need To Do
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 18 Nov 2008 at 11:35 AM
I was asked in a comment to post on what I would do to get elected. I will give my thoughts on what it takes to get elected to a mid sized local government such as Victoria or Saanich.
What I am wri
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Election is over- Back to other things, lets start with Cuthbert Holmes Park
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Tue 18 Nov 2008 at 9:23 AM
We have our new councils and there will now be a break for two years before anything starts at all with the local elections. Time for me to get back to blogging about my ideas and visions for this ci
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Westshore Election Results
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 Nov 2008 at 7:47 PM
View Royal
Graham Hill mayor by aclamation
Council - 4 elected
Andrew Britton - 1103 - incumbentJohn Rogers - 1088 - incumbentDavid Screech - 1031 - incumbentHeidi Rast - 765Barb Featherstonhaugh - 6
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Saanich 2008 Election Results
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 Nov 2008 at 3:26 PM
Mayor
Frank Leonard - 11972 - incumbentHarald Wolf - 4665
Council - 8 elected
Judy Brownoff - 11342 - incumbentSusan Brice - 11246 - incumbentVic Derman - 10805 - incumbentVicki Sanders - 10418 - incu
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The power of incumbency
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 Nov 2008 at 9:20 AM
In the region we had 50 sitting councilors run for re-election, only six of them lost. The core of the region did not see a single incumbent lose. The Peninsula saw the most lose, four out of fourt
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Peninsula 2008 Election Results
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 Nov 2008 at 9:03 AM
Central Saanich
Mayor
Jack Mar - 2606 - incumbentChris Graham - 1437 - sitting councilorSean McNulty - 1184
Council - six to be elected
John Garrison - 3051 - incumbentAdam Olsen - 2744Alastair Bryson
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Oak Bay and Esquimalt Election Results
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Mon 17 Nov 2008 at 8:50 AM
Oak Bay
Mayor
Chris Causton - 4519 - incumbent
Ron Telfer - 365
Council - Six elected
Nils Jensen - 3205 - incumbent
Tara Ney - 3084John Herbert - 2928 - incumbent
Pam Copley - 2848 - incumbent
Hazel
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Voter Turnout in the Region
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 Nov 2008 at 12:47 PM
Here is the turnout numbers in our region, take them with a grain of salt as no municipality has an accurate voters lists. Only in two elections did a majority vote and in five less than one in three
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The Biggest Winner of the Night - Stew Young
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 Nov 2008 at 11:22 AM
Stew Young was acclaimed as mayor but he also had the biggest election win of anyone in the region.
Langford had a very clear division between the people on the mayor's side and the Langford Team put
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Quick Analysis of the Victoria Election
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 Nov 2008 at 11:05 AM
The results for the candidates for council split into several groupings:
1) The people elected. There are a couple of tiers here, but in general the winners were clearly ahead of all the other candi
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City of Victoria Election Results
Bernard von Schulmann's Victoria Vision on Sun 16 Nov 2008 at 10:46 AM
Mayor
1 Dean Fortin 7706 - sitting councilor
2 Rob Reid 7105
3 Steve Filipovic 1411
4 Saul Andersen 172
5 Kristen Woodruff 149
6 Hugh Kruzel 107
7 Georgia-Anne Jones 106
8 Ron
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Events in Victoria
07 Sep 2010
Cut Offs -Theme Party- Jeremy Baker (The Zone), Arowbe of Times Neue Roman, Dj Nigel at Lucky Bar
3:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
6:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
7:00 PM
SEBASTIAN BRITNEFF at The Superior
08 Sep 2010
Victoria Welsh Society presents: Cor Godre'r Aran, Welsh Male Voice Choir at Alix Goolden Hall
Rock Island Ramblers at Hermann's Jazz Club
