FISCAL PRUDENCE
WILLIAM VANDER ZALM'S ANTI-HST PETITION IS LEGAL 'GREAT VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY': S
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 20 Aug 2010 at 11:56 AM
BILLY THE GARDENER FOR PREMIER! A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge ruled this morning in Vancouver that ex-premier William Vander Zalm's FIGHT HST petition is valid, legal and 'a great victory
BRIAN SIMMONS ON ESCALATING JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE REPAIR COSTS: 'The last upgrade
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 19 Aug 2010 at 6:44 PM
DELCAN STRUCTURAL, SYSTEM AND SEISMIC REVIEW SAYS REPAIRS TO JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE ARE A JUSTIFIABLE OPTION Re: "The Blue Bridge: An engineer's perspective,” August 14, 2010, Victoria Times Col
VANDER ZALM WILL DELIVER ANTI-HST PETITIONS DIRECTLY TO THE LIBERALS
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 13 Aug 2010 at 1:14 PM
FORMER PREMIER THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST LIBERAL-APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN William Vander Zalm is not going to be denied. He will deliver the successful 700,000 signature petition that wa
FORTIN'S PHILISTINE COUNCIL VOTES TO TEAR DOWN HERITAGE BASCULE BRIDGE DESIGNED B
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 12:51 PM
SPENDTHRIFT VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLORS VOTE TO BORROW HUGE AMOUNT TO REPLACE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE Many of our worst fears were realized today when the Victoria City Council decided to tear down and rep
RECALL IDA CHONG: Oak Bay-Gordon Head Liberal Minister is on FIGHT HST's hit list
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 11:28 AM
Although I don't live in Oak Bay anymore, I was never impressed with Ida Chong when I did. Ida is the loyal lying Liberal minister who submits outrageous meal expenses claims for meals she never ate,
TISHA WILKINSON ON MERV WILKINSON'S WILDWOOD: 'I am totally with him in his quest
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 10 Aug 2010 at 11:19 AM
'TLC DOESN'T WANT TO CONSULT WITH DONORS - THAT WOULD RAISE TOO MANY QUESTIONS' SAYS ECO-FORRESTER'S DAUGHTER Tisha Wilkinson, daughter of legendary selection forrestry pioneer Merv Wilkinson, s
MAT WRIGHT ON VICTORIANS' SUPPOSED JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE APATHY: 'I don't think t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 3:33 PM
ANYONE AT VICTORIA CITY HALL LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC ON THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE? The Saturday Times Colonist asked: "Why are the public and businesses apathetic about the Blue Bridge issue?”
GEORGE KING, RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER: 'A five-year thorough inspection and mainten
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 10:44 AM
A CHEAPER CHOICE FOR THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE The lack of response regarding the Johnson Street Bridge could be due to the credibility of the study. The original report of last year indicated cos
DON PATTERSON ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE: 'The information the City [of Victoria]
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 9:00 AM
VICTORIA BUILDER SAYS CITY OF VICTORIA'S JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE INFORMATION CANNOT BE TRUSTED The City [of Victoria] says that it is puzzled by the lack of public interest in the Johnson Street B
WHERE IS THE MAYOR OF VICTORIA? 'PHILISTINE DEAN' FORTIN TAKES VACATION DURING JO
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 31 Jul 2010 at 10:03 AM
How closely is the Mayor of Victoria following the ongoing controversy over the Johnson Street Bridge, and the embarrassing failure of the City of Victoria's attempts to 'consult' Victorians on its fat
DAVID BURKE + GREGORY HARTNELL PRESENT: UTOPIAN BRITISH COLUMBIA BAZAAR: Books, p
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 27 Jul 2010 at 8:29 AM
TWO CCC CANDIDATES DAVID BURKE (ALIAS: DAVID JURE) GREGORY HARTNELL (ALIAS: GOYO DE LA ROSA) SELL ART, BOOKS, CARDS, MAGS POSTERS, LPs, CDs, CASSETTES, ETC. BRITISH COLUMBIA UTOPIAN BAZAAR ON 'BIR
COUNCILLOR PHILIPPE LUCAS ADVOCATES PORTABLE TOILETS FOR SHOOTING HARD DRUGS: 'We
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 23 Jul 2010 at 12:22 PM
VICTORIA TO PAY $30,000 FOR EXTRA CLEANUP WORK ON PLAGUED PANDORA AVENUE [The City of] Victoria will spend another $30,000 to try to keep up with the garbage strewn on the 900-block of Pandora Aven
'PANDORA GREEN' is not a park, it's an anarchic DEATH CULTURE black market, part
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 23 Jul 2010 at 9:50 AM
When the B. C. Supreme Court's Madame Justice Ross found that the City of Victoria had infringed on the Charter-protected rights of some of the indigent homeless by arresting activists who camped in Cr
GREGORY HARTNELL: 'What does the leader of the Opposition, New Democratic Party L
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 21 Jul 2010 at 8:47 AM
Re: "NDP joins Chong at table,” editorial, and "Nervous New Democrats back Chong,” July 17. "Bon appetit!” seems to be the stock answer of many local politicians when it comes to their own "healt
GORDON ARGYLE: 'This, um, food' served in VIHA hospitals should do for MLAs: 'mea
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 20 Jul 2010 at 11:56 AM
MUSH FOR IDA A solution to feeding Ida Chong and all the MLAs, that is in keeping with this government's desire to manage our tax money, is obvious. Ministers Kevin Falcon and Colin Hansen can simply e
D. F. CONNORS: 'Chong spent $5,921 on what should be really only lunches'
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 20 Jul 2010 at 11:24 AM
MLA Ida Chong billed thee and me - the taxpayer - some $5,921 for meals and is unapologetic. Her reasoning is that, when the legislature is in session, she is not able to leave the building for a meal.
PAUL WILLCOCKS: B. C. Liberal Healthy Living Minister Ida 'Chong… is paid $152,
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 19 Jul 2010 at 12:38 PM
Liberal MLA Ida Chong offered explanations for claiming almost $6,000 worth of food expenses last year that were, at best, disappointing. The rules allow all MLAs to claim $61 a day for meals when the
ANGUS FORSYTH ON IDA CHONG: 'Out to lunch - and on our nickel, too'
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 19 Jul 2010 at 12:07 PM
Thanks to the government's release of MLA's meal expenses, we now know exactly where Ida Chong was when the Cabinet was meeting to discuss the HST and the Western Forest Products lands. Out to lunch -
PAUL WILLCOCKS ON GREATER VICTORIA NDP MLA'S MEAL EXPENSE CLAIMS: 'We can only as
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 19 Jul 2010 at 11:56 AM
So Ida Chong is not alone. New Democrat MLAs from Greater Victoria are also living high on the hog at taxpayers' expense. There is no other way to interpret their rush to defend Chong, who as a Liberal
FELIX ERNST: 'Limits of two terms at a maximum would require all politicians to h
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 16 Jul 2010 at 5:30 PM
Re: "Capital MLA racked up $6,000 food bill last year,” July 14 There is only one solution to this endless problem - term limits for all elected officials. Politicians are now professional career lif
ALAN LITTLE: 'Ida Chong thinks she is entitled to claim meal per diems even when
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 16 Jul 2010 at 5:19 PM
Apparently [Saanich resident and British Columbia Liberal government minister] Ida Chong thinks she is entitled to claim meal per diems even when working in town. What happened to the concept of doin
JIM FERGUSON: The New Democratic Party members of the legislature 'are not willin
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 16 Jul 2010 at 5:03 PM
The report of Ida Chong's meal expense claims raises a number of questions. The New Democratic Party members are not willing to disclose their meal expense claims. One could only assume they have somet
FRED E. FREDETTE ON VICTORIA'S CNR TRACKS: 'The rails were still in place from Co
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 14 Jul 2010 at 8:53 AM
On moving to Colwood in 1973 from downtown Victoria, I never realized the traffic problems I was in for. While crawling home from work each day, I kept looking to the right at the old CNR tracks border
EX-GREEN PHILIPPE LUCAS ON SONYA CHANDLER + "PROGRESSIVE POLITICS”: 'I think it
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 08 Jul 2010 at 10:04 AM
In the blink of an eye it seems the Green Party's representation on Victoria City Council has all but evaporated. The recent announcement that Sonya Chandler will leave before the end of her second ter
WILLIAM VANDER ZALM ON FIGHT HST'S NEW COURT CHALLENGE: 'We will fight the HST in
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 11:00 AM
FIGHT HST FILES COURT CHALLENGE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT: NEW TAX 'VIOLATES CORE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES,' SAYS FORMER B. C. PREMIER VANDER ZALM Organizers of an anti-HST petition are cha
PAT WARDELL ON PRO-HST PROPAGANDA: 'The Liberals had ample time to tell us the be
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 10:02 AM
B. C. LIBERAL PARTY AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD PAY FOR ADS 'TO EXPLAIN THE HST TO US,' SAYS DUNCAN ANTI-HST WRITER WARDELL Fight HST was allowed to spend $900,000 in its initiative campaign.
DOUG KINNA ON PRO-HST LEGAL CHALLENGE: Six business associations 'have contribute
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 9:46 AM
WHY ARE 6 LIBERAL-SUPPORTING BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS FIGHTING THE FIGHT HST PETITION? Six business associations have filed a legal challenge against the harmonized sales tax petition. The HST is suppo
CANADIAN LIBERAL LEADER MICHAEL IGNATIEFF SUPPORTS THE HST: Another good reason n
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 4:50 PM
Mr. Ignatieff tries to make it look like he is concerned about provincial rights, but he just ensured that his hapless Liberal Party of Canada will not win a single seat in the next federal election in
FLORENCE SKINNER ON GORDON CAMPBELL'S HATED SALES TAX: 'The chickens are coming h
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 3:43 PM
I read Premier Gordon Campbell's justification for imposing the HST with the same sense of disbelief that I have come to feel for everything he says (June 30). I find it telling that he had to go outsi
PETER JUSTO ON JUDY BROWNOFF'S SLUDGE PIPELINE: 'Imagine building a pipeline from
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 10:58 AM
ESQUIMALT AND COMMUNITIES OTHER THAN ESQUIMALT SHAFTED ON SEWAGE SAYS ESQUIMALT WRITER PETER JUSTO Re: "McLoughlin Point is the obvious choice,” June 29. What a load of biosolids Councillor Judy B
BETH BURTON-KRAHN ON McLOUGHLIN POINT: 'A gigantic, centralized sewage treatment
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 10:16 AM
Under the section on "objectives for procurement” in the business case presented to the province in hopes of securing funding for the Capital Regional District's proposed core area and West Shore was
KIM BELLEFONTAINE ON CRD BIOSOLIDS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SITE: 'The biosolids pl
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 9:50 AM
CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT MUST PRODUCE A BETTER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLAN SAYS ESQUIMALT WRITER KIM BELLEFONTAINE The chairwoman of the CRD sewage waste treatment committee [Judy Brownoff] gave a le
FILIPPO FERRI: 'The citizens of Esquimalt, who are now required to host the only
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 8:51 AM
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MCLOUGHLIN POINT? NOT IN ESQUIMALT, SAYS FELIPPO FERRI, ESQUIMALT LETTER-WRITER In the past several weeks the Capital Regional District has presented a sewage treatment plan f
CAROLE WITTER ON CRD SEWAGE TREATMENT SITE PLAN: 'McLoughlin Point has serious si
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 8:22 AM
CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT'S 'CORE AREA LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT' PLAN HAS SERIOUS FLAWS, SAYS ESQUIMALT WRITER CAROLE WITTER Judy Brownoff's article June 29 [Victoria Times Colonist] stating that t
VICTORIA MAYOR DEAN FORTIN ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'The longer we wait to act t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 02 Jul 2010 at 9:23 AM
BRIDGE DECISION IS VITAL TO CITY'S FUTURE A clear choice will have to be made, doing nothing is not an option In less than two months, Victoria City Council will decide whether to replace or rehabil
GREG ALEKNEVICUS ON RAIL OVER JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'Spending $12 million or $23
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 02 Jul 2010 at 8:02 AM
COUNCILLOR JOHN LUTON'S RAIL LOGIC FLAWED Re: One expensive piece of track (Victoria News, June 18) Victoria City Councillor John Luton asks: "People can walk the distance (to a train station in
ISLAND TRANSFORMATIONS ORGANIZATION: A coalition of transformative Vancouver Isla
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 30 Jun 2010 at 4:58 PM
Andy Sinats, an artist-conservationist with a keen interest in street cars, LRT and other alternative methods of transportation, recommends like-minded readers visit the Island Transformations Organiza
Vander Zalm's FANTASTIC victory over The Liar: 705,643 FIGHT HST petitions signed
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 30 Jun 2010 at 10:44 AM
WHEN WILL THE LIAR BE RECALLED? There was a time in the late eighties and early nineties when I didn't have much use for then Premier William Vander Zalm, because his Social Credit government had a
DOLORES KOGELHEIDE ON OLD ROUNDHOUSE FOR ISLAND CORRIDOR TRANSIT STATION: 'There
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 29 Jun 2010 at 9:03 AM
PRICEY SECTION OF VIC WEST RAIL ON NEW JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE NOT WORTH THE MONEY Re: One expensive piece of track (News, June 18) I live on the corner of Russell Street and Esquimalt Road, where
FRED MALLACH ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'Mechanical and electrical upgrades as par
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 28 Jun 2010 at 12:58 PM
THE JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE FIASCO Re: Blue Bridge repair cost has tripled (Victoria News, June 16) Seismic upgrade including repairing corrosion, repainting the steel and resurfacing the bridge an
ANDY SINATS ON JOSEPH STRAUSS: 'Golden Gate Bridge, by the same designer in earth
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 28 Jun 2010 at 9:06 AM
RETHINK IS NEEDED ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE SAYS CHINATOWN ARTIST-CONSERVASIONIST The last estimates for the Blue Bridge costs are absurd and no more likely to be accurate than the pr
ROSZAN HOLMEN ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'The bascule bridge was d
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 25 Jun 2010 at 11:34 AM
NO MONEY, NO RAIL LINE, SAYS VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL City of Victoria seeks funding help for Johnson Street Bridge From Capital Regional District and Provincial Government… again Fork over a sh
IDA CHONG ON VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL MARINA: 'The provincial government's Integrat
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 25 Jun 2010 at 10:12 AM
VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL MARINA ZONING IS UP TO CITY OF VICTORIA, SAYS OAK BAY-GORDON HEAD MLA Some residents of Greater Victoria have recently expressed concern about the proposed marina in Victoria
CSIS DIRECTOR RICHARD FADDEN: 'We have an indication that there are political fig
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 23 Jun 2010 at 2:40 PM
PROVINCIAL CABINET MINISTERS, MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE AGENTS OF INFLUENCE FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR ARE UNDER CONTROL OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS The head of Canada's
FIGHT HST PETITION LOCATIONS IN GREATER VICTORIA: Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich, Sa
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 12 Jun 2010 at 12:04 PM
STILL WANT TO SIGN THE FIGHT HST PETITION? HERE ARE NINE LOCATIONS IN GREATER VICTORIA (CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT) ALL GREATER VICTORIA RIDINGS: EXPRESS SYSTEMS 2620 QUADRA STREET, VICTORIA TO JUNE
BARRY HOBBIS: 'Our City's financial stability is potentially at risk as we take o
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 11 Jun 2010 at 11:35 AM
BARRY HOBBIS: CANDIDATE FOR CITY OF VICTORIA COUNCIL CITY OF VICTORIA BY-ELECTION - REFERENDUM NOVEMBER 2010 I am announcing my intention to seek the upcoming vacant seat for the City of Victoria Co
ABORIGINAL CHIEFS JOIN BILL VANDER ZALM'S LEGAL CHALLENGE TO HST; Les Leyne on Ca
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 08 Jun 2010 at 6:10 PM
The Union of B. C. Indian Chiefs has issued a press release indicating that it has decided to support a legal challenge launched by the Fight HST organization, led by former British Columbia premier Wi
GEOFF YOUNG CRITIQUES VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL SECRECY ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'We
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 8:39 AM
MAYOR DEAN FORTIN'S COUNCIL: 'IS, IN FACT, 'LESS OPEN TO PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT' SAYS VETERAN VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLOR YOUNG Victoria Council's "obsession with secrecy and control” is creat
ARESST: Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatm
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 02 Jun 2010 at 6:07 PM
A new group calling itself the Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatment (ARESST) has formed to complement the activities of the Responsible Sewage Treatment Victoria
DENISE SAVOIE ON AUDITING MP EXPENSES: "I'm proud of the work our office does and
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 01 Jun 2010 at 9:10 AM
VICTORIA NDP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SAYS SHE SUPPORTS MORE TALKS BETWEEN AUDITOR-GENERAL SHEILA FRASER AND THE BOARD OF INTERNAL ECONOMY Denise Savoie MP - Victoria Re: Request for Denise Savoie
SONYA CHANDLER PULLS A PALIN: Both betrayed those who voted for them
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 29 May 2010 at 10:12 AM
DID HER PHILISTINISM ON THE BLUE BRIDGE KILL THE POLITICAL CAREER OF THE GREEN PARTY'S FIRST FEMALE VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLOR? Thank God she is quitting, although her careering caprices will cost Vi
Gregory Hartnell to Denise Savoie, Victoria MP: Please ask NDP Leader Jack Layton
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 14 May 2010 at 7:33 PM
CONCERNED CITIZENS' COALITION 1357 Rockland Avenue Victoria, BC Canada V8S 1v7 Denise Savoie, Member of Parliament Victoria, British Columbia Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Dear Ms Savoie: I am using th
BC March for Life 2010 and Salmon are Sacred: A tale of two Victoria rallies
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 13 May 2010 at 4:55 PM
I somehow managed to get to the tail end of two important protest rallies at the Leg recently, Alexandra Morton and friends' Salmon are Sacred rally for wild Pacific salmon, and the B. C. March for Li
"Matters of faith, spirituality and religion' are focus of new 'Spiritually speak
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 13 May 2010 at 11:11 AM
Anna Bowness-Park, the spokeswoman for the Christian Science Church in British Columbia, wrote the first posting to the new 'Spiritually speaking' blog feature at the Times Colonist's website, timescol
RICHARD BRUNT: HANSEN'S SALES TAX 'is simply a massive tax transfer, from corpora
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 12 May 2010 at 5:17 PM
HATED SALES TAX WON'T ADD TO LIBERAL GOVERNMENT'S REVENUE Dave Obee's comments on the HST include the observation that government "revenue fell sharply last year and something drastic had to be done
PORT OF CAMOSACK: Roderick Finlayson fired a nine pound cannon ball at the Songhe
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 29 Mar 2010 at 10:17 PM
Johnson Street Bridge represents a fine example of Victoria's early modern architectural engineering history and of its living transportation history, and is still, amazingly, endangered by a philistin
CHRISTOPHER CAUSTON ON PAYING TO SAVE WFP LANDS: 'It's not my money'
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 24 Mar 2010 at 12:02 PM
Mayor of Oak Bay wants to take Denise Savoie's seat away from NDP
Christopher Causton is the rumple-haired Mayor of Oak Bay who was acclaimed by the Federal Liberal's Victoria Riding Association las
IRENE MONROE ON JOHNSON STREET'S "BLUE BRIDGE”: 'We don't need to junk it just
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 17 Mar 2010 at 4:41 PM
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
QUESTIONS
Victoria City Council says it will spend $840,000 for more study of the Blue Bridge replace/refurbish dilemma.
This is in addition to the $919,000 already spent on th
STUART HERZOG ON MUNICIPAL SEWAGE VOTES: 'It still requires the consent of all mu
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 16 Mar 2010 at 4:59 PM
If the B. C. government and the CRD think they can reach into taxpayers' pockets to pay for their ill-advised sewage plan, they should think again.
Hiding this massive project behind the Environmental
TOM GURGAL ON STUCK JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'It was a B.C. Hydro problem, not a br
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 16 Mar 2010 at 12:16 PM
JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE
COULD BE REFURBISHED
The recent power outage at the Johnson Street Bridge was caused by a blown fuse.
It was a B. C. Hydro problem, not a bridge problem, but that didn't stop
VICTORIA ARCHITECT ROGER W. SMEETH: on paying a single engineering firm for JOHNS
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 04 Mar 2010 at 6:24 PM
Re: "Citizens, we salute you,” Feb. 25 - March 3, Monday Magazine
In the good old days, rather than paying a single firm to investigate refurbishing the bridge, engineering firms would be invited to
RON STEFIK ON JOSEPH STRAUSS' JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE: 'This bridge was built to la
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 04 Mar 2010 at 11:33 AM
MORE SPENDING THAN THINKING ON
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
Re: Council rethinks plans for fix to blue bridge (Victoria News, Feb. 19)
I have to question just how much thinking is actually going on.
T
ALLEN YOUNG ON JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE 'REPLACEMENT' STUDIES: 'Leads one to wonder
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 26 Feb 2010 at 11:27 AM
'JOSEPH STRAUSS BLUE BRIDGE' OPTIONS
The article on the need to spend an additional $840,000 to analyse options for the Blue Bridge leads one to wonder what the $919,000 spent to date achieved.
"Whethe
Gordo Campbell on Jane Thornthwaite's impaired driving charge: 'People make mista
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 25 Feb 2010 at 11:48 AM
In B.C. Liberal Premier's strange worldview,
a tragic disgrace is an 'opportunity'
Premier Gordon Campbell, who pleaded 'no contest' to a number of serious impaired driving charges in Maui in 2003,
CHARLES HILTON: 'If only City Council would just get off their new bridge high ho
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 24 Feb 2010 at 5:12 PM
HERITAGE HYPOCRISY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
How many cups of coffee is it going to cost for another ill-considered decision by this [Victoria] City Council (minus Geoff Young)?
Looks like $600,000-plus f
JANET BAVELAS ON OLYMPICS POLITICIANS: 'The party is a moment of glory primarily
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 23 Feb 2010 at 12:01 PM
An editorial on Feb. 19 closed by emphasizing that the "the people of British Columbia have worked and sacrificed for a decade to make this event a success.
"They are entitled to their moment of glory.
BILL CLEVERLEY: 'Fortin said the quick decision to replace the bridge was an atte
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 22 Feb 2010 at 3:57 PM
$840,000 City of Victoria study
to weigh Johnson Street Bridge fate
Refurbish or replace?
'Our job is to inform citizens,'
says Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin
Victoria Council will spend about $840
FIVE RING CIRCUS NIGHTMARE: 'Could the Olympics undo the global economy?' asks Mi
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 17 Feb 2010 at 11:51 AM
'Perhaps the Olympics themselves have become a financial contagion'
Citing the post-Olympics meltdown of the Greek economy which is threatening the economic stability of the whole of the European Un
Peter Daniel, Aquattro developer, defaulted on Academy Gardens lease with Provinc
Gregory Hartnell on Tue 16 Feb 2010 at 8:29 AM
Socreds' favoured developer du jour
Peter Daniel is in trouble again.
If that name is familiar, it is because Mr. Daniel is a developer who was notorious in the late eighties and early nineties for
ROSE HENRY: 'I hope that the International Olympic Committee and VANOC lose to th
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 13 Feb 2010 at 3:16 PM
THE GREENEST OLYMPICS EVER?
Rose Henry socks it to the IOC and VANOC
with an instant classic West Coast shaman woman's prayer for rain
and a very graphic and memorable healing curse on
the evil
U. B. C. Professor Chris Shaw warned of corporatized Olympics gangsterism in FIVE
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 12 Feb 2010 at 11:22 PM
The Tyee carried a prophetic article written by Andrew MacLeod about University of British Columbia Professor Chris Shaw, author of the hard-hitting primer for anti-Olympics activists, FIVE RING CIRCU
DEAR STEVE: I AM NOT PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN: Have I broken any new IOC laws?
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 12 Feb 2010 at 4:16 PM
GEORGE WOODCOCK'S WORST NIGHTMARES:
UNETHICAL, COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR
IOC-VANOC FIVE RING CIRCUS SHOWS
START IN VANCOUVER AND WHISTLER TONIGHT
Brad Cran, the principled Vancouver Poet Laureate who cas
Keith Dagg on Capital Regional District sewage project: 'A referendum would stop
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 11 Feb 2010 at 5:20 PM
As I think about the way the citizens of Victoria overwhelmingly threw out the proposal to borrow money for Blue Bridge replacement when they had a chance, I keep thinking about what would happen if th
Denise Savoie, Victoria NDP MP on Johnson Street Bridge: 'I look forward to the r
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 11 Feb 2010 at 11:58 AM
Socialist former Victoria City Councillor
says she does not favour the repair option
It appears some misunderstandings have come from my confirmation of federal funding for repairs to the Johnson S
William S. Geimer on Five Ring Circus Games costs: 'I believe I will be paying pa
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 10 Feb 2010 at 3:18 PM
As the Games draw near, let me say "I believe.”
I believe "own the podium” is a distasteful slogan, reflecting the arrogance so characteristic of the United States.
I believe that suspension of civ
Ugly barn-like Canada Pavilion, built in Vancouver by Chicago outfit, embarrasses
Gregory Hartnell on Wed 10 Feb 2010 at 10:32 AM
PAVILLION MAY ALSO BE ILLEGAL
ARCHITECTS SAY THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WERE IGNORED
IN RUSH TO FINISH BY FRIDAY OPENING
There are many valid reasons for a thinking Canadian person, and particularly
MALCOLM OAKES ON OLYMPIC COSTS: 'Taxpayers donated $2,860,000 for the communities
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 30 Jan 2010 at 10:20 PM
TORCH RELAY WRONG PRIORITY
A few days ago, with great fanfare, the Olympic torch arrived in B. C. with 27 days to go and 268 communities in B. C. to travel through.
Taxpayers donated $2.86 million f
SHELAGH BELL: 'VANOC has killed the true meaning of the Olympic spirit'
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 30 Jan 2010 at 10:09 PM
Thank you to Jack Knox for his Jan. 24 column about the Olympics and Mr. Nice Guy.
He put into words what many of us feel.
VANOC has killed the true meaning of the Olympic spirit.
Now the only ting tha
TERRY WALLER ON VANOC'S HOLD ON VAN: 'Nobody I spoke to over there is in favour o
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 30 Jan 2010 at 9:57 PM
EX-VANCOUVERITE SAYS VANCOUVER MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON
HAS 'TURNED THE CITY OVER TO' VANOC
I've just returned from a few days in Vancouver, where I used to live, glad to escape before the Olympic Ga
RICHARD GILBERT: 'Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge has significant heritage value
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 25 Jan 2010 at 5:47 AM
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE SAYS
JOSEPH STRAUSS' BRIDGE HAS
'A UNIQUE BASCULE BRIDGE SYSTEM
CREATED BY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
BRIDGE DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD'
'Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge has signifi
Yule Heibel + Mat Wright in Battle of Blue Bridge photo by Bruce Stotesbury: Vict
Gregory Hartnell on Sat 23 Jan 2010 at 4:35 PM
BILL CLEVERLEY 'LOOKS AT HOW THEY PULLED IT OFF'
JohnsonStreetBridge.org co-founders Mat Wright and Yule Heibel were placed in the fold of the front page of the troubled monopoly Victoria daily news
THE SUSTAINABLE CITY? Johnson Street Bridge 'replacement' defended by Victoria Ci
Gregory Hartnell on Mon 18 Jan 2010 at 12:24 AM
VICTORIA CITY COUNCILLOR LIKES BIKES,
BIG BUDGETS AND SHINY NEW BRIDGES
Bernard von Schulman, Victoria Vision blogger,
debates Victoria City Councillor John Luton
at the Councillor's own personal
68% of BC people say: Van-Whistler OLYMPICS ARE TOO COSTLY, says new Ekos poll
Gregory Hartnell on Sun 17 Jan 2010 at 8:53 PM
The weird curse of the Nazi Masonic Olympic Cult
Jane Taber thinks this cursed two week pagan sport-real estate cult festival of exhibitionistic excess, aggressive patriotism, blind nationalism, e
Bob Broughton: 'Golden Gate Bridge is almost 75 years old + you don't hear them t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 15 Jan 2010 at 3:26 AM
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE MAINTENANCE SHIRKERS
WANT US 'TO TRUST THEM TO MANAGE
A BILLION-DOLLAR SEWAGE TREATMENT PROJECT'
Whether the Blue Bridge is replaced or refurbished, it's still going to cost
Gordon McAllister: Victoria City 'Council did not receive a mandate from voters t
Gregory Hartnell on Fri 15 Jan 2010 at 12:42 AM
CITY OF VICTORIA'S DYSFUNCTIONAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The replacement of the Blue Bridge was not in any candidate's platform in the 2008 municipal election.
The Council did not receive a manda
William Perry: Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria City Council, 'minus Geoff Young, n
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 6:07 AM
SHOULD MAYOR DEAN FORTIN AND VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL
RESIGN OVER JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE FIASCO?
Re: The Johnson Street Bridge petition
All this could have been avoided if the Mayor and Council, minus
Dr. Shaun Peck: 'There needs to be a review of the impact of building and operati
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 5:51 AM
It has been estimated by consultants to the Capital Regional District's core area liquid waste management committee that building the proposed land-based sewage treatment plants will produce 15,516 ton
John Vickers on federal infrastructure funding: 'Whatever happened to take your t
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 5:33 AM
Whether it's the Uplands sewage pumps or the Blue Bridge, the federal government strategy of "spend it or lose it funding” does not appear to be in the ultimate interest of taxpayers.
Whatever happen
Gary Lindner: 'The City of Victoria's decision on replacing the bridge… made wi
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 5:22 AM
Whether it's Blue Bridge replacement or sewage treatment plants, we need referendums on any major projects requiring large amounts of tax dollars.
The City of Victoria's decision on replacing the bridg
Bruce Cline on Johnson Street Bridge petition: 'Perhaps this display of the publi
Gregory Hartnell on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 5:02 AM
SEWAGE TREATMENT AND HST NEXT FOR PETITION TREND?
Congratulations to the people of Victoria for taking the time to express their displeasure with City Council's decision to replace the Blue Bridge w
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
