The Municipal Elections are on Saturday the 15th.

You should vote in them.

Why? (this is Aimed at Vancouverites)
- Municipal government affects your life directly and on a regular basis. You will feel its effects.
- The turnout in te last election was about 25%
- The difference between a win and lose in the last council election was 617 votes, and this ( Read more... )

Bad Dreams and Politics
It is only today that I thought maybe repeatedly waking up in the middle of the night with my heart pounding isn't a good thing.

A dream:

The house was the perfect residence - four-storey stack, small lot. Space-age shiny; stairs and a loft inside. The kind of place that could be home to a butch of crazy alternative people ( Read more... )

BIO was fun. Light pain pushes me into an altered state of conscousness - my eyes roll back in my head and my mind drifts off. It's a pleasant experience. Using the blood that beads from the pinpricks to draw little swirlies to complement lovely face-paint work is also fun.

The COPE policy meeting, while less masochistic, also brought me a sense of ( Read more... )

People ask me "why Rhino" and I have to answer that I don't really know the answer m'self, but Im interested. My primary interest is in the provincial election - those are the most Gong Show of the three scales. But I can see federal and municipal potential ( Read more... )

This Thursday (Agust 3rd), the Brain-Squeezing Night movie will be Strange Days. Again, it's a fine movie, and pleasantly cyberpunk.

I cannot find my copy. If you have one that I colud borrow, could you give me a shout or leave a comment please.

Also: I am also very much interested in showing up at schools at clbus days to pester students about the ( Read more... )

I've started a COPE newsletter LJ here. Those of you interested in municipal politics, ethical purchasing and community involwement, should go check it out.

The Coalition of Progressive Electors will hold an Annual General Meeting at 1 pm, on Sun, April 23, 2006 at the St James Square Hall at 3214 W 10 Ave, Vancouver.
I am looking to see if anyone wants to come out to the meeting, or get a membership. I'm a little concerned about how this AGM is going to turn out, because we got trounced pretty bad ( Read more... )

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A question for you: What were your impressions of the recent Vancouver election? What about 2002? How did COPE come across? How did Vision come across? The NPA? The Green Party? What role did and could the internet play in all this? What is yor take on municipal politics in geteral? Comments please!

I will not claim that we failed, but I will not claim that we succeded. I will certainly not claim to be happy. Why did we sign onto this?

Choice defines us; as individuals, and as groups.

True or not, consider the doctrine of predestination: that we cannot ( Read more... )

Three-quarters of an hour to go. I think we're going to win.

This is extraordinary. This is one of the rare times that the struggle wasn't doomed at the outset that the heroes stood a chance. And maybe, maybe, this is the first time that my side will win.

I should explain that I grew up in ( Read more... )