tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115390382388514565.post8772354073085021171..comments2023-08-25T08:01:18.049-07:00Comments on Baker on Vancouver: WILTING AT TIN MILLSJonathan Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851181681609124691noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115390382388514565.post-36140780235129383362012-06-20T06:41:03.476-07:002012-06-20T06:41:03.476-07:00Graham,
Interesting that you mention that school b...Graham,<br />Interesting that you mention that school board. It was controlled by the predecessors of our current council. You and I were in the minority. The Board was fired because it refused to prepare a budget. At the time Vancouver Taxpayers were protected by the Provincial Government. There is no such protection for the taxpayers of the City of Vancouver today. What a sorry state of affairs.<br />JBJonathan Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851181681609124691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115390382388514565.post-49379395150362411252012-06-20T03:18:57.269-07:002012-06-20T03:18:57.269-07:00Posted on my Facebook as:
"This is an excell...Posted on my Facebook as: <br />"This is an excellent, witty essay on sustainability where if all of us lived in tin houses we would worry about eagles dropping sloppy fishes on our roofs, but what if tin houses were either de rigueur or mandated for efficacious reasons? Read on MacDuff... and enjoy. It can be your city Jonathan is talking of - it does not have to be Vancouver. P.S. Jonathon and I served on the Vancouver School Board in the mid eighties and were part of the egregious eight or naughty nine who were fired by Provincial Government for reasons of political expediency and sabre rattling.gwaymarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180393600933401910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115390382388514565.post-18847877023705804942012-06-16T17:49:48.473-07:002012-06-16T17:49:48.473-07:00City Hall is an ill wind that never blows good fro...City Hall is an ill wind that never blows good from any direction.Jonathan Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851181681609124691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115390382388514565.post-13117308271796860832012-06-16T14:25:04.481-07:002012-06-16T14:25:04.481-07:00Jonathan, those wind speed stats from Vancouver, a...Jonathan, those wind speed stats from Vancouver, are they measured upwind or downwind from City Hall?Andre Carrelnoreply@blogger.com