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Originally Posted by BodomReaper
Sorry to butt in on this Vancouver-centric bickering, but seeing as how the title is Metro Vancouver 2011 Civic Election Thread; I am delighted to announce that Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart has resoundingly defeated the leftists 3-term councillor Barrie Lynch. This means we can all look forward to more growth and investment over the next 3 years!
And it's not just that Stewart is a great guy - Lynch couldn't be worse! His attacks on the mayor's disability were disgusting, as was his pandering to the Austin Heights NIMBYS. But what takes the cake is how he voted against recent budgets whilst blasting the mayor "because the tax increases were too high" , after it was himself and other leftist councillors that rammed through a 20% CUPE wage increase over 5 years in 2007  |
Yeah, aside from Vancouver, the most interesting to watch is Coquitlam. I was really disappointed by Barry Lynch's disgusting behaviour, and I'm glad he not only lost the race but out of city council. Overall I'm happy with the results in Coquitlam though I didn't like it that Lou Sekora is back. That guy is a moron!
I'm quite happy with the results in Vancouver, I'm glad all seven Vision councils are back, and they were pretty much on top. And of course, Gregor is in, Anton is out. I didn't watch Gregor's victory speech (fell asleep) but did watch Anton. Its interesting that she pretty much conceded that the streetcar is dead for at least three years. TBH, I think that's a good thing since Vancouver simply has other more pressing transportation issues that it really needs to focus on, aside from a streetcar from Coal Harbour to Granville Island that will mostly benefit people who really don't need it.
TBH, I wouldn't mind a change in Burnaby, New West, Delta and Richmond but those cities are so entrench its like wishing for a super tall office tower in downtown Vancouver. The mayors of those cities are just *ssh*les and need to go. But I guess if your city is in a situation where problems the rest of the region still needs to resolve are pretty much resolved in your community, you can afford to be an *ss to everybody else. This especially Richmond, and the channel 4 guy (I think Ted Fields) was right in the money on his mindset on Brodie, "I got my Canada Line, thank you very much...". I'm glad Rick Green of Langley Township is out, he voted against the gas tax and its ironic he is the biggest looser amongst the incumbents.
So I'm glad the composition of Vancouver, Surrey, the Tri Cities, Langley City and North Shore are pretty much the same peeps. Pretty much every incumbent who supported the gas tax increase won, and that's the voters, who showed up in greater numbers, telling something. A lot has been accomplished in the last three years, and more needs to be done in the next three.
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