Peter Ladner
3 handsome possibilities
By samanthaorwell on June 18, 2008 - 2:39pm
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/06/3-handsome-possibiliti...
Fabula (Francis Bula) has been doing an “addictively” sensational job covering the municipal elections. Some comments:
I’ve come up with 3 handsome possibilities for November:
Possibility of a Vision-COPE alliance?
I like the sounds of that actually. I would vote for Vision’s playboy-juice man if he were endorsed by my favourite oppositional Santa Claus-looking councilor, David Cadman. As previously discussed, Vision and COPE don’t’ necessarily have to duke it out if both of them can agree to be chummy. As Fabula stated, Gregor Robertson isn’t one of the “traitors” that split COPE and therefore is baggageless.
And there are also talks of David Eby and Andrea Reimer running. I assume Andrea Reimer will be aligned with Vision… David Eby? Where would he be? I think he should be aligned with COPE because everybody would vote for David Eby just because he’s a freaking hero.
COPE runs David Cadman
Juice man squeezes out first ballot victory: Gregor Robertson wins Vision nomination
By samanthaorwell on June 15, 2008 - 9:45pm
FULL POST WITH LINKS AND PICTURES
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/06/juice-man-squeezes-out...
So Gregor Robertson wins on the first ballot. Easily. I must say, I am surprised.
No surprise De Genova didn't have a chance though.
But I'm surprised there was a sorry turnout for Louie. I still think Louie would have been the better candidate against Ladner. Now, come election in November you have pretty much the same people running against eachother. Robertson has been called, "Peter Ladner's younger, taller, more tanned brother". Pretty much the same politics, just different parties.
I still believe Ladner will take it in November. He's got more experience and he's much more competent than our little playboy-juice man Gregor.
But how about the news of a Louie campaigner coming out to tell Francis Bula the they lost. Talk about unprofessional. That campaigner is going to be in trouble, no doubt. You don't admit defeat until it is official. Especially to media.
You can read more from Francis Bula:
[Robertson] defeated two-term city councillor Raymond Louie and park-board commissioner Allan De Genova. The vote drew a record number of voters, almost 7,000 out of 13,000 members, which is almost unheard of for a civic nomination race. He won easily on the first ballot with over 3,400 votes out of 6,771.
Ladner wins by 80 votes!
By samanthaorwell on June 8, 2008 - 7:43pm
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/06/ladner-wins.html
Ladner wins by 80 votes!
Ladner and Sullivan debate
By samanthaorwell on May 31, 2008 - 2:18pm
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/05/ladner-and-sullivan-de...
News from David Eby's blog has got me all hot and bothered. Ladner-love full speed ahead in municipal debate:
In any event, the two NPA mayoral candidates will be debating on the CBC Early Edition show next Wednesday morning between 7 and 8 a.m.Over on the Vision side, they'll be holding another debate, one in which the three candidates will hopefully get a bit edgier with each other, at the SFU Harbour Centre Fletcher Theatre on Thursday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.
I'm likely the only person in the world who identifies with the left but still is in love with Ladner. My originality precedes me.
In other Peter Ladner news, he now has a sworn enemy-blog style. http://thepeterladnerprinciple.blogspot.com/ is a smear campaign all about Ladner-hate. This confuses me- how can somebody hate Ladner so much using every entry as a chance to denouce such a charming man? I think he's secretly a Sullivan-man giving my boyfriend, Ladner, a bad name.
Shame.
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/05/ladner-and-sullivan-de...
Cadman for mayor?
By samanthaorwell on April 2, 2008 - 9:06pm
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/04/cadman-for-mayor.html
Peter Ladner, I like you - please run as an independent
By samanthaorwell on March 27, 2008 - 1:42pm
READ full post HERE:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/03/peter-ladner-i-like-yo...
The Vancouver Sun columnist and blogger Miro Cernetig wrote a lovely piece that suggested a debate against Coucillor Peter Ladner and Sam Sullivan. I am very much in support of this idea.
TheVancouverManifesto, as you may know, lies pretty liberal when it comes to politics. But I’m just going to put it out there: If Peter Ladner represented the NPA against Vision and COPE candidates I would vote for him. In struggling to explain myself to my lefty friends, Miro Cernetig explains it beautifully
After years in the game, Peter Ladner is learning something new about himself and politics.
He's an ideas guy at heart, an introspective sort. He likes the thinking part of city politics, the mulling over of policy -- whether it's the big stuff, such as making Vancouver a high-tech city, or the small, smart stuff, say putting a better bicycle lane over a bridge to downtown.
Here's the problem. As he challenges Mayor Sam Sullivan for their civic party's nomination, Ladner's now caught in the nasty grind of machine politics.
I have seen enough of Ladner to know he is a stand up guy. He is engaged in the community and often shows his face on panel presentations on city ideas. Out of city hall he has proven himself an intelligent, engaged and concerned citizen.
