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Traum · 09-30-2021, 11:21 PM

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/...g-plan-survey/

TL;DR

- CoV received 19k responses in the online public survey that the City conducted in regards to the implementation of a vehicle pollution charge + overnight parking permit, the most ever for any city public survey.

- 72% of the respondents opposed the pollution charge as proposed by CoV
- 80% of the respondents opposed CoV's overnight parking permit proposal

But what do you know? CoV staff is still recommending City Council to implement both the pollution charge as well as the overnight parking permit proposals.

At this point, I am not even furious about the absurdity of this farce -- even though I absolutely should be. Instead, I really need to ask -- what is the goddamn point of conducting the survey if both City staff and City Hall were dead set on implementing both "proposals" regardless of what the results were? Did they really think the public would embrace a $500 or $1k annual pollution charge when tons of vehicle owners have no alternatives other than parking on the street??? More importantly, what is the point of municipal democracy when City Hall operates as a fascist dictator?

Even back in Gregor Robertson's days, I knew municipal democracy was at least kind of fake. But this pollution charge + overnight parking permit BS is literally the most shameless act ever put on by CoV City Council.

09-30-2021, 11:21 PM	#45
Traum RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC Posts: 8,356 Thanked 8,129 Times in 3,379 Posts Failed 261 Times in 147 Posts	https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/...g-plan-survey/ TL;DR - CoV received 19k responses in the online public survey that the City conducted in regards to the implementation of a vehicle pollution charge + overnight parking permit, the most ever for any city public survey. - 72% of the respondents opposed the pollution charge as proposed by CoV - 80% of the respondents opposed CoV's overnight parking permit proposal But what do you know? CoV staff is still recommending City Council to implement both the pollution charge as well as the overnight parking permit proposals. At this point, I am not even furious about the absurdity of this farce -- even though I absolutely should be. Instead, I really need to ask -- what is the goddamn point of conducting the survey if both City staff and City Hall were dead set on implementing both "proposals" regardless of what the results were? Did they really think the public would embrace a $500 or $1k annual pollution charge when tons of vehicle owners have no alternatives other than parking on the street??? More importantly, what is the point of municipal democracy when City Hall operates as a fascist dictator? Even back in Gregor Robertson's days, I knew municipal democracy was at least kind of fake. But this pollution charge + overnight parking permit BS is literally the most shameless act ever put on by CoV City Council.