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Originally Posted by Traum
IMO, both KS are shxtty choices. But since I know how delusional, incompetent, and absolutely disastrous Kennedy Stewart is and how much I want to get rid of him, I am willing to put my ballot behind the other KS devil.
You should also bear in mind that Kennedy Stewart has a major fallout with the VPD, and things are so bad between them that for the first time in a long time (or possibly first time ever), the police union is backing Ken Sim as their candidate of choice. Sim's platform claims to hire 100 additional officers and 100 mental health nurses, and while I think he sounds every bit like a sleazy used car salesman, I'd expect him to at least partially make good of his promise to the VPD / mental health workers. In that regard, the VPD should have some additional resources to tackle crime and mental health issues.
(FWIW, I also think VPD is very poorly managed under Chief Palmer, and much of their financial woes is their own fault.)
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Kennedy Stewart has been, at best, a disappointment as Mayor BUT I would say that his circumstances are as much the reason as it was his skills. The implosion of Vision Vancouver caused the most fragmented and divisive city council we've seen in a long time and there are few mayors who could have wrangled that council into something productive.
It's quite possible that we'll be headed to another divided council this election and Ken Sim is totally not the guy to get things done - like you said he sounds like a sleazy used car salesman and every answer he gives is proof he doesn't know how gov't runs and that he also thinks he knows better (when he doesn't). He's so full of shit.
I'm largely a one issue voter (housing) and Ken's platform on housing is next to useless. He's no closet racist like Colleen Hardwick but his platform will do nothing but make things even worse for residents.
The only mayoral candidate that understands the housing crisis and the way out of it (or improve it) is Kennedy Stewart and if his party and OneCity Vancouver get elected we'd see actual progress on housing in Vancouver.
I also can't get behind a candidate that the police union is behind.
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Originally Posted by Traum
As a last bit of spreading my own municipal propaganda, I am going to put 1 of my parks board commissioner vote to Tricia Barker (TEAM). She is campaigning on a platform to restore Stanley Park to pre-Covid status and access, and that is exactly what I want because I think the current setup with 1 lane permanently given to cyclists + blocking off the exit to Beach Ave is absolutely ludicrous. Last year I was stuck in gridlock for something like 1.5 hrs between Prospect Point until I got out of the Park at W.Georgia with a hungry and very cranky young child in the back of my car, and this insanity just needs to end.
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I feel your pain but I'm not sure I agree but I also don't think what they've done is working and I'm not sure what the right solution is - the park is busier than ever and those additional bike lanes were a success for cyclists but it sure made everything else worse by a lot. Stanley Park should be accessible for everyone and maybe we need to seriously consider widening the road around it (even if at certain points to make passing possible).