Comments on: Ok….my hot button issues

By: eareyeswideopen

eareyeswideopen — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:08:01 +0000

“Someone whispered in my ear that a huge scandal is going to break over the Callaghan Valley where the most expensive white elephant: the Nordic Venue & it won’t be through the mainstream media that is in partnership with this old boys network.”

Hi Crunchy! That whisper was were right!!!! Wow this article by Bob Mackin broke in the subscription paper Business in Vancouver a last week!!

I’ll post the article on Wet Coast Talk

By: earseyeswideopen

earseyeswideopen — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:52:08 +0000

Wonderful news, Crunchy. I’ll be watching for big news re: the cooperative efforts on the petitions between you & Chris S!!! I’m quite excited about the potential for good.

In the meantime, have a nice break! I really congratulate you on your site.

Synergy can create such good results when the intent is ethical.

By: crunchy

crunchy — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:49:40 +0000

Hollie…yep.
It doesn’t get talked about.
It get’s ignored…but it is like ignoring the elephant in the room.
Staring at the pretty mountains won’t make this go away

By: Hollie Pollard

Hollie Pollard — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:35:00 +0000

are u tellng me VAncouver services have slide that much, wow I can remember when they were on the cutting edge side of things!

By: crunchycarpets

crunchycarpets — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:12:09 +0000

Hey ears and Chris…why don’t we take this over to my forums…click on wet coast talk….lets see if we can get more voices involved in this……

and for sure do the link…I will work on that today.

I would love to hear from everyone one else on the subject..this and the whole housing issues, etc.

I will set up a forum for this and spread the word folks…send people this way to the forums….

I am a bit busy this week to really focus on a new project (going out of town) but am all for stirring up SOMETHING!

By: earseyeswideopen

earseyeswideopen — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:49:52 +0000

I care, too Chris S along with just about every decent British Columbian I speak with. Even the lady at the London Drugs counter today echoed our feelings posted by all us above.

So what do you think Crunchy? Chris S idea sounds excellent - re: a cooperative link to 2010 Watch. I just read a similar editorial to yours re: the Olympic horror story on the Care2 Petition site.

There is nothing like PEOPLE POWER.

By: Chris S

Chris S — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:58:05 +0000

Check out 2010 Watch. There used to be an opinion poll on cancelling the Olympics. The idea of a referendum is a great one and one we called for back in 2003 (remember only Vancouver voted in a non-binding plebiscite, ie., an opinion poll). If more people knew that the costs were well over $6 billion and heading higher, if they knew that some 100,000 trees had already come down for the “greenest games ever”, do you think they’d care? I do. If this website can get something started, we can link it up with 2010 Watch. We just need a juicy scandal to kick the media into action. As one of the voices on this site has noted, things are in the works…

By: earseyeswideopen

earseyeswideopen — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:37:59 +0000

Hi Crunchy ~

You know the old saying:

“The power of one is great -
It becomes the power of many”

This site would be fabulous to start an online petition.

Good heavens, when you think that the unfair closing of a hamburger stand drew well over a thousand & still growing . . .think what a petition dealing with Vanoc’s closed dealings would draw???

By: crunchy

crunchy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:06:40 +0000

Good idea Ears and Eyes…
I don’t know what else gets their attention, the media and the citizens attention…

I have been emailing city council about a housing question and got NOTHING!

By: earseyeswideopen

earseyeswideopen — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:36:44 +0000

Has anyone thought of setting up an online petition to stop Vanoc & its kissing cousin: the Campbell Govt., from their dangerous games plundering British Columbians assets on behalf of their own & their pals vested interests?

Sometimes it takes the strong voices of WOMEN supported by good MEN . . .