on April 16, 2021
Ken Sim pledges to abolish the Park Board. He will probably run with the new party A Better City Vancouver. Mark Marissen is running for mayor. And the election is still 18 months away.
- Ken Sim will abolish the park board
- The Aquarium is sold to US theme park operator
- John Coupar doesn’t like the idea of abolishing his current job
- Melissa De Genova & NPA are also unhappy
- Sarah Kirby-Yung is more open to “discussion about its governance”
- Restaurants also dislike the park board
- A Better City Vancouver launches – check out their website
- Mark Marissen launches his bid – which we maybe spoiled
- Meanwhile the current mayor continues to press forward with drug decriminalization in the city
- Burnaby and Richmond are also having byelections
- Keep up with hyper-local politics with the Burnaby Beacon and Tri-Cities Dispatch
- And our Vancouveratta looks at the founding of the Park Board before Ken Sim kills it