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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 10h

I think I prefer Bligh, not that she’s likely to win. I don’t have a strong opinion on the mayoral race, no great options

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 13h

wait I just remembered Screw You Taxpayer

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 13h

For me it’s a tough choice between Ham of Truth and Guy With a Good Attitude Towards Menstruation

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 14h

A few years back my barber unsuccessfully tried to relocate to one of those former shops on Victoria, now residentially zoned. Landlord: I consent Barber: I consent City: I don’t!

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 14h

Victoria Drive, Vancouver: an old storefront that the city says can’t be used for commercial use anymore, and a garden store that is grandfathered in and would have to shut down permanently if the owners ever take a break

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Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social · 15h

Fun archival find from 1952. ONE WEEK in wait time for a building permit was deemed unacceptable by local builders, as approvals shifted from the building to planning departments ahead of the new zoning bylaw. Nowadays, what's an extra week? vancouvergeneralcontractors.com/vancouver-pe...

Vancouver Sun, Oct 29, 1952, p. 25 Subhead: Contractors Say Red Tape Slows Up Work...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 17h

That’s right, I’m the guy. The guy with a good attitude towards menstruation. youtu.be/DdQ9H_yI7CE?...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 18h

Sadly no, these 2 posts are the best I have: bsky.app/profile/grid...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 19h

Voted and it was super easy, no lineups. Doing my part to kick out the most conservative parts of city council (ABC, COPE, and the Greens)

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 20h

even here, the website for millennial political junkies, there's nobody who cares about the park board election. it is the lowest of low-info elections voters hold council accountable for anything that happens in parks, so they should *be* accountable

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 21h

sadly the park board still exists, who should I vote for for park board

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 22h

This is a tough election for pro-housing voters—we don't even have 10 good council candidates, let alone a solid mayor choice. But here's what I can say: please do NOT vote for Stephanie Smith (Green). She consistently opposes the pro-housing movement and will only set the city back.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 21h

Stephanie Smith is an absolute do-not-vote-no-matter-what. I dislike Fry and Orr based on their previous votes+behaviour around housing and would not recommend them, but some people like them on other issues. Dominato has sometimes been good. Other than that, a lotta unknowns/pick-your-poison.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 21h

I think the short version is: OneCity is the only credibly good party on housing this time around. I’d recommend voting their full slate, and if you want to vote for more candidates maybe pick based on other issues

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 23h

Well, now we know which parties will back Unite Here’s lobbying to ban all new hotels in Vancouver

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

What happens inside the heat exchanger box? Nobody knows exactly, our scientists' best guess is "portals."

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

man, ERVs are so cool. feels like magic that you can get fresh air without losing (or gaining) heat

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

ty, this news makes Eby 70% more relatable to me as a voter

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

hell yeah bsky.app/profile/grid...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

On that topic, this was a really delightful read. Picked it up after going to a one-man Chinese restaurant in Haida Gwaii www.cbc.ca/books/chop-s...

cbc.ca

Chop Suey Nation | CBC Books

Chop Suey Nation is a nonfiction book by Ann Hui.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

But this approach does make it a little hard to explain things with citations etc. Still trying to figure out the best way to write up a Vancouver election guide

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

I actually do believe this! Every party sounds good if you read their platform, it is their place to promise everything to everyone. For example an excerpt from TEAM's platform (they are the never-change-anything NIMBY party, stopping development is their primary motivation)

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

Careful analysis of municipal party platforms? That pales in comparison to my strategy, synthesizing 15 years of vibes/Twitter beefs/council hearings

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

anyway I admit that I am kind of jaded about all of this; I place relatively little weight on platforms because they tend to promise everything to everyone (e.g. this from TEAM's platform)

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

I may have Fry Derangement Syndrome from seeing him just not get it on housing over+over+over again. The Green platform is hard to interpret, kind of tries to have it both ways; some good things but also wants to fight the province on housing, add more public hearings, ban small units

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 02/10/2026

Smith: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDx6... tl;dw: Boyle had a big motion to rezone to allow social housing everywhere, would have been the biggest bump to social housing here in decades, Smith showed up to oppose it because she doesn't like Vancouver's *pre-existing* definition of social housing.

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YouTube video by David Fine

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

I like this but would strongly disagree with "Pete Fry and his Green party seem to have adopted more urbanist policies." They are running Stephanie Smith whose social media handle literally refers to the time she spoke at council opposing zoning for more social housing

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

this is hard to top guy who is aware of the war in Iran, but also thinks "No apparent reason why" prices went up bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Richmound made national headlines on Sept. 15, 2023, when Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" and her Kingdom of Canada followers moved into an empty school in the village. She is known as a QAnon conspiracy theorist who started to amass a following during the pandemic.”

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

don't worry, they're also proposing price controls 🙃

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

This is dumb, I'm sure the policy authors know it's dumb, but you do what you gotta do to win swing voters in car-dependent areas. IMO this is one of the stronger arguments for allowing radically more housing in central areas (where people live shapes what policies they want).

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

cutting the provincial gas tax *and* imposing price controls lmao bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our walking tour this Saturday, Oct. 3rd, is a great opportunity to see some unusual streets most Vancouverites never have before. www.eventbrite.com/e...

A crowd gathered in the background behind a light blue Rolls SUV and a tree and fence.

Green/Blue house with rounded wood shingle siding.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

“the previous owner had been denied a request to sever the lot into two parcels” 😮‍💨

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

I agree but tbh I assume most voters do not care much about policy, especially on something heated like this. "that's bad, I like that Sim's opposing it" is the level I assume most voters operate at

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. The union is going to bat fighting bike lanes and single-stair buildings, and the chief is pushing back on some of that

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

CentreBC has already come out swinging. Let's revisit this in a month! www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

80-90% of the Canadian public opposes (mostly "strongly oppose") legalizing coke/heroin/meth. I think it will be pretty easy for parties to whip up some anger about this court case. researchco.ca/wp-content/u...

researchco.ca

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

the number of people even aware of that detail is probably what, low triple digits?

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

I suspect your sample of people in the wild is unusual, and a *lot* more people will have extremely negative reactions.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

I think that 1) most voters will think the ruling is insane 2) right-leaning parties will talk loudly about how they will fight it 3) voters will reward them for it

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

e-bikes are creating more "I'd rather not be run over" voters, and that will have a positive impact

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 01/10/2026

Yeah, that did not end well :'( I don't *think* this is City policy anymore but it's also not like they're proactively fixing the zoning bsky.app/profile/grid...

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 30/09/2026

timing of this ruling is a huge windfall for ABC and the BC Cons

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