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[dasmo]

I might delete this tomorrow... but when someone said Ben and Jeremy I couldn't help but explore the concept a bit further....

 

[Rob Randall]

Someone asked what happens if Atwell steps down. It would trigger a byelection unless an election was a few months away in which case a fill-in would do the job for a while. I'm not sure what happens in Saanich but in Victoria we have Acting Mayors that rotate throughout the year and fill in whenever the mayor is away, like on a business junket, vacation, illness etc. They are kept on a short leash so don't expect rogue behaviour or palace coups when the deputy is in the chair. Here is this year's schedule:

 

Acting Mayor 2015

• January – Councillor Alto
• February – Councillor Coleman
• March – Councillor Isitt
• April – Councillor Loveday
• May – Councillor Lucas
• June – Councillor Madoff
• July – Councillor Thornton-Joe
• August – Councillor Young
• September – Councillor Alto
• October – Councillor Coleman
• November - Councillor Isitt
• December - Councillor Loveday

Yes, mark your calendars, April is Mayor Loveday month.

[rjag]

Why would he step down? He's committed no offense nor been charged with anything???

The mistake he made was vaulting into the mayors chair with zero experience and actually believing the Mayors office has some real power over the rest of council

Immaturity and stupidity are no reason for resignation. he needs to hit the reset button keep quiet and surround himself with better advisors

[G-Man]

Please keep the Atwell chatter out of the Victoria thread. We can't have all the crazy in one place.

[Bingo]

Since we are discussing computer monitoring    of a mayor and councillors on another thread,

I would like to know on this thread if there is computer monitoring   going on at City Hall in Victoria.   

[dasmo]

I might delete this tomorrow... but when someone said Ben and Jeremy I couldn't help but explore the concept a bit further....

 

OK I'm not deleting it. It might be jerkish but It makes me laugh....

Edited by dasmo, 14 January 2015 - 10:22 PM.

[Mike K.]

Post of the week for sure. Holden, where's our post of the week graphic?

[Jill]

Where is Holden, for that matter?

[dasmo]

The name of the flavour is....
Ben and Jeremy's - Isitt Loveday?

[Mike K.]

Oh man




HOLDEN!!

[dasmo]

Glad to see mr. Loveday has a sense of humour! 

[J_Loveday]

The townhall that Councillor Isitt, the UVSS, and myself held was to continue a discussion on Ethical Investment that was started during the election. Believe it or not, divestment from fossil fuels was a top issue for many young voters in this election. I am not an expert on ethical investing but I was happy to help facilitate the discussion.

Will I be fighting to get Ethical Investing as one of the city's priorities during strategic planning? No. In my opinion, there are more pressing local issues that need to be addressed.

I do believe that we should be ethically investing our public dollars though and I will be happy to see how the discussion moves forward.

It doesn't mean giving away our scarce public dollars:

http://www.forbes.co...able-heres-how/

In regards to the photo...it made me laugh. You couldn't find a better photo of me though?

[dasmo]

The townhall that Councillor Isitt, the UVSS, and myself held was to continue a discussion on Ethical Investment that was started during the election. Believe it or not, divestment from fossil fuels was a top issue for many young voters in this election. I am not an expert on ethical investing but I was happy to help facilitate the discussion.

Will I be fighting to get Ethical Investing as one of the city's priorities during strategic planning? No. In my opinion, there are more pressing local issues that need to be addressed.

I do believe that we should be ethically investing our public dollars though and I will be happy to see how the discussion moves forward.

It doesn't mean giving away our scarce public dollars:

http://www.forbes.co...able-heres-how/

In regards to the photo...it made me laugh. You couldn't find a better photo of me though?

That expression is perfect for the photo! it's what makes it ;-)

[J_Loveday]

That expression is perfect for the photo! it's what makes it ;-)

I just googled the source photo. You're right!

[Mike K.]

Will I be fighting to get Ethical Investing as one of the city's priorities during strategic planning? No. In my opinion, there are more pressing local issues that need to be addressed.

 

This is good, I'm glad that's how you see it.

[sebberry]

Believe it or not, divestment from fossil fuels was a top issue for many young voters in this election.

And said voters brought the issue up on their own volition? In no way were the questions asked of them formed to elicit a certain response?

I do believe that we should be ethically investing our public dollars though and I will be happy to see how the discussion moves forward.

I believe you should be investing public dollars in stable investments that present low risk to taxpayers of Victoria. If they happen to be "ethical" then so be it. Frankly I'm more worried about the state of infrastructure in Victoria and the wasteful pet projects that keep being dreamt up by special interest groups that are taking council away from addressing the real problems affecting quality of life in this city.

[Mr Cook Street]

I think we should give councillors credit for championing causes they are passionate about. Even if we don't necessarily believe them. As long as the basic work of the city does not suffer, go for it.

[J_Loveday]

"And said voters brought the issue up on their own volition? In no way were the questions asked of them formed to elicit a certain response?"

There were 2 UVIC based organizations organizing around the issue. It was a question on the UVIC Greens survey and they published the list of council and mayoral candidates who were in favour.

"Frankly I'm more worried about the state of infrastructure in Victoria and the wasteful pet projects that keep being dreamt up by special interest groups that are taking council away from addressing the real problems affecting quality of life in this city."

I share your concerns about the health of our infrastructure. That is why I will continue to push for longterm infrastructure priority planning and the full cataloguing of the infrastructure and real estate that the city holds.

[sebberry]

Thanks for your reply

[tedward]

I find the objections to have a rather odd tone. Something like shock and surprise that this is even a topic.
 

I find that odd because ethical investing has been a topic of discussion since the 1980's when the boycotts of South Africa were in full swing. Every institution and even some businesses began getting flack for investing in companies that committed crimes and made decisons that harmed the environment.

 

To this day lots of companies tout their ethical investmen portfolios for those who believe that investing is not just about maximising profit.

I am happy to see my elected represetatives spend a little time when deciding where to place our money.  Not a lot of time and effort (we have volunteer advocacy groups for that) but at least enough time to know what options are available and what the returns (positive and negative) could be.