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[todd]

Of course not, but for what we have already paid the grass should be plated in gold leaf.

I don’t know you got thousands of little employees working for room and board.

[Nparker]

I don’t know you got thousands of little employees working for room and board.

Oh sure. If they work for the CoV they'll probably want a 50% raise.

[todd]

Oh sure. If they work for the CoV they'll probably want a 50% raise.

Then you get the lawnmower out.

[Brantastic]

I assumed that if it took nearly two years since the completion of the bridge to landscape that patch of land that they would have come up with something more than just grass. If that was the plan for that area, why couldn’t they have planted grass when they laid down the pathway?

[todd]

So what are we thinking like a fountain that squirts up when you clap?

[VIResident]

Johnson Street Bridge project faces provincial audit

https://www.timescol...udit-1.24069731

 

“As an independent office, the [auditor general for local government] was asked to review the project and make recommendations that will inform both the City of Victoria and other local governments when they manage future capital projects,” he said.

[Nparker]

...the [auditor general for local government] was asked to review the project and make recommendations that will inform both the City of Victoria and other local governments when they MIS-manage future capital projects...

There. Fixed that.

[Mike K.]

Who asked for the review?

[shoeflack]

Who asked for the review?

 

Council.

[Coreyburger]

Council.

Helps initially proposed it and council backed her in 2018:

https://www.timescol...udit-1.23438174

 

EDIT:

Here is the motion:

https://pub-victoria...ocumentId=28360

https://pub-victoria...ocumentId=22481

(was passed as part of the consent agenda)

Edited by Coreyburger, 06 February 2020 - 09:50 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

After shutting down traffic in the Fort and Douglas they moved on to block the Johnson Street bridge just after 3 p.m.. While on the bridge they painted a mural across the deck that said “No Consent, No Access,” referring to efforts by Coastal Gaslink company to build on Wet’suwet’en territory.



https://www.timescol...oria-1.24071116

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 February 2020 - 02:19 PM.

[Nparker]

Each of the protestors should be charged with trespassing and damage to public property.

[sebberry]

  

[Nparker]

I have to wonder if the same stunt would have been pulled if last week's rains had lasted a few days longer. That would have been real conviction.

 

On the plus side, the photo should make it relatively easy to identify the perpetrators and begin prosecuting them.

[Victoria Watcher]

one suspects that just like the idle no more (2012-13) protests this will die too.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 February 2020 - 05:18 PM.

[Midnightly]

one suspects that just like the idle no more (2012-13) protests this will die too.

and the site C dam protests... of a few years ago...

[Sparky]

I have a question.

Do any of these people need to go to work tomorrow?

[Nparker]

...Do any of these people need to go to work tomorrow?

       

[todd]

No they just post online

Edited by todd, 09 February 2020 - 09:37 PM.

[Rob Randall]

There is confusion about the paint used on the bridge with some including CHEK calling it egg tempera. This is incorrect, it is merely cheap ordinary tempera poster paint. No egg is used. Egg tempera is an ancient painting technique using egg yolk as the medium. That technique is permanent and is rarely used today except by the most dedicated professional fine artists due to it difficulty and expense. Examples from Roman times look as good today as they did 2000 years ago.

 

Source: am pedantic artist.

Edited by Rob Randall, 09 February 2020 - 09:47 PM.