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[Sparky]

This looks promising.

 

http://garybeyer.com

[Coreyburger]

This looks promising.

 

http://garybeyer.com

 

Several people have already commented on that page and the glaring typos on it.

[Sparky]

Several people have already commented on that page and the glaring typos on it.

 

I don't see any typos. There is not that much there yet. What am I missing?

[Coreyburger]

A once¹ vibrant city that can find a new success by looking to it's² own roots.

Victoria³ BC⁴ is a city known world-wide for it's⁵ charm, history and beauty; yet these are the qualities now eroded in favor⁶ of buzz word⁷ politics. Getting back to baiscs⁸, back to the roots of Victoria BC⁹ is one way¹⁰ to find the path back to that deserved world-wide recognition.

 

1. Should be a hyphen here. 

2. No apostrophe necessary. Excess apostrophes in this paragraph are its biggest flaw. It's awful. See what I did?

3. Comma here, even if it doesn't sound like there should be one.

4. So glad you mentioned BC--I thought we might be talking about Victoria, Texas.

5. Yep.

6. Should use Canadian spelling here: favour. Personally, I think it's a 20th century affectation but them's the rules.

7. Buzzword is one word. You can hyphenate it if you're want to sound like you're from the 1950s, daddy-o.

8. Ouch.

9, Thanks for the reminder. I was wondering if we wandered off to Victoria, Australia.

10. Or is that two ways? I've lost track.

 

 

All these typos that Rob pointed out (basics is now fixed, I might point out)

Edited by Coreyburger, 31 January 2018 - 08:14 AM.

[VicHockeyFan]

They have been fixed I think.

[Coreyburger]

They have been fixed I think.

 

The typos have. The awkward language, not so much. What concerns is attention to detail -  this isn't one page of thousands on a website. The website has a single page.

 

I'd also like to say that "getting back to basics" is about as buzzwordy as it comes.

[Mike K.]

I don't think so:

 

Victoria BC is a city known world-wide for its charm, history and beauty; yet these are the qualities now eroded in favor of buzz word politics. Getting back to basics, back to the roots of Victoria BC is one way to find the path back to that deserved world-wide recognition.

 

The background image is also of NYC's mid-town skyline.

[Mike K.]

Victoria is as highly regarded internationally as it has ever been. Nobody is denying that, so I'm not sure why that's front-and-centre in Mr. Beyer's most important introductory paragraph. We gotta axe that right quick.

 

Our social issues are causing the locals grief, not the tourists. Downtown Vancouver's east side is pretty nasty but it has no effect on the city's image (beyond limited instances, of course).

[Stephen James]

Here's an issue I'd like to hear from any Victoria Councillor about before the election, one we've come close to in these discussions.  

I'd especially like to hear from Mr Loveday:

 

Many Victoria City councillors have received a substantial proportion of their campaign funds from unions, legally and appropriately until now and for several years.  (proof is found in the election disclosure forms.)  It is in these unions best interests' to negotiate with each municipality individually, rather than with a consolidated bargaining unit and they have made that clear for a long time.  The consolidated bargaining unit that existed until recently served the electorate by negotiating from a position of consolidation and strength (think a larger population.)  Important to note that, even with the consolidated bargaining unit, most of these unions come to the table with considerably more resources, experience and legal talent than our little community, but we try...

The question:

Given that council decisions should reflect the best interests' of the electorate (as opposed to the interests of the politician's or any interest group), what benefit did Victoria citizens enjoy from the City of Victoria abandoning the consolidated bargaining unit, going it alone and, even worse, negotiating a deal FIRST that would put considerable pressure on the other municipalities to accept the terms of Victoria's deal?

 

I'll add the following points for consideration:

- fiduciary responsibility means our council has a legal, moral and ethical requirement to act in OUR best interests'

- VicPD has the highest number of police per 100,000 population for any Canadian municipality (Victoria/Esquimalt), the lowest number of residents per police officer for any Canadian municipality with a population exceeding 100,000 (Victoria/Esquimalt), and the highest cost per capita for policing of all the other municipal police departments ad has asked for another increase well above the rate of inflation.

- Vic PD is only one example of many.

[Stephen James]

As a further comment, I have no personal positive or negative feelings about unions - not relevant and not the point.  

 

The point of this question is about who is served and the quality of our governance.   For better or worse, we have an adversarial system designed to negotiate towards a solution.  The same adversarial system lives in several areas of our culture (courts, elections, parties of opposition, etc.)

 

This question is about the possibility that our system has been subverted by people and for people who's agenda is different than the service of our electorate.

 

Just to be clear that this is NOT the partisan issue people might try to make it out to be.

[VicHockeyFan]

They simply said at the time there were leaving the joint bargaining unit because they already had the in-house talent and expertise to make their own agreement and being in the unit they were duplicating services. 

[rjag]

Is that the same talent that is advising on the bridge?

[Awaiting Juno]

This looks promising.

 

http://garybeyer.com

 

Needs work as pointed out by many - but I get that content creation can be difficult, particularly when Mr. Beyer has a business to run, so political aspirations are likely in addition to trying to keep the business running.  Ideally, he'd hire a communications/marketing firm to assist in getting his website up and running.  Then he'd begin blogging on what he sees as being the issues central to his platform (ideally with a bit of help to copy edit).  I'd really like to see a headshot of this person and to know who is and where he comes from - why does he see himself as being a strong candidate for the Mayor's chair.  I should note that it might be helpful to be explicit in what he'd do, what exactly does "back to Victoria's roots" mean?  I think many Victorians are fine (even eager) to see the city evolve, particularly if it means good jobs, and access to the things that make Victoria a desirable place to live.  What many are annoyed with is the slide that downtown has taken, the selective enforcement of bylaws and fiscal mismanagement, and the reluctance to effectively move towards amalgamation at least of the core (Saanich, Esquimalt, Victoria and Oak Bay).

[jonny]

Frankly, terms like "back to Victoria's roots" scare me. They make me think of older friends and acquaintances who live in Broadmead, Brentwood Bay and the Uplands who think of the core as a series of strip malls and quaint shops to be used only for shopping and not a burgeoning community - a place where people live, work and play - that will soon be home to thousands of new residents. 

[VicHockeyFan]

 I'd really like to see a headshot of this person and to know who is and where he comes from - why does he see himself as being a strong candidate for the Mayor's chair.  

 

From his twitter account:

 

[VicHockeyFan]

 I'd really like to see a headshot of this person and to know who is and where he comes from - why does he see himself as being a strong candidate for the Mayor's chair.  

 

From his twitter account:

 

https://twitter.com/garycbeyer

 

[VicHockeyFan]

I'd really like to see a headshot of this person and to know who is and where he comes from - why does he see himself as being a strong candidate for the Mayor's chair.  

 

This is an audio clip from a few weeks back on CFAX.  Gary Beyer on CFAX.

[SimonH]

Mayor Beyer has a ring to it.

[Greg]

Frankly, terms like "back to Victoria's roots" scare me. They make me think of older friends and acquaintances who live in Broadmead, Brentwood Bay and the Uplands who think of the core as a series of strip malls and quaint shops to be used only for shopping and not a burgeoning community - a place where people live, work and play - that will soon be home to thousands of new residents. 

 

Perhaps he has a plan to Make Victoria Great Again.

Edited by Greg, 31 January 2018 - 04:42 PM.

[spanky123]

Frankly, terms like "back to Victoria's roots" scare me. They make me think of older friends and acquaintances who live in Broadmead, Brentwood Bay and the Uplands who think of the core as a series of strip malls and quaint shops to be used only for shopping and not a burgeoning community - a place where people live, work and play - that will soon be home to thousands of new residents. 

 

The guy hasn't even announced that he is running for anything yet and we are picking apart his website!