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[kitty surprise]

The Cook Street community tent should prevent these kind of incidents in the future. Campers can stagger down through the wooded path, pick up some new needles at the tent, shoot up in the trees, use the public toilet if it’s still working, then return to the tent to enjoy a hot beverage with their neighbours from the other side of Cook Street.

...until they figure out it's just easier to set up camp on Cook St itself.

Roads are just vacant land waiting to be decolonized, dontcha know!

(Not including bike lanes...)

Edited by kitty surprise, 23 January 2021 - 06:09 PM.

[rmpeers]

This is Issit's ultimate wet dream:
1. Punish citizens in general.
2. Interfere with motorists. Thwart the secret conspiracy of auto-makers.
3. Spread the tent city footprint beyond the park itself.
4. Has potential to bring crime to new areas and may cause further environmental harm.
5. Nowhere near where Ben lives.

[Victoria Watcher]

i see eby says that all of the campers in vancouver's strathcona park (200 or so) will be given homes by the end of april.

 

looks like homelessness will be all over for this province by then.

 

can't wait.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 January 2021 - 07:27 PM.

[JimV]

i see eby says that all of the campers in vancouver's strathcona park (200 or so) will be given homes by the end of april.

Those new homes will probably be in BHP since it will be vacant by March 31.  As a bonus, all the infrastructure already exists there - drainage ditches, campsites, community tent, etc.

[Fox]

Here's the new community care tent on Cook.  

What the...... This will work great on the next dark and rainy night.  Good thing the care tent will be able to provide care to the inevitable head on collision.

[Nparker]

What the...... This will work great on the next dark and rainy night.  Good thing the care tent will be able to provide care to the inevitable head on collision.

Brought to you by the same team that dreamed up the Vancouver Street bike lane disaster.

[sebberry]

I walked past the tent location tonight - the tent appears to be up and running, complete with the words 'End the war on the poor' as shown in this CHEK piece:  https://www.cheknews...ll-park-736430/

[Nparker]

...'End the war on the poor' ...

Let's start by ending the war on the truth first.

[Midnightly]

does this mean they are going to remove the unapproved, unwanted activist installed community care tent now they have a city supplied one on cook street... or will they complain it's too far to walk all the way to cook street to get to the tent and need it closer (just like it's too far to walk to our place for a shower)

[rmpeers]

I walked past the tent location tonight - the tent appears to be up and running, complete with the words 'End the war on the poor' as shown in this CHEK piece: https://www.cheknews...ll-park-736430/

And the heartwarming "colonial law kills". Glad they are sharing this unifying non-deranged message. This will really win over the hordes of imaginary homeless-haters. The best people! Ben's fantasy really is coming to life.

[A Girl is No one]

Let's start by ending the war on the truth first.

And war on tax payers

[Victoria Watcher]

it’s a hell of a war when this Wednesday they will all get various amounts delivered automatically to their bank accounts. and we feed them every single day. and provide numerous free sundries at that care tent. and ask from them nothing in return.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 January 2021 - 03:40 AM.

[Nparker]

it’s a hell of a war when this Wednesday ..

Cheque day was January 20th.

[kitty surprise]

Let's start by ending the war on the truth first.

 

Which tactic will we be using today?

 

Cry Fake News?

Egg on the terrorists?

No transparency?

Downplay the crisis?

Bully and silence opposition?

Celebrate unrelated accomplishments?

 

I tell ya, Trump DNA is everywhere.

Edited by kitty surprise, 24 January 2021 - 08:55 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Cheque day was January 20th.

 

seems to come earlier every month.

[Nparker]

It varies from 4-5 weeks, to cover 12 payments in a year. Here are the dates for 2021:

• January 20, 2021 (for February 2021)
• February 17, 2021 (for March 2021)
• March 24, 2021 (for April 2021)
• April 21, 2021 (for May 2021)
• May 19, 2021 (for June 2021)
• June 23, 2021 (for July 2021)
• July 21, 2021 (for August 2021)
• August 25, 2021 (for September 2021)
• September 22, 2021 (for October 2021)
• October 20, 2021 (for November 2021)   
• November 17, 2021 (for December 2021)
• December 15, 2021 (for January 2022)

[mbjj]

People driving on Cook towards the ocean should just continue to drive in a straight line, really really close to the tent. I'm sure the squatters will take a shortcut through the playground. 

[Mike K.]

This decision certainly places the city in a legal quagmire. By adjusting the travel lanes how they did, there inevitably will be an incident where a vehicle will continue straight, forcing another vehicle to have to react to avoid a collision. The veering towards the curb also places cyclists at risk.

It’s so poorly thought out that I imagine this will be challenged as a serious safety concern. And I don’t mean to be a worry wort, but this is legitimately bad.

The proper thing to do is to lease a commercial space near the park and provide services from there, not this “tent” that is jutting out into a travel lane.

[Victoria Watcher]

people seem to be able to miss parked cars that appear off and on in the curb travel lanes all over town.  i'm sure they will be fine.  it's a 30kmh zone.  unless there is once-in-100-years blinding fog or smoke or snow that reduces visibility to 5m they will see it.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 January 2021 - 08:49 AM.

[Nparker]

...It’s so poorly thought out that I imagine this will be challenged as a serious safety concern. And I don’t mean to be a worry wort, but this is legitimately bad...

Par for the course with the CoV SJW council.