Pete Fry

Vancouver City Councillor. Fighting corruption and greed.
UBCM Director, urban issues, arts/culture, dog-guy. Green.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@BrianPalmquist Cutting speakers off is prerogative of chair, which has not been a non-ABC councillor in four years.
But, also salient: I spent 4 1/2 minutes of my allocated 5, asking questions of mayor that he couldn't answer & reasonably should have been part of agenda most meetings afford.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

ABC lackeys feigning disappointment w/ 8sec gotcha from 1 hour meeting - yet couldn't answer basic questions on law/jurisdiction, explain $500k cost, meet a reasonable standards of notice/evidence, and cut me off from comment on their non-binding, performative election stunt 😐

[Peter Meiszner @PeterMeiszner]

Disappointing to see councillors from the Greens, COPE & Vote Vancouver walk out of the special council meeting today instead of voting for or against adding a ballot question on stronger enforcement against open-air, hard drug use in Vancouver. #vanpoli

[SEAN ORR @seanorr]

Remember when you cancelled an entire council meeting because you didn’t want to hear motions from opposition councillors?

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@seanorr Or tried to remove the integrity commissioner because rules?

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@JohnnyUtahVan @sarahkirby_yung Well Jon, I find that sometimes in politics, there are bad faith actors --even here on social media like Xwitter--- that would frame a NO vote on Sim's motion as some sort of soft-on-safety narrative.

Gosh, that might've even been the whole point, do you think it was a set up?

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@JohnnyUtahVan @sarahkirby_yung Well Jon, the vote wasn’t actually on supporting open drug use, it was on supporting two performative, non-binding, statistically and legally irrelevant, optional ballot questions at a cost of $500,000 of our tax dollars and possible future legal challenge.

I support neither

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@sarahkirby_yung Sarah, you realize there is more video than this 8 seconds your people posted, right? I wasted 4 1/2 minutes asking questions of Sim and Zhou and got very little in cogent response --mayor was unable to name a single law and went off on rambling tangents

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@vancolour yes, Lenny Zhou launched a Chinese-language petition last month to data farm supporters for this. It's 100% a GOTV since the substance of the questions are not actionable in any meaningful way regardless of plebiscite outcome
https://t.co/kztqx6Pay3

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@BCTaxpayer101 @ThomasDigby1 Was the mayor watching? He had a leave of absence for “personal reasons” while the rest of us did the work. My concern is that mayor rarely/barely shows up to do work taxpayers pay for. It’s a bit rich for him or his proxy to concern-tweet about a meetings he otherwise skips

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

Foreign interference bad.
BUT As the councillors who bothered to show up for public hearing still here at midnight: ever-absent “mayor” tweets outrage from..?
#wheresken

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

At tonight’s public hearing, there were numerous individuals obstructing Council business. It is clear that this is foreign interference. Only those affected by land use decisions should speak before Council, not those calling in from Southern California.

We will be reporting this immediately to the appropriate authorities for a proper investigation.

I have organized an emergency meeting with the City Manager, VPD Chief Steve Rai and other relevant officials to discuss immediate actions to protect our democratic institutions.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

But where is Sim? Not in chambers. Last seen stateside and hasn't been attending these marathon hearings.

[Ken Sim @KenSimCity]

At tonight’s public hearing, there were numerous individuals obstructing Council business. It is clear that this is foreign interference. Only those affected by land use decisions should speak before Council, not those calling in from Southern California.

We will be reporting this immediately to the appropriate authorities for a proper investigation.

I have organized an emergency meeting with the City Manager, VPD Chief Steve Rai and other relevant officials to discuss immediate actions to protect our democratic institutions.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@fabulavancouver "Tower in the park" was an alternative to "tower atop a six story street wall block" not three story courtyard apartments. I think you know that though, the very essence of Broadway Plan was the replacement of 3sto w block busting point-pedestal towers on side streets. Do better.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

(Spoiler alert : we saw no plan) Amidst massive budget cuts elsewhere - it would have been nice to at least see some sort of plan - but hey, at least he’s not spending our tax dollars on bitcoins !!

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

Ken Sim and ABC just pulled a no-notice special urgent meeting to approve nearly $5m to keep the Granville Street Fan zone going for seven weeks after FIFA. While we love the FIFA fan zone, what’s the plan to sustain the vibes after FIFA has packed up and gone?

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

Five years after the heat dome that killed 117 Vancouverites - what we’re doing where we’re failing

[Tom Digby @ThomasDigby1]

Today: Full speed, inside the swim markers.

I’m calling on all Commissioners to support my motion tonight @ParkBoard to prohibit and severely restrict sea-doos in Burrard Inlet.

https://t.co/dlzwwP5QPc

[Tom Digby @ThomasDigby1]

That sounds great! elected @ParkBoard will be very happy to work with @chipyvr and LULU on how to spend that money to benefit the iconic Kits beach!

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

It’s a toxic workplace characterized by knee jerk partisan pettiness - though I would highlight the thoughtful and attentive words of my colleagues Bligh, Maloney and Orr. Lost in this mess : council majority voted to ignore and abandon some if our city’s most vulnerable

[Nathan Caddell @ncaddell]

Watched City Council last night. While everyone was waiting for the natural gas motion, a different one—about reinstating sex worker support—highlighted exactly how council has been operating lately

https://t.co/eCdbrdOAxI @PtFry @seanorr @Lucyincanada

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@The22Chronicles It is tax payer funded so there should be some rigour. But no, I'm not cheering 6-10 months - I'm questioning the *perception* that the system is fair, transparent, and free from influence -- so that whatever the wait time is, it is equally applied regardless of who you know.

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

The thing about conflict of interest is *perception*.
A normal taxpayer-funded plaza takes 6-10 months to approve, but if you are a neighbour in the employ of the mayor Ken Sim's office it takes less than four?
🤔
*perception*

[Isabella Zavarise @izavarise]

A newly constructed temporary plaza built next to an East Vancouver restaurant is raising questions as to whether it was accelerated due to the business’ connection to the mayor’s office.

https://t.co/JeKv04nPjK

[Pete Fry @PtFry]

@JustinOHallo Apparently, I'm doing it wrong.