Appeared in the North Shore News – February 15, 2013 MARGARET Davies is spirited, witty, and as sharp as the memory of a first and last kiss. She proudly lives independently in her small Ambleside house. She is 93. And she is a perfect potential victim of West Van’s Garbage Gauleiters. Margaret, a Second World…
Month: February 2013
Van’s unhappy rules of engagement
Appeared in the North Shore News – February 1, 2013 So, West Vancouverites, are you happy with the iron rule of the Garbage Gestapo and Trash Marxists? You may have quickly detected I’m not. You got that right. Garbage in West Van will be collected only every two weeks starting April 22. On collection day…
Travelling stateside can be bad for your health
Appeared in Business In Vancouver – January 29, 2013 These cases are hardly unprecedented in the land of too many guns and not enough affordable health care “It ain’t true, is it, Joe?” “Yes, kid, I’m afraid it is,” said the Ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson. “The old guy who writes this piece won’t…
What they learned in a year on the job
Appeared in the North Shore News – January 18, 2013 In time, as the Gershwins mused, the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble, but love for West Vancouver is here to stay. As proven by the following. I asked West Van’s three rookie councillors and first-term mayor to write essays on their first 12 months…