Appeared in the North Shore News – March 14, 2014 The political take on the West Vancouver Police Department’s turmoil is that Mayor Michael Smith now has a strong grip on Nov. 15 – municipal election day. That’s a long time off in politics. Smith may not run anyway. But the recent WVPD theatrics –…
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On soup, regime puts democracy to shame
Appeared in the North Shore News – July 20, 2012 WITHOUT hard figures, I suspect my readership among sharks (the animal variety) is sharply limited. But, for any sharks poring over these words, be assured: My revulsion, earlier expressed, at the cruelty of slicing fins off sharks – to make a tasteless soup served mostly…
The police chief’s uncomfortable sandwich
Appeared in the North Shore News – July 6, 2012 Is the curse of 13th and Marine Drive striking again? After the violent public storms surrounding badly treated Chief Const. Scott Armstrong and the too well-treated Abominable Policeman Kash Heed, West Vancouver police chief Peter Lepine has not been much of a newsmaker. But a…