Helping child number 2 study for a spelling test… Me: “And how do you spell quarantine?” Her: “with a big RANT in the middle” SOOOO accurate

Langara golf course supports roughly 300 players per day. It is ~120 acres. If you convert the whole thing to soccer fields it could support 35-38 fields meaning about 11,000 people per day. So convert the golf courses into higher capacity sports fields, lease land for housing, put in gardens

So if the property taxes don’t rise. I take that extra cash and what…pop it into the bank account, earn interest and then get taxed by a different level of government. I’d much rather park trash bins get emptied more regularly.

I mean you can increase property taxes and still cut programs for efficiency, then with the excess build a fund/grant program for property tax relief for families that need it (over and above the deferral program) OR you can go for the political play that hurts more people than helps

I mean, they still have HORSES. Of all the unnecessary city services…police HORSES still are funded.

Again. People are PLEADING to be taxed MORE here. I’m so proud of these vancouverites. No where else in the world would this happen.

a “Space Force”, if you will

I mean, Ken Sim as mayor has been a complete waste of time….

@onecityvan.bsky.social I need you to whip up a form on your site where we can type in our property value and you tell us what our property tax increase should be based on inflation, and then a big DONATE button next to it. Thanks.

So ok. I’m a landlord and I rent under market at the cost of property tax and insurance. But if the rate increase by the province is set at 2% and my property taxes stays the same… I mean how many landlords are not just going to pocket the extra? I like the zero means zero thing less and less

Hi! Completely ignorant person here trying to be better. Can someone explain explain what happens now? Do the rest of the speakers still get to speak? When does the vote happen? Is someone getting Sean wrist braces for carpal tunnel? I feel like I missed a welcome to Vancouver orientation package

… well I don’t know how we managed to ban plastic bags and plastic straws. But I’d really like to ban non-recyclable wrapping paper. It’s kind of the definition of single use.

Even autocorrect has given up. For Fycks Sykes just let the land owners PAY MORE TAXES. How in the world did the people come to fight city hall to get them to collect MORE taxes? …i gotta stop ignoring my kids, good luck Vancouver

@onecityvan.bsky.social if this budget passes you guys better be ready with a social media blitz for everyone to sign up as volunteers and make donations to see change in city hall. ‘Cause I generally don’t participate, but I am MAD. I’m going to need a rally point.

I think it’s quite the achievement in this day and age to have somehow inspired several hundred people to talk at a city council meeting and say “I want to pay taxes, charge me more” That… is. Quite something.

Ugh. Well that’s incredibly disheartening. I thought maybe, with all that is going on, some councillors might have listened. So many people. So much time. Completely against. And just party-line it. *sigh*

Ok I have to put down the Vancouver politics and go back to making dinner for the kids, and driving my kid to soccer a gajillion miles away because there are no fields, and pick up my kid from music lessons because she risks her life walking home after dark on our streets… …seems related…

What i would say. The decision made in council today are felt years from now and people remember those in power at that time. But you can’t etch your name on things you take away. So in 20 years what will grow that you can put your name to? If you vote for this, your names will be on the rubble.

So I’m just a regular person trying to be less of an idiot. Where did this talking line come from about transparency? Also, like…this is a lot. Other than stand and be counted does this kind of talk actually change councillors minds? Or does it get decided in a meeting before this meeting?

I remember Gregor Robertson every time I ride across the bridge. I can name each councillor who has done something that has helped in my kid’s life. The Vancouver we live in was paved by decisions made 20 years ago. What will grow from this? Nothing. And thus nothing for your names to be etched on.

What I’m learning so far is people REALLY value their rec centres and investing in them would probably be a WILDLY popular idea.

I appreciate this perspective. Since seeing a GVRD plan from the 50s describe richmond as not fit for “permanent investment” because of its geological structure. And why the tunnel couldn’t be a bridge because of the lack of buildable substrate causing exorbitant costs for building and maintenance .

There are so many neat perspectives to consider for any change. Wish we were using this energy for the power of new creative progressive ideas as opposed to trying to convince someone his idea is stupid.

Am I too plebeian to know what a “budget survey” is? Did I participate in this? Is it a non-profit thing? I’m normally a generally aware, maybe not engaged but at least checked in, person. …following this is just a constant education in how little I know or understand.

Yep. I don’t think we’ve ever had a soccer tournament in Vancouver. North Van, Richmond and Burnaby but never Vancouver. So yeah. We definitely feel that.

I do wonder how vancouverites feel about the state of their parks and recreation currently. I am deeply disappointed I have no where to take my kids after work that is lit: pools too busy with lessons and lane swimmers, soccer fields rented at 8 teams to 1, libraries close early. Zero makes it worse

Libraries have been battered by the “information age” where digital information challenged their purpose and structure by they are proving to be the first line of defence in the “misinformation age”, ensuring they are funded and able to evolve is non-negotiable for the health of our communities

I understand so little economically. But like our property values are going down this year and property tax is a percentage of that so wouldn’t the overall budget be decreasing even at the same rate? And add in inflation so…everything is more expensive? So a freeze is double whammy cut, right?

ooo. Guys. I now have confirmation that my suspicions about Vancity's banking system having the error that sometimes some people just stop being able to see some of their accounts is because of outsourcing and cheap (aka AI backed) development. It is "a known" problem. Affects more than Vancity.

Hi! I took fluoride supplements my whole childhood plus drank fluoride water plus brush my teeth with extra fluoride plus use an extra fluoride mouthwash I am a non-autistic genius level person who has 4 cavities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

I’m losing sleep over it. I opened a bank account 5 days ago, put a whole years salary in it and today the account just disappears. I do NOT know how to protect my account from IT errors. What documentation do I need to retain to prove that money existed? I’m a canary, this is going to get worse.

I loathe Ken Sim’s Arrive By Car party and their Avoiding Bold Change and Against Better Choices policies. They are, in my opinion, A Bitter Catastrophe. I just want One City with luscious Green parks where we can resiliently Cope with a growing city’s challenges.

We'll just skip over how many of my family I have lost in the past 3 years to have acquired this knowledge. lol. I could have the most morbid review blog imaginable.

Uh guys, if you bank with Vancity go download your statements and start taking regular screenshots. I've now had accounts disappear twice due to IT issues in 3 months and like... thiiiiiiiis is not good. AND it's not fraud. Personally, I suspect it's cheap developers using AI to code.

I have political opinions, but generally, I am not politically active. However. If this goes through, I am fairly certain my entire family will be active volunteers for the next municipal election. …against ABC obviously: A Budget Catastrophe

The real reason not to let your teen have a cell phone is because then they will coordinate with their soccer team to have tournament hair, and require you to put in the same number of braids in their hair as their jersey number. My child is number 24, with extremely thin hair.

This makes me mad. My brother wasn’t articulate. My brother wasn’t cute. My brother’s illness was complex. His treatment expensive. His story wasn’t marketable. Crowd funding, and media pressure should have no place in medical treatment. FIX THE SYSTEM. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/k...

This is why MATH IS IMPORTANT

Husband: i’m really glad dinosaurs evolved into birds. Because birds are jerks but at least they’re little jerks.

Being a mom and wife to ADHDers is a constant education. I don’t mind being everyone’s executive function but oh boy…definitely pushes my organization skills to the limit. Also: husband’s glasses are in the kitchen, child’s glasses are on the piano, keys are on the window sill

I don’t need generative/imagined facts, I just want AI to go and fix every use of Your and You’re

I am uncomfortable with two 14 year olds working from 10-2pm 5 days a week in a coffee shop. They are “homeschooled” and have parents permission. But I feel like we lost those kids, you know?

Our default setting is to feed people. Even as a recovering catholic rebelling against their upbringing, you feed people. Recently a government lost global standing by blocking the feeding of people. I cannot fathom expending this much energy to not feed people. Villainous.

I will admit my ignorance. I had no idea we had a day to commemorate indigenous veterans. I think we should have an official indigenous veterans Poppy to raise a bit more awareness. I should go learn some this remembrance Day about the indigenous contributions to our military history

if credit cards can charge 21% interest, they should have to pay YOU 21% if you overpay your credit card

I’d like my kids to be able to independently get to and from school safely, preferably on raised bike lanes and sidewalks.

TAX ME. It would be financially advantageous for my family to take a tax deferral. But I don’t and I won’t and neither does any of my family. Because we care about funding our city services. We want to see improvement. Stop cutting. tax more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What the Americans don’t know is in 2026 it is expected that Canada will have generic weight loss drugs. Canada is the second largest market for weight loss drugs believed by manufacturers because of Americans purchasing up here. So this isn’t an actual concession www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...

They have been armed with water cannons!!! the AI uprising is here!!! and they are CLEANING!!!!

Our soccer club has already lost several teams worth of players to the North Vancouver club because they can get better and more field time. The lack of investment in our public spaces and recreation is embarrassing. People would rather wait in a bridge traffic than participate in our facilities