I watched the first episode of Audacity, and I am curious what others felt about the show. At the moment, it seems like a Temu Silicon Valley and not worth continuing, but I am open-minded and could watch more if it is a worthy successor to Silicon Valley.
I have added a link to the show's Wiki page.
I am planning my upcoming retirement and considering a year or two as a digital nomad.. What is the sentiment about CTA? Is it still as valuable as it was 5 to 10 years ago?
If you are curious about my own background, currently a Distinguished Enterprise Architect with a Master in Computer Science and several Salesforce and Claude Certs. I think CTA would be at least 1 to 2 years work for me.
West Van issues the following alert
*Bears are active in your area.** By law it is your responsibility to keep garbage, green can, and all bear attractants secure.
Guidance to follow
I want to invite all the candidates for mayor, council and school trustee to have an AMA with us all; however, not all the candidates have created a profile on the West Van Website and without an email, I can not contact them and I want to be fair to all the candidates.
If you are the candidate or know the candidate, please share their email with me via DM. Please don't post the email in this thread, or we will get swamped with spam.
Here is a list of the candidates for whom I need an email.
| Mayor | Joe Spears |
|---|---|
| Council | Earl Babich |
| Council | Christine Cassidy |
| Council | Ben Hunter |
| Council | Sherry Keane |
| Council | Peter Lambur |
| Council | Jay Sidhu |
| Council | Melinda Slater |
| Council | Scott Snider |
| Council | Linda Watt |
| Council | Tim Webb |
| School | John Calimente |
| School | Roman Nurpeissov |
Just a heads-up that the Gran Fondo is this weekend, and you may experience some disruption. I believe some entrances and exits from the sea to sky were closed last year.
Great event for Vancouver and the cycling community, so let's be positive about it.
Link was not working for me, let me know if it works for you
Hub Cycling is running an event in West Vancouver on the 22nd of September.
Free basic bike tune-ups
Free maps and other resources
Free snacks and drinks
Cycling tips and local route information
It would be open to all registered candidates once we have confirmed they are the real candidate. The order will be determined based on who applies first. One candidate has already applied. I can only create polls from my phone to apologies for any errors.
So far, we have 7 candidates registered for 6 council seats.
If you are considering standing for election but need some help or guidance, please reach out! We will do our best to support you.
The deadline to register is September 11th, so you’ll need to hurry.
If you're wondering why I'm not on the ballot: my work prevents it, plus I suffer from a fatal combination of George Bernard Shaw's "honesty to the point of stupidity" and a face made strictly for radio.
Unfortunately, due to backlogs with Surgeons in Canada, it will be a month or two before I get to see a surgeon about a near-complete tear in the middle of the Achilles tendon.
While I am waiting to see the surgeon, does anyone have any tips that will help me manage the situation and hopefully stop the tendon from being further damaged
Christine Cassidy, the councillor who said: "So we are going to be attracting the hordes whether we want them or whether we don’t, whether we’re free or whether we’re $2.50 [an hour to park], they’re a-comin.”[sic]
Cassidy added that on recent warm days “the crowds that were on that Seawall you could tell they did not live in West Vancouver.”
Cassidy was one of the councillors who attended the Soulrise festival at the weekend. What do you think? Is she a hypocrite for attending the festival after complaining about the hordes or just doing her job?
All Candidates meetings are opportunities for voters to learn about the candidates, ask them questions, and hear what they have to say about important topics in West Vancouver. Information regarding each event is provided to the District by the organizer and is listed on the District’s website as a service to voters.
Finals counts are not in yet but CBC is calling it