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Having secured his re-election bidSaturday night, Mayor Gregor Robertsonis now putting energy into his campaignto urge Metro Vancouver voters to casta ballot for one of his biggest priorities: aBroadway subway.Robertson told reporters Monday that

a winning vote in next springs transitreferendum would send a message tosenior levels of government that a subwayis needed along the Broadway corridor.We need a strong positive vote for

that, he said, standing on a piece of landoff Great Northern Way that would serveas part of the subways route. Thatll

send the signal that were ready to rollhere and we need those big investmentsoverall from the federal and provincialgovernments, along with the operatingfunding to run the new system.Robertsons pitch for the subway is not

new and, as he did during his re-electionbid, he continues to answer questionsabout whether senior levels of govern-ment are prepared to pay for the $1.9-bil-lion system.His main challenger in the mayoral

race, Kirk LaPointe, repeatedly criticizedhim in debates, saying he was being disin-genuous in his campaign to get a subwaysince he had no funding commitmentsfrom ministers in Victoria or Ottawa.My sense is, as their budgets go into

the black and the capital [money] comesavailable, that those commitments are go-ing to come forward, the mayor said inresponse to the question of funding.Back in June, Robertson and may-

ors from around the region approved a10-year transit plan that will cost $7.5billion and include the construction ofthe 5.1-kilometre subway line from theVCC-Clark SkyTrain station to Arbutus.The plan relies on $3.9 billion from

senior levels of government and fundingmechanisms such as reallocating $250million per year of the provincial gov-ernments carbon tax, bridge tolls andpossibly charging vehicle drivers for thedistance they drive.

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One of the rst duties of the newlyelected Vancouver School Board couldbe to deal with a lawsuit from parentsover the boards sexual orientation andgender identities policy passed in June.Three Vancouver parents led a law-

suit in the Supreme Court of B.C. Oct.31 requesting the Vancouver SchoolBoard re-examine the revised policy.The lawsuit is reportedly supported bymore than 175 afdavits from parents.Lawyer Masao Morinaga states

parents Xiaofeng Huang, Yuen ChengLi and Shaohui Li want the board toreconsider washroom and informationsharing clauses in the policy.The policy uses the term trans with

an asterisk and states: The use ofwashrooms and change rooms by trans*students shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis and trans* studentsshall have access to the washroom andchange room that corresponds to theirgender identity.The board will work to make single-

stall, gender-neutral washrooms available.Morinaga calls the use of the term

trans* vague and problematic be-cause gender nonconforming is includ-ed under the term trans* in the VSBpolicy.A lot of criticisms against the par-

ents has been, oh, theyre just beingfearful, fear mongering, what kind of aboy would pretend that hes transgen-dered so that he can access these wash-rooms? Morinaga said. But its likehow you wouldnt want a man to accessa womans washroom. Ninety-nineper cent of men, or maybe a hundred,would just go in and come out, but itsa matter of comfort.Morinaga, a lawyer with Lawrence

Wong and Associates, acknowledgedstatistics indicate trans people face agreater risk of harm from others.But harm is at the extreme point of

the spectrum, Morinaga said. Manyother students deal with body imageissues, some people of modest religions,they cover themselves even in public.

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Mayor Gregor Robertsonwas re-elected Saturday night and his Vision Vancouver council team kept itsmajority at city hall. PHOTODANTOULGOET

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So, yes, Gregor Robert-son is still your mayor.Hopefully, you caught

our comprehensive cover-age online Saturday andcame away informed aboutwhat transpired on a veryinteresting day and night.Where do I start?Lots to consider but wanted

to get to the chief complaintfor many parties battlingVision Vancouver during thecampaign: A broken publicconsultation system.That was certainly

voiced loudly and clearlyby many residents andactivists in Grandview-Woodland, who were riledup over a proposed com-munity plan that called fora forest of new highrises inthe neighbourhood.Robertson acknowledged

last Thursday the planinfuriated residents. Hepromised to do a better jobin his third term and ndbetter ways to hear frompeople and to make deci-sions, accordingly.So how did Vision do

at the polls in Grandview-Woodland?At Britannia Commu-

nity Centre, Robertsonwon 1,406 votes to 397for COPEs Meena Wong.The NPAs Kirk LaPointenished third at 264 votes.The same polling station

showed support for sevenof Visions eight councilcandidates (Tony Tangnished in 12th spot) andthe Greens Adriane Carr,Pete Fry and Cleta Brown.The exact same results

for council and mayorwere recorded at QueenVictoria School Annex.And almost the samemix of candidates werethe choice of voters atGrandview elementary,where the only change wasCOPEs Lisa Barrett tak-ing the 10th council spotby six votes over Brown.But while Vision may

have won those polls, my

colleague Jeff Lee over atthe Vancouver Sun wrote astory Monday that showedthe ruling party lost 10.6per cent of its vote inGrandview-Woodland from2011 and a further 12.4 percent in Strathcona.Interesting, no?In fact, many voters

across the city voted for aparty other than Vision,with the NPA increasingits presence on council,

school board and parkboard from seven seatsin 2011 to 11 this timearound. The Greens, ledby Adriane Carr toppingthe council polls, won twoseats on park board andone on school board.Despite it being his rst run

at politics, LaPointe had animpressive showing, pulling in73,443 votes. Not bad at allfor a rookie who used to man-age typists in newsrooms.

In his concession speechSaturday at the FairmontHotel Vancouver, LaPointewished Robertson well andcalled Visions three-peatat council a signicant ac-complishment.Earlier in the day, some

of us reporters caught upwith LaPointe and askedwhat it was like for aformer managing editor ofthe Sun to be the centre ofmedia attention.

I wish I asked tougherquestions when I was onyour side because I feelthat I left a few off the ta-ble, he said after droppingoff lunch for NPA scruti-neers outside Templetonsecondary school.LaPointe said he learned

a lot about media in all ofthis and knew reporterswouldnt be soft on himbecause he used to be onthe other side of the cam-era/notebook/microphone.And he obviously paidattention to what we scribeswere writing about him.A couple of things that

journalists have written, Ithought they could have donea better job. But, you know,overall Ive been treated quitefairly. For a newcomer, Ivebeen given every opportunitytomakemy point.One other note on the

election: Voter turnout,at 44 per cent, climbed10 per cent over the 2011contest, which is goodnews. The bad news ismore than half of eligiblevoters dont seem to careabout city government.Shame, shame.

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Despite what some mediais reporting, working to re-peal the July decision to banwhale and dolphin breedingat the Vancouver Aquariumis not the rst item on thenewly-elected, NPA-dom-inated park boards to-dolist, says NPA incumbentJohn Coupar.But unfortunately thats

the story making headlines,said Coupar. Its the com-munity centre associationsthat have really resonatedwith our communitiesbecause they havent feltvalued.In 2012, the then Vision

Vancouver-dominatedpark board presented acontroversial new manage-ment agreement to thecitys community centreassociations, which wouldcentralize core programsand introduced the uni-versal OneCard. The mostcontentious of the recom-mendations was one that

could see the board poolcommunity centre rev-enues from room rentalsand programs moneytraditionally retained bythe associations to bedistributed amongst havenot centres. In response toconicts regarding the in-terim agreement, Hastings,Riley Park-Hillcrest, Killar-ney, Kensington, Kerrisdaleand Sunset communitycentre associations droppedout of the negotiations andlast August began the rstof three legal proceedingsagainst the park boardin B.C. Supreme Court.Two months ago, the B.C.Supreme Court halted theattempted eviction of theself-described Group ofSix by the park board. Re-cently Renfrew CommunityCentre Association also leftthe negotiating table.Preliminary results from the

Nov. 15 civic election for parkboard showed Vision Van-couver newcomer CatherineEvans with 64,707 votes,followed by Coupar (62,970)

and theNPAs Casey Craw-ford (59,882), Sarah Kirby-Yung (56,828) and Erin Shun(56,762). TheGreen PartysStuartMackinnon placed sixthwith 56,762 votes followed bythe GreensMichaelWiebewith 55,607. Kirby-Yung wasvice president of marketing

and communications with theVancouver Aquarium from2008 to 2010.Coupar said the two years

of negotiations completedso far by the park board andthe associations on a jointoperating agreement willnot be wasted.

Some of it is good, saidCoupar. But the way itwas pushed on the centresis what theyre not happyabout. I believe well beable to come to a resolutionreasonably quickly.Coupar said his sense

is residents are tired ofthe top-down approachto park board decisions,something the NPA isdetermined to change.As for issues surroundingwhales and dolphins atthe Vancouver Aquarium,Coupar noted the newpark board isnt even of-cially sworn in yet.But it was part of our

platform, said Coupar.There was not a lot of con-sultation and it was donehurriedly, right at the end of[outgoing Vision commis-sioners] term, even thoughVision had six years to dealwith it before that.Coupar noted he re-

cused himself from the voteregarding the breeding banat the Vancouver Aquariumbecause at the time his sales

and marketing companyrepresented a business thatsold products to the facility.It had nothing to do with

me, but I recusedmyselfbecause it could be perceivedas conict, said Coupar.But I am no longer workingwith that company and havecleared the decks.Coupar added one of his

priorities remains bring-ing maintenance in parks,gardens and green spacesback to where it was prior tobudget cuts of recent years.My big concern is we

only have 33 gardeners for230 parks and then all ofthese people in [city] com-munications, said Coupar.We need more boots onthe ground to get theseparks looking great again.Coupar does not believe a

Vision Vancouver majoritycouncil will be less coopera-tive with an NPA-dominat-ed park board.How can a green mayor

be against parks and ow-ers? said Coupar.

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Continued from page 1Transportation Minister

Todd Stone has, so far,balked at the carbon taxrequest and said any newfunding for transit must bedecided in a referendum,which will occur sometimein the spring.Ironically, Robertson

and the mayors councilon regional transporta-tion went on record inJune 2013 of opposing areferendum, saying govern-ment should commit to thetransit plan like it did tobuilding a new Port MannBridge and widening theTransCanada Highway.The provincial govern-

ment continues to work ona question for the refer-endum and date for thevote, which would only beopen to Metro Vancouvervoters. Details could berevealed next month.The transit plan also

calls for a $2.1-billionlight-rail system in Sur-rey, where that citys newmayor, Linda Hepner,promised to get a rstphase of light rail built by

2018, if the referendumfails. (Hepner has not saidspecically how a systemwould be built withoutfunding from senior levelsof government but suggest-ed a private partnership).Asked whether he had

a Plan B, Robertson saidhe would look at one if thereferendum fails.At this point, all of my

efforts are going into winningthis referendum andmak-ing sure that it is approvedand that we have a regionalfocus with our transportationimprovements.Robertson was re-elected

Saturday along with sixincumbent councillors. Vi-sion Coun. Tony Tang losthis seat, reducing Visionsmajority to seven, with theNPA re-electing incum-bents George Afeck andElizabeth Ball, and formerpark board commissionerMelissa De Genova. GreenParty Coun. Adriane Carrwas re-elected, topping thecouncil polls.Visions reduced major-

ity means it will have toconvince at least one of

the four opposition coun-cillors to be on side wheneight required votes areneeded to rescind a reso-lution or approve moneygrants to non-prots andcommunity groups.Im anticipating that

most, if not all of thosevotes, will take place withconsensus, Robertsonsaid. Historically, councilhas supported all of thegrants that get made,almost unanimously.Robertson and his new

council will be inaugu-rated in the rst week ofDecember. If the mayorcompletes his third term,he will be the longestserving mayor in mod-ern times, with Louis D.Taylor serving 10 yearsbetween 1924 and 1934.Voter turnout this

election, at 44 per cent,was the highest since2002, when it was 50 percent and COPE won themayors chair, council,school board and parkboard. COPE didnt winany seats this time.

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Janet Fraser didntanticipate securing such apowerful position on theVancouver School Boardwhen she ran to be trustee.Its not quite what I ex-

pected she said. Thisis the situation it is andIm going to make the bestof it I can.The victorious Green

Party candidate will holdthe deciding vote on issuesthat split trustees of VisionVancouver and the NPA.Vancouverites elected

Fraser, four Vision andfour NPA trustees Satur-day night. Twenty-ninecandidates vied for nineboard spots.Those elected will be

sworn in Dec. 8 and selecta chairperson and vice-chair.Visions Patti Bacchus,

who attracted the mostvotes of any trustee, haschaired the board since shewas elected in 2008. ButVision lost three incum-bents on the board KenClement, Cherie Payneand Rob Wynen. So willFraser be chair?Its not a role I ex-

pected to take on, Frasersaid. Obviously, Ill betalking with the othertrustees and getting toknow them and their par-ties and Ill have to thinkabout it.In order of votes from

most to least, the trustees forthe next four years will be: Patti Bacchus, Vision

incumbent Joy Alexander, Vision Fraser Ballantyne, NPA Allan Wong, Vision

incumbent Mike Lombardi, Vi-

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son, NPA.Fraser said shes been

contacted by most of theelected trustees since Sat-urday night.She wouldnt say

whether she feels morephilosophically alignedwith Vision or the NPA.In terms of priorities,

Fraser wants to see therevised gender identitiesand sexual orientationpolicy passed in June fullyimplemented.That having a policy

on the books translatesinto a better environmentin the schools, she said.She wants the VSB to

take more action towardsits goal of becoming thegreenest school districtin North America and iskeen to hear options beingdevised to keep the el-ementary band and stringsprogram humming.Trustees are to hire

a new superintendent,and Fraser wants SteveCardwells successor to besomeone who will work

to support children livingin poverty and aboriginalstudents.Fraser has served as

chair or co-chair on PACsfor 10 years, co-foundedthe Marpole Matters com-munity group, worked asa scientist in the pharma-ceutical biotech industryfor a decade and has beenan at-home parent for adecade. Her children at-tend Laurier elementary,Churchill secondary andthe TREK program atPrince of Wales.Ken Denike, who was

rst elected in 1984, losthis spot on school board,as did his running mateSophia Woo. Expelledby the NPA in June overcomments regarding thegender and sexual orienta-tion policy, the duo ranwith a new civic partycalled Vancouver 1st.The Vancouver Elemen-

tary School Teachers As-sociation and the Vancou-ver Secondary TeachersAssociation endorsed allseven Vision candidatesand the two candidateswith the new Public Edu-cation Project.But neither Jane Bouey

nor Gwen Giesbrecht ofPEP was elected.Fraser will be the VSBs

second Green trustee.Voters elected VisionVancouver Coun. AndreaReimer as Green trusteein 2002.

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Continued from page 1What are they supposed to

do when they go into thesewashrooms where theymighthave to expose themselvesto somebody whos gendernonconforming?Morinaga says the gender

policy of Edmonton publicschools better respects a diversestudent body because it states:Staff shall consistently dem-onstrate sensitivity to the needsand safety of all students withrespect to restroom access.TashWolfe, who works

for the transgender healthinformation program of Van-couver Coastal Health and hasworked with homeless, queerand trans youth, notesMuslimpeople are trans, too.Trans people come from

all different cultural back-grounds,Wolfe said.Morinaga also argues the

policy violates the citys build-ing code, which requires sex-segregated washrooms.The parents in the lawsuit

are concerned the VSB policystates: Students rights todiscuss and express their

gender identity and/or genderexpression openly and todecide when, with whom, andhowmuch private informationto share will be respected.Parents want to be informed

about whats going on withtheir children as soon as pos-sible,Morinaga said.VSB associate superinten-

dentMaureen Ciarniello toldtheCourier inMay, Very few[trans students] have parentswho arent aware. Theirfamilies knew this before theschools knew this.Morinaga says the parents

believe the clause hints atthe possibility of subsequentabuse.They feel that theyve been

presumed guilty before evendoing anything, he said.Wolfe said youth ques-

tioning their gender identitysometimes turn to friends ora trusted teacher before theycome out to their parents.Morinaga says the board

has 21 days to respond to thecourt petition in writing.VSB chairperson Patti

Bacchus, who was re-elected

Saturday in a board that splitbetween Vision Vancouver andtheNPAwith a loneGreentrustee holding the balance ofpower, said Nov. 12 the boardhadnt received ofcial noticeof the petition so she couldntrespond directly to the lawsuit.Bacchus defended the

policy.We had a [trans] student

that had stopped going toschool because they didnt feelsafe and comfortable and theysaid they were now thinking ofgoing back to school becausethis policy was in place, shesaid. Thats a serious thing.A redacted version of the pe-

tition led with the court statesthe petitioners want a declara-tion that the board had noauthority under the School Actto approve the policy in June.Morinaga says the Ofce of

the Information and PrivacyCommissioner is investigatingthe VSB for a possible breachof duty under the Freedom ofInformation and Protection ofPrivacy Act regarding redactedmaterials related to the policy.

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With Vancouveritesallowed to vote at anypolling station across thecity for the rst time ever,its tough to know for sureif individual results area true reection of eachneighbourhood.But from looking at the

numbers, Im guessing alot of Vancouver residentsvoted close to home. And,as it turns out, a lot of resi-dents did take the time tovote an estimated 44 percent (187,000 eligible vot-ers) up from the 34 per centwho made the effort duringthe 2011 municipal election.Vision Vancouver Mayor

Gregor Robertson was re-elected and Vision main-tained control of city councilbut was almost shut outon park board. Vision tiedfor seats on school board,leaving the lone Green Party

trustee Janet Fraser to playtie breaker.Preliminary results for

park board show that while

Vision Vancouver newcom-er Catherine Evans toppedthe ballot with 64,707 votes,the NPA was close behind

with John Coupar (62,970),Casey Crawford (59,882),Sarah Kirby-Yung (56,828)and Erin Shum (56,762).

The Green Partys StuartMackinnon placed sixthwith 56,762 votes followedby the Greens MichaelWiebe with 55,607. It willbe interesting to watchhow the now NPA-domi-nated park board operatesover the next four yearswhen the Vision-dominat-ed city council still holdsthe purse strings.Like many journalists, I

work better with a deadlineso despite the eight days ofadvanced voting availableto Vancouver residents,I found myself in line atKillarney Community Cen-tre at 11 a.m. on electionday. As I waited to have myballot validated, I noticeda couple of Elections B.C.staffers discussing a ballotthat had been purposelyspoiled out of protest scribbles across the ballotwere visible from where Istood. I thought to myself,who gets up, presumablygets dressed, travels to avoting location in freezingweather and then waits inline to waste a vote? Thank-fully, many other residentsasserted their democraticright, which was demon-strated by long lineups atmost voting stations.But back to individual

results for communitiesacross the city, which givea glimpse of how electionnight might have gonehad a ward system beenin place instead of thecurrent at large system.A ward is one section ofa larger authority forexample, Kitsilano couldbe one ward of Vancouver.While searching through

the individual results Ifound that while somecandidates didnt win aseat in the overall elec-tion, they did very wellin specic communi-ties, including formerVision Vancouver parkboard commissioner NikiSharma. She failed in herrun for council but sheplaced rst at the RossStreet Temple poll in Sun-set. She also would havewon a seat had it been upto voters in False Creek,where incumbent parkboard candidate TrevorLoke also did well. Lokedid not win a second termon park board.NPA mayoral candidate

Kirk LaPointe would havewon by a landslide if it wasup to Coal Harbour voters,who also gave the nod toseven NPA councillorsout of 10, ve park boardcommissioners out of sevenand ve out of nine schoolboard trustees. (The schoolboard is a provinciallyregulated body selected byvoters during the munici-pal election.)Voters in Killarney and

Dunbar favoured LaPointeas mayor. In Killarney, themajority of votes went toseven NPA councillors,ve park board commis-sioners and ve schoolboard trustees. In Dun-bar, voters favoured eightNPA and two Green Partycouncillors and six NPAand one Green Party parkboard commissioner.Some have suggested the

ongoing dispute betweenthe citys community centreassociations and park boardaccounted for Visions lossof control of the board,which could be the casein Killarney, Sunset andKerrisdale. According tothe numbers in Kerrisdale,the NPA would have almostswept mayor and council,park board and schoolboard, while the party alsodominated in Sunset. Butwhile Hastings CommunityCentre Association is oneof six centres embroiled in alawsuit with the park board,results in that neighbour-hood show Vision Vancou-ver dominated across theboard, with a little help fromthe Green Party.So whether or not a

ward system is the way togo in future elections is upfor debate, but one thing isfor certain these newlyelected and re-electedpoliticians have their workcut out for them in specicneighbourhoods followinga lengthy and sometimesbitter election season.


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Theweek in num6ers...

4Thenumberof years thenewcropof civic politicianswillserve inofficeafter theB.C.

governmentquietly extendedterm limits earlier this year.

10In thousands, theapproximatenumberof votesMayorGregorRobertson receivedmore thanNPA runner-upKirk LaPointe in

Saturdays election.

45Thenumberofminutes votingwasextendedat four East Sidepolling stationsafter they ranoutofballots. Advancepollingwasntmadeavailableat anyof

them.

0Thenumberof seatswonbyCOPEcandidates. Thecitysformer rulingparty rana totalof 19 candidates, includingamayoral one for the first time

since2002.

1Thenumberof new facesat cityhall. After their parties spent acombined$4.3milliondollarson thecampaign, Visions TonyTangwasvotedoutand the

NPAsMelissaDeGenovagot in.

44Thepercentageof eligible

voterswhocastballots in thisyears election, upnineper centfromthe2011electionand fourmore than thecitys declared

target.

Michael [email protected]

So what did you think of the election?While I and no doubt many of you

were pleased with some of the resultsand disappointed with others, there isno doubt Vancouver residents were farmore engaged in this election comparedto previous years.Furthermore, although the council

makeup has not changed signicantly,the election campaign may well changehow Vision Vancouver governs over thecoming four years.On election night, I was pleased to

join fellow columnist Allen Garr andCourier editor Barry Link in a livestreaming video as we analyzed theresults and discussed what might be instore for the coming term.If you missed us, you can watch the

20-minute video at vancourier.com oryoutube.com/vancouriernews.During the course of our election night

coverage I made a number of predictions.While this can often be as dangerous asmaking promises, let me share 10 predic-tions for the coming four years.1. While there will be increased calls

to adopt a ward system with electedrepresentatives from different neigh-bourhoods around the city, this willnot happen. However, some electionreforms will occur. The province will ap-prove much-needed limits on donationsfrom individuals, corporations, unionsand other organizations prior to the nextelection.2. Others will join me in speaking out

for a need to redesign ballots to neutral-ize the unfair advantage granted to thosewhose names begin at the top of thealphabet. Consideration will be givento multiple ballots with each candi-dates name at the top, and an arbitraryscrambling of the names. However, bothwill be rejected, along with a proposal tohave a round ballot.3. Considerable effort will be devoted

to seeking public support for the refer-endum on transit funding. The Courierwill do special features on alternativefunding mechanisms and the experi-ences of other jurisdictions. The referen-dum will pass, although many residentswill claim they did not really understandthe question.4. Council will deliberate on whether

to remove the viaducts. Despite opposi-tion from NPA councillors and Adriane

Carr, council will approve their demoli-tion. However, four years from now theywill still be standing as a result of nu-merous unforeseen cost considerations.5. There will be a lot of discussion

about the design and funding require-ments for the Broadway subway. How-ever, construction will not begin duringthe four-year term as a result of numer-ous unforeseen cost considerations.6. Concern about foreign ownership of

vacant properties will continue. Coun-cil will approve a study on what mea-sures should be put in place to addressthe problem. However, the study willconclude this is beyond the control ofmunicipal government and nothing willbe done.7. The Vancouver Affordable Housing

Authority will get underway with muchfanfare. There will be much criticismfrom the public on the composition ofthe board of directors. While a few siteswill be offered for lease, the VAHA willnot have much impact on housing af-fordability in the city over the next fouryears.8. Senior city staff will agree with Kirk

LaPointes campaign claim that it istime to dust off the Mayors Task Forceon Affordable Housing report. The citywill implement the proposal for a transi-tion zone between arterials and singlefamily zones where row houses andother forms of more compact housingwill be allowed. A demonstration pro-gram allowing laneway and inll housingto be sold under certain conditions willalso be successful.9. More rental housing will be built

on parking lots and through regenera-tion of older rental properties. A fewolder non-prot projects will also beredeveloped to provide additional hous-ing and generate revenues to upgradethe balance of the units. However,rental housing will remain expensivefour years from now.10. There will be repeated calls for

city manager Penny Ballem to leave cityhall. However, she will still be with usfour years from now, albeit with a moreconsensus-driven management style.At least one senior park board ofcialwill be gone, and despite praise for hisgovernance, the mayor will decide not tocomplete his term. Four years from now,Vancouver will have its rst Chinese-Canadian mayor.Next week Ill offer 10 more predictions.

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Tenpredictions forthe next four years

Opinion

Stanley TrompGuest [email protected]

The value of open government is bynow self-evident. Governments usuallydismiss complaints about their secrecy asbeing the medias inside baseball talk,but nothing could be further from thetruth. Journalists work to bring you newsof health and safety risks, environmentalharm, public sector wrongdoing, and thewaste of your tax dollars. For this, thepublic needs all the facts. Information isalso essential for democracy, for withoutit citizens cannot properly participate.Yet since Mayor Gregor Robertson

took ofce, getting this information hasbecome far more difcult. In 2010, citymanager Penny Ballem brought in anew policy, one that forbade city staff-ers to speak directly to journalists andltering all media questions through thecorporate communications branch. Asin Stephen Harpers Ottawa, even themost banal details are strained through apoliticizing lter, as though governing ineternal campaign mode. Last year the gagorder went a debasing step further, whenfor a public relations staffer insisted onmonitoring the Couriers interview withcity planner Matt Shillito by speaker-phone. (This week the branch said suchmonitoring is only at the request of thecity staff member being interviewed.)The citys PR branch grew to 22 staff-

ers and its budget tripled from 2006to 2014 for $1.94 million per year.Newspapers Canada gave the city a Cgrade overall for freedom of informationrequest handling in its annual nationalaudit of public bodies, and an F forslow responses. I was compelled to useFOI to see line items for the mayors pri-vate discretionary fund, while reporterBob Mackin had to appeal to the B.C. in-formation commissioner to order the cityto reveal details of contract bids. Bothrecords should have been published freely.Open government moved to a higher

prole in this civic election. At debates,other candidates repeatedly slammed Vi-sions bloated PR branch and opaquenesson its neighbourhood development plans,to hearty audience applause. MeenaWong, mayoral candidate for COPE, saidthe policy reminded her of growing upin communist China and that such PRspending was wasteful and should havegone to hungry local children.Kirk LaPointe, the NPAs mayoral

candidate, placed openness at the top

of his platform, saying he would cre-ate Canadas most open government,and this is the policy hill I will die on.(How well his pledge would have beenfullled will remain unknown.)Before the vote, I sent each party a

survey with seven questions on opengovernment. Vision Vancouver was byfar the vaguest on specic queries. Forexample, on FOI request delays, it saidonly that the party will work to continuemaking Vancouver a leader in open data,and online engagement.When asked: Will you maintain or

cut this PR budget and staff level, and byexactly how much money and how manypeople?, COPE was the most specic,pledging to cut the PR staff and budgetin half. All the other parties pledged toend the Ballem media-gag policy.After the vote, Vision supporters may say

that Robertsons re-election was a publicendorsement of the information status quo.LaPointe says that, on the contrary, the facthis party made FOI its number one topicand ended up in a tight race with Visionwas a clear sign of public discontent.LaPointe and Wong told the Courier

they doubted anything would improve,yet Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr ishopeful. As an eternal optimist, I expectthat transparency will get better, shesaid, adding she hopes for more opennessespecially on operating budget details.There were two more hopeful signs: All

parties voluntarily revealed their electionfunding sources before Nov. 15, and Vi-sion spokesperson Marcella Munro saidher party is open to the idea of a lobby-ist registry.Governmental secrecy leads to peren-

nial conict with the media and mistrustfrom the public, who should never forgetthat the main goal of most PR branchesis not to inform but to inuence. Theway forward is clear: open the city bookson all budget line items, contract bidsand neighbourhood plans, speed up theFOI process, place more council meetingtopics in open session, restore the pre-2010 media-to-staff access policy, stopmonitoring staff interviews, and start alobbyist registry.Vancouver has spoken out for open

government. In Mayor Robertsonsdesperate general apology to voters onCBC radio a few days before the vote(a move which might have won him theelection), he pledged to listen more tothe people and do better. Now is hischance to demonstrate that promise.

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COURIER STORY: Vancouver rewards Robertson with third term as mayor,online only.Stewart Point @Stewphotography:Got my voter card in today! Two days afterelection! Via Xpress Post! #vanpoli #taxpayersmoneywasted

COURIER STORY: NPA takes Vancouver Park Board, online only.Paul Bennett: Please dont let this mean we lose the OneCard system! So much better.

COURIER STORY: Shoestring newcomers battled rich opponents,Nov. 14.AmyWong: I would have supported Vancouver First if they had NOT recouped KenDenike and Sophia Woo. Canada is one of the leading countries in human rights, whichmade me very proud being a Canadian. We should focus on teaching new immigrantsto cherish these Canadian values. The pair is doing the opposite. Shame on them.ACMEsalesrep: What they said andwhat theymeant wasnt conveyed verywell?Oh, Ithink it was conveyed verywell.

COURIER STORY: Civic bodies elected Saturday get an extra year in power,Nov. 12.KarinLitzcke: I wonder if the change of term length could be a court case. As a voter/taxpayer, I felt absolutely blindsided by the change, which I do not believe is for the better.Would far rather go back to two-year terms than increase to four!

COURIER STORY: Southlands association receives FOIdocuments, online only.samjanehui:Howcan anyone in the SouthlandsCommunity Association or thosewhoagreewith their views sleep at night? I think it is deplorable and horribly selfish to try andstop theCasaMia project.We are talking about a nursing home! Its a placewhere seniorscan comfortably live out the rest of their lives. And if wewant to get technical, CasaMia iscurrently not a designated heritage site. The developer can at any time demolish the houseand, because it sits on a double-sized lot, build twomonster houses and sell them. Is that reallywhat the neighborhood needs? I could go onwithmany other points. I think retainingCasaMia, building an extension and turning it into a nursing home is something positive for thecommunity. Itmakesme sick tomy stomach that people can be so selfish.

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Nov. 16, 1996: In an away game against theMontreal Canadiens, VancouverCanucks forward GinoOdjick becomes the teams all-time penaltyminute leaderafter passing Garth Butchers record of 1,668. The former enforcer eventuallyreached an arguably unreachable overall record of 2,217 in 444 games beforebeing traded to the New York Islanders two years later. At last count of activeplayers, Alex Burrows, after eight years with the team, is in eighth placewith896. Odjick, 44, announced earlier this year he has been diagnosedwith the rareterminal disease AL amyloidosis andwas only givenmonths to live.

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Allowanceneeded fornewparkboardTo the editor:Re: NPA takes Vancouver Park

Board, online only.With the change in power within the

park board, I cannot wait to truly seethe independence of that organizationwithin the City of Vancouver. One canonly hope that city council, which givesthe park board its operating budget,willnot penalize the park board as a resultof the voters choices for [mostly non-Vision Vancouver] commissioners.It will be like mom and dad withhold-

ing your allowance because you havebeen bad. One can only hope Visiondoesnt go there or Gregor will reallyhave to apologize.

Rick Evans,Vancouver

City councilselections lackvisionTo the editor:Re: Vancouver rewards Robertson

with third term as mayor, online only.Vancouver voters have admitted they are

sick but it seems they are unwilling to taketheir daily medicine in the full dosage. Itwas a beginning with the election results

that turfed the Vision park board and neu-tered the unworldly school board.No longer will Moonbeam and his ilk

be able to skirt the blame and lay it off onVisionaries on the park board to proposeunworkable projects that deny our citizensthe full use of our parks and communityfacilities.On council, the top four positions went

for change with the Green Party and threeNPA candidates comfortably outpollingthe trained seals of Vision who took thenal six spotsWith a fast fading Vision core on coun-

cil, the future of the city is clearly not inconcert with the direction of the past sixyears. Unfortunately the puppet mastersin the Vision support teammay try tofast-track their disruptive programs in fullknowledge this is their last kick at the cat.

Rick Angus,Vancouver

COPEon theropesTo the editor:Re: COPE sees victory in defeat,

online only.I recall a letter to theVancouver Courier by

TimLouis, COPE internal co-chair, whichcondently stated that COPE is on the wayup and Vision is on the way down.Given the results in the latest election,

I think he must have meant the other wayaround.

John Clench,Vancouver

Lions win fth Grey Cup championshipNov. 19, 2006: The B.C. Lions beat theMontreal Alouettes 2514 atWinnipegsCanad Inns Stadium in the 94thCFLGreyCup final. PaulMcCallums record-tyingsix field goals anda touchdownby IanSmartwere enough to get the jobdone.Although theAlouettes put upa fight in the secondhalf, their last hopesweredashedwhen tailbackRobert Edwards fumbledon the goal-line andOtis Floydrecoveredwith 4:26 left in a game the Leosnever trailed. Itwas thehome teams fifthGreyCupand its first since againbeatingMontreal in 2000.



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The brick plaza in front of Kits Housewas packed with people of all ages whocame to celebrate its housewarming Satur-day afternoon.The demographic was a perfect reection

of the kind of community the neighbourhoodhouse represents: seniors volunteered as tourguides, children raced about underfoot, adultsgathered in groups with coffee mugs in hand,youth huddled together near the food truck.Charlotte Roch was one of the days volun-

teer tour leaders. Incidentally, Rochmovedinto one of the buildings new apartments soshe was, in fact, giving tours of her new home.Im excited about it. I live in a basement

suite, ground level, and I realize Im gettingolder so I want to be off the ground level,

said the 69-year-old. And I wanted to be ina community and also be in an area that hasreally good bus services. This is off a busystreet but its a busy residential area so Im notwalking the streets at night when its dark.As Roch showed off her bright one-bed-

room apartment, she said that the inter-generational programs the house offers area big draw; Kits House has everything fromchildcare and daycare to art classes for teen-agers and cooking classes for new familiesto computer courses for seniors.Kits House is as beautiful on the out-

side as it is on the inside, too. On the leafyresidential street of West Seventh Avenueat Vine, the $19.5-million expansion andrenovation includes a new modern buildingwith bright programming rooms, much-needed seniors housing and a rooftopgarden. It is bookmarked by the former St.George Greek Orthodox Church on theeast corner, which Kits House has operatedout of since the early 1970s, and the 1911

George Hay House with its fresh coat ofpaint done in, naturally, a VancouverHeritage Foundation-approved shade calledKitsilano Gold.Inside, the buildings are so well designed

by Kitsilano architect SeanMcEwen that itfeels like one, big updated home that has kepttrue to its historic roots (the exposed brickwalls of the church are still visible, as is thepiping), but doesnt feel cramped or dark.McEwen is no stranger to making the

most of the citys heritage roots; he wasinvolved in the West Ends Mole Hill hous-ing project in the 1990s that turned historichomes that would have otherwise been torndown into social housing.Ken Annandale, one of the directors of

Kits House, became involved in the neigh-bourhood house movement in the 1980s.He was an English teacher at Gladstonesecondary and noted how much studentsbeneted from volunteer work at the CedarCottage Neighbourhood House.

It provides services that arent usuallyaccessible for some of the residents whoeither dont have a lot of money or dontalways have the wherewithal to advocate forthemselves, he said.Kits House board chair Tamara Little

agrees. We have people who may not benancially at risk, but they are socially atrisk, she said. We have more senior wom-en in Kitsilano than any part of the city.A widowed senior showed up at Kits

House earlier in the days celebration andshe ended up walking away with volunteerforms, Little added. So, really, for her thisis a housewarming experience and now wehave a connection to her and this is whatthis is all about.Kits House is truly about community,

says executive director Catherine Leach.Know your neighbours, support each

other. It matters in all areas of the city,including the West Side, she said.

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Neighbourhoodgathers forKitshousewarming

1. Kits House held its housewarming this past weekend to celebrate its renovation and expansion. The neighbourhood house has been a part of the Kitsilano since the early 1970s. 2.Kits House executivedirector Catherine Leach, right, stands on the front steps of the George HayHousewith board chair Tamara Little during Saturdays housewarming. PHOTOSREBECCA BLISSETT

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Disneyland has alwaysbeen a favourite holidaydestination for my family.When my daughter wassmall, we could spend moretime in lineups to meet herfavourite princesses than toget on the busiest rides, butfairytale magic had no pow-er over nature; we would of-ten arrive at the front of theline, when a princess had totake a break. It happenedso often that my daughterstarted to harbor grudgesagainst Cinderella.Disney has raised genera-

tions of women with morepositive identication withprincesses and their stories.Virtually every youngwoman I know has a favou-rite Disney princess.Some may still dream of

the magic of true loves kiss.Unrealistic expectations can

set us up for disappointment.Falling in love is like a psy-chosis that prevents us fromclearly seeing the other as areal person: qualities are exag-gerated and faults minimized.In the grip of infatuation,

we may not be capable ofmaking rational decisions.If patients with advanceddementia, delirium or psy-chosis are not able to maketheir own medical decisions,should those madly in lovenot be allowed to get mar-ried (at least until the endof a cooling off period whena prince turns back into atoad or a beast and has theopportunity to leave the lilypad up once too often)?When infatuation fades

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reach. The love we havesought from someone elseis what we must nurturewithin our own hearts. It isunconditional love.It is like a physicians un-

conditional positive regardfor his patient, wherein theneeds of the patient takeprecedence over those of thephysician. The wellbeing ofthe other comes rst.We are human and we

love imperfectly. More oftenthan not, our affections forone another are conditional.If our partners disappointand displease us, we holdback our love. We projectour own ideals and identityonto our children and ifthey fail to live up to ourstandards and rules, theymay feel we love them less.Unconditional love does

not judge but easily forgives.It is like a best friend whoknows everything about you,but accepts you and lovesyou anyway; who tells youwhat you need to know, seesthe best in you and pushesyou to live your potential.We are human and we

love imperfectly, but wemust accept ourselves and

the love we have receivedas imperfect as it may be.Our world is not perfect,but there is still beauty in it.We are not perfect but stillworthy of love.By nurturing uncondi-

tional love, we may livemore happily ever after, ac-cepting ourselves, improv-ing our relationships andbecoming better parents.As an exercise to develop

more unconditional love,rst picture someone youcare about and say, Mayyou be happy, healthy,peaceful and safe. Thenpicture in turn someone youfeel neutral about (no par-ticular feelings whatsoever),someone you have a quarrelwith, and yourself, whilesaying, May you be happy,healthy, peaceful and safe.If you practice this

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Fern Jeffries, a spokes-person for the Coalitionof Vancouver Neigh-bourhoods, hopes VisionVancouver Mayor GregorRobertsons last-minutepre-election apologytranslates into an improvedrelationship with residentassociations.The coalition, which is

comprised of 25 residentgroups, has been criticalof city halls handling ofplanning and developmentin Vancouver. It has draftedits own principles and goalsdocument that pushes for amore collaborative relation-ship, but Vision has refusedto endorse it. At a candi-dates forum before theelection, councillor AndreaReimer cited concerns suchas a lack of language aroundinclusion to ensure groupssuch as renters and minori-ties are represented.Mayor Robertson was

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Saturday, along with six Vi-sion councillors, includingReimer. Three NPA andone Green councillor willll the remaining seats.Earlier this week, the

coalition requested a meet-ing with Robertson to talkabout neighbourhoodsinvolvement in planningand development.Were hopeful that the

mayor will meet with usand well be able to talk ina productive dialogue abouthow neighbourhoods canparticipate in planning. Itsno secret that theres a feel-ing that this administrationhas ignored neighbourhoodassociations and we wantto ensure there is good,open dialogue and a goodopportunity for us to pursuemutual objectives, Jef-fries told the Courier. Themayor has apologized andmade a commitment to dobetter. We certainly takehim at his word and want togive him an opportunity tolive up to his word.Jeffries, who said shes

optimistic the meeting willhappen, said the group stillwants the mayor to endorseits goals and principles.

We are proposing a100 per cent householdsurvey, so Im not surehow you could be moreinclusive than 100 percent. But we would takethat as our starting pointin discussions. If theyhad other issues with our

principles and goals, theycertainly havent commu-nicated [it] to us. Thatsthe only comment theyvemade that it isnt suf-ciently inclusive and wewant to make it inclusive.If they have a better wayto do that rather than a

100 per cent householdsurvey, terric.Reimer told the Courier

Tuesday that she wasntaware a meeting had beenrequested. The Visioncaucus hadnt met yetsince the election.Certainly, its been an

ongoing issue that weveheard from people thatwhile they support theagenda and the goals,theyre looking for ways wecan include more people,a broader spectrum ofpeople, within each neigh-bourhood. We hear themessage loud and clear.Figuring out how to dothat is a challenge. Cer-tainly, the Engaged CityTask Force, with 22 of thebrightest minds in the cityon engagement, they toowere perplexed, Reimersaid. Just because you livenext to someone doesntmean you agree with themabout any number ofdifferent policy issues, soguring out how to get res-idents feeling like theyreincluded, but also havingresidents with differingviewpoints and differingideas about where their

neighbourhood should go how they can sit downand hear each other andnd ways to collaborate isgoing to be the challengemoving forward.Reimer said that the

citys approach to plan-ning and development hasevolved over the past sixyears, and she expects it tocontinue evolving, notingquite a few action itemsfrom the Engaged CityTask Force still need to beimplemented.A lot of the biggest

disagreements have comewhere theres just beenconfusion over where andhow you [can provideinput] into a decision andthats a fair criticism, shesaid. We had some of ouropposition complainingabout how many [commu-nication] people we have,but the reality is for a bigcity like ours, we donthave a lot and that makesit a challenge to get outmessages around how youget engaged in something,but message heard that weneed to nd a way to doeven better.

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1. Jennifer Copping directs Pulitzer Prizewinner David Lindsay-Abaires TonyAward-winning playGood People. Set inthe working class, Irish-American neigh-bourhood of South Boston, make thatBahhhhston, the insightful comedy aboutclass, culture and bingo runs Nov. 20 to 29at Granville Islands Studio 1398. Ticketsat brownpapertickets.com.

2.Dust off your walking shoes and put onyour eece jackets (or maybe youre more ofa shawl person) for the 18th annualEast-side Culture Crawl Nov. 20 to 23. Thefour-day art show/craft market/open housebrings thousands of visitors to the neigh-bourhoods bounded byMain Street, FirstAvenue, Victoria Drive and the waterfrontto check out the wares and workspaces ofpainters, jewelers, sculptors, potters, pho-tographers, glassblowers, furniture design-ers and metalwork artists such as StefanieDueck. Details at culturecrawl.ca.

3.ComedianDino Archie headlines IsThis a Joke?, a monthly comedy showcasefeaturing local and international stand-upcomics, Nov. 19, 9 p.m. at Electric Owl.Hell share the stage with fellow funnydudes Graham Clark, Ivan Decker andSunee Dhaliwal. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu,Highlife, Neptoon and ticketweb.ca.

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election behind us, its agood time to sift throughthe rubble, dust off ourleather pants and evaluatethe lay of the land. Here area few things weve learned: $4.3million (the com-

bined amount of moneyspent by Vision and theNPA) is what it costs to electthe samemayor and nine outof 10 of the same city coun-cillors. Vision loses strongsilent type Tony Tang andtheNPA gains former parkboard commissioner andSarah Blyth frenemyMelissaDeGenova. Its kind of likeGroundHog Day but with anabsence of humour. The percentage of

eligible voters whomanagedto stop shopping or tweet-ing pictures of their mealsfor a fewminutes and voteimproved considerably from2011s embarrassing turnoutof 34 per cent. But before wego patting ourselves on theback for having the highestvoter turnout in 10 years,lets acknowledge that 44per cent voter turnout is stillpretty shameful. To put it in

perspective, even withmorethan 187,000 ballots cast forSaturdays election, morepeople attended the B.C.Lions nine home games thisseason than voted for thepeople running this city. Andthe B.C. Lions are terrible. NPAs failedmayoral

candidate Kirk LaPointe hadsome interesting words forhis former co-workers at theVancouver Sun. In his con-cession speech, the Suns for-mermanaging editor praisedhis campaign teamwith thislittle bonmot: First of alllets start by congratulat-ing themagnicent NPAteam if I had a newsroomlike that I would have stayedin journalism a long time.Ouch. Its not like LaPointeworked at the Province. Wekid, we kid. Sort of. With the NPA win-

ning four of the seven seats

on park board its likelytheyll keep their campaignpromise of repealing aJuly decision by the Visiondominated board to banthe breeding of whales anddolphins at the VancouverAquarium. So expect tosee a lot of whale on whaleaction over the next year.Think Caligula but withhorny belugas. Vision councillor Kerry

Jang is basically the JoeBiden of city hall. Thedude drives a Miata, buildsmodel boats in his basementand likes wearing creamcoloured suits. And theresa great photo of him aboveon election night, grinningand pointing to someone inthe audience. Were placingbets on how long it takesJang to say that being acouncillor is a bitch.

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David Hudgins, a found-ing member of the ElectricCompany Theatre andassociate director at Studio58, bites off a very largechunk with Small Parts.Anton Chekhov wrote playsabout boredom and man-aged not to bore audiences;Hudgins writes about a badplay and ends up with aplay that could have been alot better. Risky venture.This is extremely personal

stuff: Hudgins mother,called Irene Perkins inSmall Parts and sensitivelyportrayed by Eileen Barrett,was diagnosed with terminalovarian cancer 10 yearsago. Part of her reaction tothe diagnosis was to writeher rst and last play,The Ovarian Dialogues.The characters were bodyparts: Liver, Lymph Nodes,

Ovaries, Heart, Soul,etcetera a sort of WoodyAllen-ish thing without thehumour although callinga character Madame Ovaryis pretty funny.As Hudgins mothers

disease progressed, sheasked for her sons directo-rial expertise and Hudgins,leaving his wife and newbaby behind, ew backeast to help direct. Rightaway he knew just howbad the play was but alsohow important it was to hismother: It means every-thing to me. No way out.On top of everything, hismother wanted Hudginsto convince his sister, whosuffered from adult ADHDand whom he felt to betrouble, to be in it.The Ovarian Dialogues

was eventually producedmostly for friends andrelatives at the University ofWaterloo. In an interview,Hudgins confessed, I haveto say at the time I was kindof embarrassed by whatwas on stage. In hindsight,

he knew there was a playwaiting for him to write;however, labours of love and thats what Small Partsis dont always work out.Small Parts, leaning

heavily on his mothersmaterial including interpre-tive dance, goofy costumes(Laura Fukumoto), oldstyle theatrics and over-blown poetic language,tells the story of Hudginsemotional reconnection

with his mother and sisterthrough the rehearsal andproduction of The OvarianDialogues.Marisa Smith, directing

for Solo Collective Theatre,brings together a cast fullycommitted to Hudginsstory. I suspect rehears-als were emotional rollercoasters: silliness minglingwith sadness as Hudgins called Nathan Perkins (JeffGladstone) in Small Parts

revisits the past. ImagineAndrewMcNee (as Dan)wearing a esh-coloured,body-clinging body stocking(and you can only imagineto which particular bodyparts it clings) swimmingtoward Polly (ChristineReinfort) and Nory (LaurenJackson) who are riggedout as egg-lled ovaries.Juxtapose this scene witha heart-wrenching scenebetween Irene and her sonNathan: Go home, I dontneed you anymore, shesays. He replies, tearfully, Ithink youre gonna die andit scares the living shit outof me. Or scenes betweenNathan and his badly bro-ken, drug and alcohol ad-dicted sister Ariel (MeaghanChenosky). Its a safe betthere were tears on the stageas both Hudgins sister andhis mother have since suc-cumbed to their illnesses.But there was probably

plenty of laughter, too.WindMcNee up and lethim go; there will be laugh-ter although, personally,

Ive never found drunksor stoners all that funny.Still, a lot of people do andMcNee is the go-to guy forthis sort of thing.Autobiography is tough.

Even tougher is being toughon it. Not only is his moth-ers play embedded in theplay Hudgins has written,but his heart is embedded init, too. In fact, with all thosesilly body parts runningaround, what is memorableabout Small Parts is the sizeof Hudgins heart. This playis not one rewrite away fromBroadway. Its nished andHudgins is moving on. Heis currently working on anorchestral-physical experi-ment with composer PeggyLee for Electric CompanyTheatre and The Elbow.Hes a risk-taker, no doubtabout it.For more reviews, go to

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