tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post8413150366049424308..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Compensation for Cambie Street merchants demanded of Premier Campbell before new transit projects proceedBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-73856944490589309472010-07-07T12:38:25.303-07:002010-07-07T12:38:25.303-07:00Again, all you people talking about "other&qu...Again, all you people talking about "other" construction projects, don't understand the A) history of the the project and B) the length of disruption.<br /><br />A) What was supposed to be underground boring turned out to be cut and cover. Businesses signed leases based on the original project details.<br /><br />B) The project took THREE years and completely enveloped some businesses. Have you ever literally had a 100 foot moat dug around your business with gigantic, menacing equipment and materials humming and hawing all day? Most of the merchants were NOT landlords and the "long" term benefits were COMPLETELY insignificant to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-20602955680170877962008-04-30T12:50:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:50:00.000-07:00Where do you draw the line?One of our retail outle...Where do you draw the line?<BR/><BR/>One of our retail outlets had a permanent median built blocking our street from the busy road that is the life blood of our store. Traffic is now detoured blocks away. This has led to a drop in business in our store and our neighboring merchants. We have been there 15 years and just signed a 5 year lease extension weeks before. There was never any consultation. <BR/><BR/>Are we entitled to compensation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-83102119410371681762008-04-28T19:37:00.000-07:002008-04-28T19:37:00.000-07:00Re file share link: it fit on Preview but softwar...Re file share link: it fit on Preview but software doesn't auto-wrap. Best to cut by line onto Notepad, then paste together as URL.<BR/>http://rapidshare.de/files<BR/>/39242602/Crown_Counsel_Policy_<BR/>Manual.pdf<BR/><BR/>I copied about a third of manual. That SHOULD be on the internet. We paid for that document and we will pay for any screwups that result from same. BTW: Crowns are obliged to give legal advise to cops but prohibited to deliver same to others. That is BS. In Ontario, there is a statutory obligation imposed on Crown Counsel and Justices of the Peace, to assist citizens in pursuing justice. JPs MUST work with members of the public on production of "Private Informations," viz 507 (Criminal Code) applications. The current practice is unlawful. But try to challenge in in face of Oppal's packed courts.<BR/><BR/>Do the research: the AG is NOT appointing members of the Defence or private tort litigator bar to the Bench, because those persons are most likely to apply natural justice to law and facts before them. The BC Legal Services Society posts Bench appointments; I am not pulling that accusation out of thin air. <BR/><BR/>Bill Tielman: your life would be much different if a certain ex-Premier hadn't been subject to a legal lynching. Ergo I am surprised that you insist on squelching accusatory comment against Gen2 of the Fix. In 2004, a Toronto City solicitor noted that over $30,000,000 in tort claims against cops had been paid out in the prior 10 years. In my calculation, Vancouver judges allowed less than $25,000 in payouts in the same period, notwithstanding several cases of horrendous wrongful conviction and excessive force. As I write, Oppal has an appeal against a $8,000 reward to civil rights attorney, Cameron Ward, sub judice in the Appeals Court. Canwest doesn't give a crap. Someone else should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-39034174351576165182008-04-28T17:20:00.000-07:002008-04-28T17:20:00.000-07:00Re annon 12.56 am There never was a bridge over t...Re annon 12.56 am There never was a bridge over the Fraser at Main Street. It was over at Fraser Street. There were two bridges; a swing span over the North Arm and a high clearance one over the South arm. The two bridges connected Fraser Street to Number Five Road in Richmond. And in my opinion they should have been left in place. Both span were sent by barge up into the Prince Rupert area somewhere and are still in use to my knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-44064880007047466712008-04-28T10:56:00.000-07:002008-04-28T10:56:00.000-07:00Remember when Gregor Robertson was brining this up...Remember when Gregor Robertson was brining this up in the Legislature and Kevin Falcon was insisting that not a single business had closed on Cambie. That was funny.<BR/><BR/>Budd - bitter much? Stephen deserves to be given credit for his pictures. That's the whole point of CC licensing. If you want a venue to whine, I suggest you use your own blog - oh that's right, you don't have one because no one would read it.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605408515168612477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-11055066485857828332008-04-28T10:02:00.000-07:002008-04-28T10:02:00.000-07:00sounds like worksafe bc needs a major shake-up.......sounds like worksafe bc needs a major shake-up.....<BR/><BR/>Campbell and his gang do not care aabout small business and their struggles to survive. Your best hope is to close down and go work for Wal-MartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-12080498273937985402008-04-28T07:44:00.000-07:002008-04-28T07:44:00.000-07:00.To Anon 12:56, Could you please re-post that URL ....<BR/>To Anon 12:56, <BR/><BR/>Could you please re-post that URL to include the missing bit (after "po")? <BR/><BR/>Repeated tries brings me only "Your request does not match ..." <BR/><BR/>Many thanks. <BR/><BR/>.BC Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597928683019021273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-84453451922764105862008-04-27T16:59:00.000-07:002008-04-27T16:59:00.000-07:00Bill, whatever you do, don't worry about being cor...<B>Bill</B>, whatever you do, don't worry about being corrected or reprimanded by <B>Stephen Rees</B>. He's the most hypersenstive blogger around, ... with the one possible exception of <B>Terry Glavin</B>.Budd Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04194826986794514558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-86921499534333204632008-04-27T16:46:00.000-07:002008-04-27T16:46:00.000-07:00anonymous 7.28 -----the diffrence here is they wer...anonymous 7.28 -----the diffrence here is they were lied to about cut and cover, I was in the lower mainland for all those projects and business was no way affected for that length of time (they weren`t cut and cover) there is no comparison! and its bullshit to say its translink not the goverment----also I haven`t seen it mentioned here but----translink gave the musqueam indian band hundreds of thousands of dollars for interuptions to their sockeye fishery because of the sky bridge over the river-----and as a long time sport fisherman,what a load of hooey----they could fish on either side of the bridge for fish!------I guess only taxpayers get screwed!-----oh my the poor starving musqueam band!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-41057768493440568092008-04-27T09:00:00.000-07:002008-04-27T09:00:00.000-07:00All of this illustrates "our" incompetence in BC a...All of this illustrates "our" incompetence in BC at planning. Since 2002 "we" have had Grand Plans with little thinking ... all in the name of 2010.<BR/><BR/>The Great Corporate Helmsman Campbell is operating like some 1950s Communist leader obsessed with Mega Projects and Five Year Plans. It will be interesting to see how many bear his name in the end.<BR/><BR/>But as bad as all this is, you wait until the Hwy 99 to the US border mess hits in 2010. Then we are going to see a world-class traffic jam running from West Vancouver to Blaine Washington.<BR/><BR/>BC is in over its head and "we" are going to be paying for the Great 2010 Gordon Campbell Memorial Year for many decades.<BR/><BR/>The GREAT SATANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-11370361249982401332008-04-27T00:56:00.000-07:002008-04-27T00:56:00.000-07:00It was so obvious that the Sky Train should have b...It was so obvious that the Sky Train should have been built along the unused Arbutus train line. That could have run under False Creek at the Granville Bridge, instead of the current Cambie route. There would have been only limited business interruptions, and mostly above ground traffic. Much less cement and rebar would have been used. As for Fraser, Main, and Cambie traffic, a bridge off Main to Richmond will have had to be built at some time. Remnants of the old Main bridge still stand at Mitchell Island. Point the finger at election time.<BR/><BR/>This is off-topic, but I scanned major sections of the Crown Counsel Policy Manual (2005; revised 2007). The AG should put it online. I include no comment in the following; just the Policy as it is (cut and paste and click "free" option on this file share link, 6MB):<BR/><BR/>http://rapidshare.de/files/39242602/Crown_Counsel_Policy_Manual.pdf.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-33068100206406442582008-04-26T23:18:00.000-07:002008-04-26T23:18:00.000-07:00My apologies to Stephen Rees for an inadvertent la...My apologies to Stephen Rees for an inadvertent lack of credit for his photo use in this Cambie Street posting. Stephen has long supported the Cambie merchants as well.Bill Tielemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-89625766576368146632008-04-26T20:41:00.000-07:002008-04-26T20:41:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stephen Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557925284157387548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-65010365410601351972008-04-26T19:47:00.000-07:002008-04-26T19:47:00.000-07:00sad and ruthless, I feel your pain cambie merchant...sad and ruthless, I feel your pain cambie merchants. the campbell goverment has also terrorized seriously injured people, worksafe bc has made billions of dollars since 2002--the same year I was permantly disabled in a work accident, I have lost everything I own trying to fight worksafe! canada disability has deemed me disabled since my accident,but worksafe bc won`t recognize that. 2002 there was about 700 pensions from worksafe granted---2003 none 2004 none 2005 none 2006 39were granted --can someone please tell me why with more people working and more people being injured and dying that the pensions have dropped to almost zero? worksafe bc has a surplus of 11.2 billion dollars . if someone needs a stitch or a splint they get paid but if your mangled for life you get nothing! deny delay defend thats all they do--when is somebody going to help us disabled--worksafe bc won`t pay any legal fees for disabled workers, but you need to be a lawyer to fight them!I have had over 25 appeals, even when I win one all worksafe bc does is send it back to my case manager tweak the decision and start all over again. is the 11.2 billion surplus going to be used on olympics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-23342293626408023462008-04-26T19:28:00.000-07:002008-04-26T19:28:00.000-07:00Bill, frankly I sympathize with these merchants......Bill, frankly I sympathize with these merchants... but OTOH, what about the merchants along Cambie Street from 41st Ave. southward?<BR/><BR/>What about the merchants along the Canada Line in downtown Vancouver?<BR/><BR/>What about the merchants along No. 3 Road in Richmond?<BR/><BR/>What about the merchants along the Millenium Line built under the New Democrats?<BR/><BR/>What about the merchants along the Expo Line built under the Socreds?<BR/><BR/>What about the merchants along roads in the City of Vancouver that are ripped up for sewer and water upgrades for an extended period of time?<BR/><BR/>They haven't received any compensation and therefore I can understand why there hasn't been compensation for north Cambie merchants (25th Ave. northward).<BR/><BR/>Isn't the reason behind the historical lack of compensation on any of these matters due to the fact that a precedent will be set?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com