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everyone seemed to have an opinion on the oil
spill in Vancouver's english bay last april, including
b.c. Premier christy clark, who said the federal
government's response was so poor that maybe
b.c. should take over responsibility from the
canadian coast Guard for leading cleanups.
between May 4 and May 11, 109 people responded
to our online poll that asked: Who do you think
should lead the response to oil spills in B.C.?
Poll of the Month
A ll A bou t Us
Tom Gierasimczuk (@
Gierasimczuk), former
publisher at BCBusiness
and now at Western Living
and Vancouver magazine,
tweeted kudos for our
national Magazine award
nominations: "congrats to
my ex team @bcbusi-
ness for the three written
#nMa15 nominations &
editor @mattogee for two
of them. #Whoa"
The coast
Guard
29%
(32 votes)
The provincial
government
21%
(23 votes)
an industry-
funded oil
spill response
organization
50%
(54 votes)
No Go?
In the May issue, BCBusiness editor-in-chief Matt
O'Grady's editorial took issue with the transit referen-
dum ("When Democracy Attacks," page 8). Joe Boulter
responded, "You sound like one of those people who
believe that TransLink and the Mayors' Council are
better qualified to make these decisions than the
people are. A wise man once said, 'You make a seri-
ous mistake if you believe that those in charge know
what they are doing.' How true." Boulter feels the
referendum is on "the shameful governance of Trans-
Link [which] clearly has no respect for taxpayers." As
for whether voters should punish past sins or plan for
the future, Boulter says, "If the taxpayers/voters don't
punish TransLink for past and present sins they will
undoubtedly be repeated. When the referendum fails
and TransLink undergoes a complete overhaul and
proves it can spend taxpayers' money in a responsible
way, then a future referendum may very well pass."
CORRECTION: in the May issue of BCBusiness, we incor-
rectly identified Griffins as the restaurant celebrity chef Jeremiah
Tower oversaw ("a boll Move," page 14). it was 900 West.
