Adrian Crook
Today, the BC Court of Appeal released their reasons for judgment in my case against BC’s Ministry of Children & Family Development. In short, the Court allowed our appeal and we won. The Court declared the order made by the Director (MCFD) “unauthorized and of no force and effect.”...
Adrian Crook
Since I sold our minivan in 2015, I’ve rented our condo’s assigned underground parking spot out to a friend for about $150/month. That’s $1800/year in additional income, simply for not having a car. It’s been great. But recently I had to re-list that spot for rent. Our strata council (HOA)...
Adrian Crook
For those of you in Vancouver, we go to the polls tomorrow (Saturday, October 20th). I am running as an Independent for Vancouver City Council. Check out my campaign site or a JPEG of my platform, below. Click to enlarge If you’re confused by Vancouver’s long ballot (22 inches) and 71 Council...
Adrian Crook
I’m Adrian Crook, a single father of five kids living in a condo in downtown Vancouver and an Independent Vancouver City Council candidate in this October’s election. In April of 2017, British Columbia’s Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) began an investigation of my family based...
Adrian Crook
DUDE … after watching @kirstendirksen ‘s Vlog post last night how can you not be the wise choice for a sound and sustainable future for Vancouver. https://t.co/EYPbWniu5l — Chris Istace (@Stasher_BC) April 9, 2018 Those kind words from a Twitter stranger reminded me to let you know I’m seeking a...
Adrian Crook
I certainly didn’t expect to have the Autumn we had in 2017. After I wrote Very Superstitious: How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Our Kids of Independence in early September, a media maelstrom broke out. To recap that article quickly, British Columbia’s Ministry of Children and Family...
Adrian Crook
I’ve been teaching my oldest kids (ages 7, 8, 9 and 11, as I write this) how to take the city bus to and from their school for the last two years. It’s gone unequivocally well, with the kids slowly progressing from riding with me for the entire trip, to being on their own for part of it, to riding...
Adrian Crook
An interesting thing happened last week. Perhaps a milestone in notoriety for this site, or merely a part of its evolution. I’m still deciding which. CTV, one of Canada’s national broadcasters, airs “The Social,” one of those midday panel chat shows. It’s not the biggest outlet to cover 5K1C (this...
Keunwoo Lee (Cog)
More on the taxis vs. Uber in San Francisco beat. I repeat my previous assertion that, anecdotally, ">20 min" is an understatement on weekend nights, and that the decision to use only 3 buckets ("<10 min", "10-20 min", ">20 min") conceals the long tail. As in so many other applications,...
rholmes
At Next City, Amanda Kolson Hurley reports on two examples of contemporary suburban growth, Montgomery County in Maryland and the York region of Ontario, and ties those two examples into broader questions regarding the future viability of suburbanism: Dead malls. Zombie subdivisions. Metastasizing...
Keunwoo Lee (Cog)
I will fully cop to the fact that my previous bitching about taxis concerned a classic San Francisco yuppie firstworldproblem but here are some more stories about how taxis in many cities serve people of all stripes exceptionally poorly. Relatedly, I took an UberX with a friend the other night...