CityCaucus.com

City Caucus
Web address citycaucus.com
Type of site
 Political blog
Available in English
Launched December 7, 2008 [1]
Current status Ceased operations on July 3, 2012 [2]

CityCaucus.com was a well-known[3] online multi-author blog focused on coverage of Vancouver municipal civic affairs.[4][5][6] It was co-founded by Daniel Fontaine, the former chief of staff of Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan,[7] and Mike Klassen, the former vice chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission.[3][4][8] During the Vancouver 2010 Olympics the blog offered a popular free-event guide.[9] The blog was called partisan by some while being acknowledged for its investigative reporting,[10][11] and being at the front of political conversation in Vancouver.[12] The blog broke the 2010 story on Vancouver city staff being unhappy and having fears of aggressive agenda implementation by the ruling Vision Vancouver party.[8][13][14] The Vancouver municipal government made an unprecedented decision to respond to the blog's criticism of a trade mission to China in September 2010.[8]

References

  1. ↑ CityCaucus.com to cover civic issues
  2. ↑ City Caucus blog ceases after 3½ years
  3. 1 2 Will bloggers make a difference?, New Westminster Record, November 18, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Charlie Smith, Daniel Fontaine and Mike Klassen retire City Caucus blog, Georgia Straight, July 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ Jeff Green, Mike Klassen and Daniel Fontaine retire City Caucus civic affairs blog, Vancouver Province, July 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ Chelsea Altice, City Caucus bloggers call it quits, Metro News, July 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ Francis Bula, With eye on next election, factions busy writing the NPA’s obit, Globe and Mail, November 18, 2012
  8. 1 2 3 Kevin Chong, The Politics of Vancouver Blogs, BC Business, July 1, 2011.
  9. ↑ Naoibh O’Connor, Founders pull plug on well-known Vancouver political blog, Vancouver Courier, July 3, 2012.
  10. ↑ Jeff Lee, On TED Talks, a Cities Department and CityCaucus, Vancouver Sun, February 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ Mark Hasiuk, A gambler's guide to the Vancouver civic election, Vancouver Courier, November 15, 2011.
  12. ↑ Barry Link, Council candidates offer voter choice, Vancouver Courier, November 19, 2011.
  13. ↑ Erica Bulman, Popular City Caucus blog retired, 24 Hours Vancouver, July 3, 2012.
  14. ↑ Ian Reid, CityCaucus paranoid?, Vancouver Observer, August 31, 2010.

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