Comments on: Keeping the Johnson Street Bridge http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/ I am a mongrel - O ma! A gremlin... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:34:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gregory Hartnell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-10618 Gregory Hartnell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:44:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1330#comment-10618 Hi, Yule: Three Victoria City Councillors have now elaborated on their reasons for wanting to replace the Johnson Street Bridge, the most recent being Councillor Lynn Hunter, found here: http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/lynn-hunter-victoria-city-councillor-to-gregory-hartnell-on-johnson-street-bridge-demolition-i-believe-it-is-a-decision-that-is-in-the-public-interest-and-was-made-without-consideration-of-partisa/ All of their answers are full of contradictions, obfuscations and evasions, lamentably. Gregory Hi, Yule:

Three Victoria City Councillors have now elaborated on their reasons for wanting to replace the Johnson Street Bridge, the most recent being Councillor Lynn Hunter, found here:

http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/lynn-hunter-victoria-city-councillor-to-gregory-hartnell-on-johnson-street-bridge-demolition-i-believe-it-is-a-decision-that-is-in-the-public-interest-and-was-made-without-consideration-of-partisa/

All of their answers are full of contradictions, obfuscations and evasions, lamentably.

Gregory

]]> By: Gregory Hartnell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-10615 Gregory Hartnell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:03:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1330#comment-10615 McCarthy Tetrault, a prestigious Vancouver law firm that apparently has a budget to do pro bono public interest lawsuits is considering the merits of our recent CCC letter asking them to help us by applying for an injunction to stop the City of Victoria from proceeding with this ill-conceived plan. That's what I call a blinking green light. Let's hope it happens! In the meantime, I have written to NDP MP Denise Savoie in Ottawa asking her what her position is on the matter, as she doesn't seem to have anything on it on her website. The text of that open letter is here: http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/open-letter-gregory-hartnell-to-victoria-n-d-p-m-p-denise-savoie-please-speak-out-against-proposed-demolition-of-victorias-johnson-street-bridge/ I copied that letter to Denise Savoie to most of the Victoria City Councillors, and got two replies back today, one from Geoff Young, and the other from John Luton. Both foolishly voted for the demolition of the heritage bascule bridge that we want to see saved for posterity. I have just reposted Mr. Young's letter to the CCC BLOG, and will do the same for Mr. Luton's letter. Hope to see your column again in FOCUS next month, Yule. Thanks again for keeping the discussion alive here. Gregory Hartnell, Concerned Citizens' Coalition McCarthy Tetrault, a prestigious Vancouver law firm that apparently has a budget to do pro bono public interest lawsuits is considering the merits of our recent CCC letter asking them to help us by applying for an injunction to stop the City of Victoria from proceeding with this ill-conceived plan. That’s what I call a blinking green light. Let’s hope it happens!

In the meantime, I have written to NDP MP Denise Savoie in Ottawa asking her what her position is on the matter, as she doesn’t seem to have anything on it on her website. The text of that open letter is here:

http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/open-letter-gregory-hartnell-to-victoria-n-d-p-m-p-denise-savoie-please-speak-out-against-proposed-demolition-of-victorias-johnson-street-bridge/

I copied that letter to Denise Savoie to most of the Victoria City Councillors, and got two replies back today, one from Geoff Young, and the other from John Luton. Both foolishly voted for the demolition of the heritage bascule bridge that we want to see saved for posterity.

I have just reposted Mr. Young’s letter to the CCC BLOG, and will do the same for Mr. Luton’s letter.

Hope to see your column again in FOCUS next month, Yule. Thanks again for keeping the discussion alive here.

Gregory Hartnell,
Concerned Citizens’ Coalition

]]> By: Gregory Hartnell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-10613 Gregory Hartnell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:09:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1330#comment-10613 I wrote a letter today to NDP MP Denise Savoie asking her what her position is on the Council's plans to demolish the bridge: http://ca.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=d8q8385b6nsqa We are still looking for a public interest legal firm to do pro-bono work to apply for an injunction to stop this nonsense. If we get any bites, you will be the first to know. Thanks, Yule, for keeping this issue alive here. Very sincerely, Gregory Hartnell I wrote a letter today to NDP MP Denise Savoie asking her what her position is on the Council’s plans to demolish the bridge:

http://ca.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=d8q8385b6nsqa

We are still looking for a public interest legal firm to do pro-bono work to apply for an injunction to stop this nonsense.

If we get any bites, you will be the first to know.

Thanks, Yule, for keeping this issue alive here.

Very sincerely,

Gregory Hartnell

]]> By: Yule http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-10612 Yule Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:43:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1330#comment-10612 Thanks, Melanie! @Gregory: I saw that, thanks for the note. Thanks, Melanie!
@Gregory: I saw that, thanks for the note.

]]> By: Gregory Hartnell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2009/06/27/keeping-the-johnson-street-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-10611 Gregory Hartnell Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:36:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/?p=1330#comment-10611 Danda Humphreys joins Martin Segger in supporting your call to save the Johnson Street Bridge: http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/three-eminent-victoria-architectural-historians-oppose-demolition-of-johnson-street-bridge-yule-heibel-danda-humphreys-martin-segger-recognize-significance-of-joseph-strauss-designed-blue-bridge/ Danda Humphreys joins Martin Segger in supporting your call to save the Johnson Street Bridge:

http://gregoryhartnell.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/three-eminent-victoria-architectural-historians-oppose-demolition-of-johnson-street-bridge-yule-heibel-danda-humphreys-martin-segger-recognize-significance-of-joseph-strauss-designed-blue-bridge/

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