Media contact:
(778) 789-1077
or email: info@votesandy.ca
Press stories about Sandy:
CBC TV, November 17, Foreign Ownership
Courier, November 17, Council candidates offer voter choice: Vision, NPA, COPE, Green Party, independents vie for votes
Vancouver Sun (Jeff Lee, blog), November 16, Did Peter Ladner just endorse independent Sandy Garossino?
Global TV, November 15, Getting out the youth vote: speed dating pairs up voters with candidates at East Van nightclub [Biltmore Hotel]
Metro News, November 15, Grassroots groups eyeing City Hall – “The Non-Partisan Association and the Vision Vancouver/COPE coalition aren’t the only options for Vancouverites.”
Georgia Straight, November 15, Ned Jacobs: Why I’m voting for Randy Helten and Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver [and 6 other Council candidates including Sandy Garossino]
CBC News, November 14, Foreign ownership restrictions sought by Vancouver candidate
Province (Cassidy Olivier), November 13, Is it time to curb foreign real-estate buying in Vancouver?
Province (Cassidy Olivier), November 12, Foreign Ownership On The Table
Vancouver Sun (Peter Birnie), November 11, Arts and culture on the political agenda: It’s a hot-button topic for candidates across Metro Vancouver municipalities
VREAA Real Estate Anecdote Archive (blog), November 11, Policies On Housing #3b – Sandy Garossino, Independent Candidate for City Council (in-depth interview on housing issues)
Vancouver Observer, November 9, Sandy Garossino: independent solutions to partisan problems
Globe & Mail (Mark Hume), November 6, Seeking votes in Vancouver, an independent candidate battles the odds
The Province (Kent Spencer), November 5, Independents fighting Party power
Vancouver Sun (Jeff Lee), November 5, On Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver, Adriane Carr and Sandy Garossino
Georgia Straight, November 4, Independent candidate Sandy Garossino targets international speculation as part of housing policy
CBC, Nov 3, (audio interview – download 400kb/30 sec.), Audio- Sandy Garossino on CBC on non-resident land investment
Georgia Straight, November 2, Independent council candidate Sandy Garossino gets backing of former Vision Vancouver executive Am Johal
Province, November 1, The Greatest Show on Earth
CKNW – The Bill Good Show, Monday Oct 31, (Hour 1) Half an hour with Sandy Garossino on Occupy Vancouver, unaffordability & election issues
Spacing Magazine, October 28, The Online Campaign’s Muddy Trenches
Georgia Straight, October 24, Sandy Garossino: “Vancouver, we’ve got a housing problem”
Vancouver Courier, October 21, VIDEO: Candid Candidates: Greenest city by 2020?
Vancouver Courier (Bob Mackin), October 19, Dozen Vancouver mayoral wannabees want your vote
The Province, October 19, Municipal Matters, Flip-flopping and the art of political messaging
Vancouver Sun (Jeff Lee), October 6, Independent candidate faces an uphill battle
Vancouver Sun (Jeff Lee), October 4, You know Vancouver’s election campaign officially begins when . . .
Georgia Straight, October 3, Sandy Garossino launches bid for city council as independent candidate in Vancouver election
Vancouver Sun (Naoibh O’Connor), October 3, Anti-casino advocate eyes Vancouver city council seat
Vancouver Courier, October 3, Anti-casino advocate eyes Vancouver city council seat: Sandy Garossino running as an independent candidate
openfile.ca ( Michael Aynsley), October 3, Independent Sandy Garossino joins City Council Race
Media Releases from the Sandy Garossino Campaign:
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, November 1, 2011
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE SANDY GAROSSINO RESPONDS TO MOTION BY SUZANNE ANTON
Sandy Garossino, a former Crown prosecutor and business owner, asks for Suzanne Anton to reconsider her motion calling on staff to remove the Occupy Vancouver tents from the Vancouver Art Gallery.
“In the absence of any cost estimate, it is premature to attempt to remove the Occupy movement from the Vancouver Art Gallery.” says Garossino, an Independent candidate for City Council.
“Any action by the City to forcibly remove Occupy Vancouver carries the risk of violence and will necessarily embroil us in an open-ended and extremely expensive policing and legal process,” says Garossino.
The Stanley Cup riot and its subsequent investigation was one of the costliest policing exercises in recent years, and charges have yet to be laid, she notes.
Occupy protests are going on in 900 cities worldwide, and none have been removed without violence. Physical confrontation is expensive, unpredictable, and rarely successful in a democratic society.
Garossino calls for a measured response.
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