E-540 Hubris is the nature of municipal politics

Sarah Kirby-Yung, Lisa Dominato and Colleen Hardwick have left the NPA caucus and were soon joined in their exodus by the three NPA school board trustees. This leaves Melissa De Genova as the sole NPA member on council, with Park Board Commissioners John Coupar and Tricia Barker rounding out the party's significantly diminished caucus.Plus council votes to end public hearings for some social housing projects and Michael Wiebe's decision to declare yet another conflict prompts another edition of Charts On A Podcast! as we dive into voting records.Council may vote to support a bid to bring a Formula E race to Vancouver. And from the courts comes a ruling against a Port Coquitlam councillor who was censured for leaking information about a tree and the BC Court of Appeal reveals that city staff read from a script in rejecting the controversial 105 Keefer Project.Plus happy Earth Day (yesterday), we look at the start of Greenpeace.LinksColleen Hardwick, Lisa Dominato and Sarah Kirby-Yung leave NPA partySo now what happens to Vancouver’s NPA party?NPA school board trustees jump shipSarah Kirby-Yung's open letterThe NPA reactionVancouver NPA’s mayoral candidate responds to turmoil within partyDan Fumano: 'Baby step' or too far? Vancouver city council mulls social-housing moveCharts on TwitterFormula E event pitched for VancouverActual motion: SKY/Wiebe want a Formula E World Championship EventPort Coquitlam mayor, councillor don't mince words after censure is upheldPoCo rulingB.C. Court of Appeal ruling reveals that senior city staffers followed a script in rejecting 105 Keefer Street applicationBCCA Beedie RulingVancouver Was Awesome: 41 years of Earth Day, GreenpeaceIntro features clips (used under fair dealing) from: One is the Loneliest Number by Three Dog Night, All By Myself by Celine Dion and Lonely by The Police.