City Caucus
Type of site
Political blog
Available inEnglish
URLcitycaucus.com
LaunchedDecember 7, 2008 [1]
Current statusCeased 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. ^ a b Will bloggers make a difference?, New Westminster Record, November 18, 2011.
  4. ^ a b 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 Archived 2014-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Metro News, July 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Francis Bula, With eye on next election, factions busy writing the NPA’s obit, The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2012
  8. ^ a b c 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 Archived 2012-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, 24 Hours Vancouver, July 3, 2012.
  14. ^ Ian Reid, CityCaucus paranoid?, Vancouver Observer, August 31, 2010.

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