CityCaucus.com

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]

City Caucus
Type of site
Political blog
Available inEnglish
URLcitycaucus.com
LaunchedDecember 7, 2008 [1]
Current statusCeased operations on July 3, 2012 [2]

References
  1. CityCaucus.com to cover civic issues
  2. City Caucus blog ceases after 3½ years
  3. Will bloggers make a difference?, New Westminster Record, November 18, 2011.
  4. 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. 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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