Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mxpty4s4yk2zPretty sure this dog is voting for me. It licked my face A LOT at the beginning of my two-hour door knocking today. I feel that dog saliva still working on my wrinkles13 Oct 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpty4s4yk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mxoufdomg22zGiving thanks today to Howie Hampton, my husband’s high-school BF, former Ontario NDP AG and party leader, who spent the last week doorknocking for me (here just behind me in our team shot at Britannia). He def brought his own style of campaigning!12 Oct 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxoufdomg22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mxkelwupts2hMy most satisfying campaign moment today: helping Joy, who had been my mother’s closest teaching buddy at Balmoral in North Van, prep for voting and get to the polls10 Oct 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxkelwupts2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mxcl7cow6k2kHiya, my people. Second day of advance voting until 8 p.m.! Please vote early if you are decided, so we can spend more time supporting those who need it. I was at the Fraser/10 bike lane this morning (7:30 a.m. , argh) and so many of our supporters had already voted, yay!07 Oct 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcl7cow6k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mvwcmh3n422kABC is bragging they've raised $2 mil to buy this election. But guess what -- they raised $650,000, double OneCity, last year, presumably to fight the byelection and got drubbed. That said, every $ helps us get our message out. onecityvancouver.ca/people/frances…20 Sep 2026 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwcmh3n422khttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mv7tomw6gk2bI really did it. At the Vancouver election office, signing my forms to run as a council candidate with OneCity11 Sep 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7tomw6gk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mv5d3xbe7k2eIf you want to sample great food and perhaps hear surprise musical guests like DAN MANGAN, you should consider going out to one of the dozens of political soirées between now and civic election 0ct. 17. Here’s Dan at Red Cat Records tonight for our OneCity fundraiser. Omg, ty10 Sep 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5d3xbe7k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mu6lu4k7xs24I’m at this outdoor comedy festival right now, due to be interviewed about my political life at 6 p.m. and I’ll be hanging out indefinitely to answer questions about anything https://www.straight.com/arts/riot-vancouver-heads-for-greater-outdoors-comedy-festival#29 Aug 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6lu4k7xs24https://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mtbwpz5bxs2yI'm guessing Mayor Sim and team were a bit stung by this not-very-coherent response, plus all the negative stuff from many corners about them running a $500,000 survey, so they've posted a 15-pages "paper" with "footnotes" about their reasons over on Facebook ads [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwpz5bxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3mt2msuavls2oLive-tweeting of the emergency meeting re plebiscite [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2msuavls2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fabulavancouver.bsky.social/post/3msyoaj7gw22yOh, golly, this is so tiresome. I sometimes feel like I'm living in the Trump house [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:ldadjx72ai6pf7rjmg3oexpr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyoaj7gw22y