by David Eby
As likely all of you very well informed and hyper sharp readers of the Official Vancouver 2010 Olympics Newswire are aware, Gregor Robertson has seized the Vision Vancouver nomination in a landslide.

I was at the event for most of the day, and Frances Bula provides a great description of how thing went down on her blog. It was my first political nomination meeting, and well, I'm not sure how they normally go, but there were some pretty tense moments and some remarkably inappropriate comments flying between the various campaigns. But, by the end, everyone had apparently made up, as the vote count was indisputable.

Raymond Louie's team ran a remarkably well organized campaign, and it was super-inspiring to see so many Chinese seniors showing up to vote. It was apparent they were Louie supporters given the Louie campaign stickers that appeared to be all the rage. In addition, the South Asian Canadian community was out in force, although they were less apparently all out for one particular candidate. In short, the ethnic diversity of the meeting was pretty great.

Now that Gregor's got the nomination, what's next? Expect candidates for council to be declaring themselves over the next little while, and expect some intense talks between COPE and Vision as they figure out whether the progressives will run one mayoral candidate or two. Here's hoping, for the future of Vancouver as something other than a resort town, they can sort it out.