Oldtown News Vancouver, BC Hi folks Please check out today's Province. My concerns over putting an abstinence-based drug treatment program for prostitutes right in the heart of an open drug market area received attention. David Carrigg, an award winning reporter now with the Province provided an insightful thought provoking piece on this half-baked drug plan by Minister Clement and Mayor Sullivan. View the Province article at http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=b840f768-21f

What happened to our lovely spring weather? We’ve been getting a serious roasting here in the San Francisco Bay area, so when I ran into this old sketch of my son from summers gone by, well I had to share it. Don’t worry, it’s a non-alcoholic Marguerita, and after all, the real appeal is the crushed ice and limeade in a wine glass. I’ve spent the week figuring out all the ways to block the sunlight from our sunny, view-inspired home and art studio to avoid the 100 degree heat. . .and finally

Cap-and-trade or carbon tax? Both! May. 16, 2008 | 9 login By Alan Durning The Vancouver Sun gives some ink to a cluster of issues that I've been pondering of late: how BC's carbon tax shift fits with Cap and Trade. I'm famously infatuated with carbon tax shifting. I'm also a zealot for auctioned Cap and Trade. The good news is that with careful policy design, Cap and Tax can be better than either Cap or Tax. The Tax toughens the Cap, the way steel rebar strengthens concrete. The bad news