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Robertson's Riot: Has Gregor bitten off more than he can Chu?

Has Gregor Robertson bitten off more than he can "Chu"? It's only a matter of time before whether we'll see if the Mayor gets what he wants – for Vancouver Chief of Police Jim Chu to take the fall for Robertson's mistakes. But Chu's respectibility within the force, and the sense in the general public that the Chief is a good leader dealt a lousy hand by his boss, makes it a risky proposition.

Since the dying moments of Game 7 when things took a serious turn for the worse, Robertson and his aides have been trying to turn a negative into a positive for the Mayor. So how could that happen?

Answer : by having all the blame focus on someone else – i.e. the Chief of Police, and secondarily the B.C. provincial government.

The first 24 hours after the conflict were classic emergency spin doctoring. Robertson, who sat comfortably in his $550 seat at Rogers Arena during Game 7, was whisked away to prep for the onslaught of media questions which would naturally arise as burned out cars smouldered and shattered glass was strewn around dozens of shops.

It was the work of a few 'anarchists ,' was the Mayor's initial claim. It was convincing at first; who can forget the black-hooded goons from the Olympics? But, alas, it was not true. That it was a gigantic fib didn't prevent VPD Chief Jim Chu and Premier Christy Clark from repeating it for the next 48 hours. Clark, whose government had nothing at all to do with Gregor's playoff fan zones, was drawn in by the Mayor's handlers after the riot. As a result, the Premier and Solicitor General Shirley Bond unwittingly became a part of the narrative, and helped, at least temporarily, to defuse blame from Robertson himself.

The decision to hold outdoor parties in Vancouver during the Stanley Cup finals was hatched by Gregor Robertson. Staff at CityCaucus.com think it was a counter-response to my call for a Canucks celebration at Rogers Arena back on May 11th. Not a chance that the mayor would be upstaged by a call by his most vocal critic, right? If the CityCaucus boys want to fill an indoor venue with 15,000 Canucks fans, surely Mayor Gregor can top that by moving it outdoors and increasing the crowds ten-fold!

With no gathering place large enough to hold a large street party (Robson Square and David Lam Park – both sites used during the 2010 Games – are currently under construction), CBC Vancouver's offer of their Hamilton Street plaza and big outdoor video screen seemed like a good choice. So on a cool May 15th evening while Gregor Robertson sat watching Game One of the Western Conference final seated beside CBC host George Stroumboulopoulos at Rogers Arena, about three to four dozen young hockey fans sat in the rain on folded chairs in front of the broadcast studio.

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