The Offical 2010 Olympics Newswire
Thoughts and news from Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby on the 2010 Olympics, Vancouver, Olympic traffic lanes, housing and other city happenings.

New faces around cabinet table
Housing advocate David Eby of the Pivot Legal Society said it's the premier, and not Rich Coleman, who's making the big decisions on housing, prior to the Olympics. "I think it's really good news that the housing portfolio has been separated from forestry," said Eby. "This province needs someone who is fully focused on the housing issue alone."
[The Province, June 24, 2008]

Pivot Legal Society lawyer opposes ticketing homeless
Writing in his blog on February 4, Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby recalled that he had seen Mickasko the week before, and that the 47-year-old Edmonton native had asked if he knew of a place he could rent.
[Georgia Straight, June 19, 2008]

Hundreds line Vancouver Downtown Eastside street to join photo contest
"It basically touches everybody in the Downtown Eastside," said John Richardson of PIVOT Legal Society, a homeless advocacy group that founded the project six years ago.
[Canadian Press, June 8, 2008]

Residents from Vancouver Downtown Eastside participate in photo contest
A non-profit legal group in Vancouver is passing out 200 disposable cameras to residents in the city's troubled Downtown Eastside. [INCLUDES VIDEO]
[The Cape Breton Post, June 7, 2008]

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