You could probably put smiling Bill Vandrzam in the pile too.  I first noticed strange happenings in Van in the early 80s while out there on business. Even then I noticed large homes in the Pt grey area where the swimming pool was full of weeds.  Being young and naive I just penned it too a poor economy...then as time progressed I noticed more and more of the same. 

My beloved Vancouver that I got to know during the 80s and 90s has dissapeared, filleted and gutted. I remember a sweet smell of tropicana as one departed the plane at YYZ....now it smells like any other airport.

So when you mention Christie Clark and the others, there was the other Clark, Glen who got his deck done by the civil cronies. and smilin Bill....oh the memories are coming back.THEY ARE ALL GUILTY OF ruining Vancouver.

One last point...I remember the ICBC back in the 90s wanting to raise auto rates for a specific group as they were causing a disproportionale amont of accidents....guess what happened.

RIP  Van.