Having watched my beloved Green Bay Packers fall in deflating defeat this weekend, it pains me to say the words “Monday Morning Quarterback.” Nonetheless, here’s our usual roundup of five things the B.C. office is pondering going into another week.

1. What a great quote: “I was mayor of doom, now I feel like mayor of boom.” If you ever wonder why limited government advocates push for economic growth, check out Kitimat’s story. A northwest B.C. town that was dying, and is now thriving – thanks to resource development.

2. On the other hand, what a ridiculous comment this is: “you may be under the impression that the goal of all public transit is high ridership, and that low-ridership services are therefore failing, evidence of waste, and should be cut.  In reality, every transit agency runs service that has a purpose other than ridership.” The blogger is trying to defend TransLink’s inefficiencies, claiming somehow that having routes with low (or no) riders is fine because of other factors. Must be nice to live in a fantasy world where money doesn’t matter! As for their three reasons why you can run low routes, let me answer quickly – ‘equitable distribution of service’ doesn’t happen in Metro Vancouver. If it did, the south Fraser would have more than four SkyTrain stops. ‘Meeting the needs of small numbers of people in expensive-to-serve areas,’ can be done in far cheaper fashion than an empty bus. And ‘satisfying a coverage standard’ is irrelevant.

3. Give us your spending receipts, MLAs!

4. Can’t argue with getting the auditor general to look into B.C. Place. Bob Mackin’s work on this file has been superb – and scary.

5. The Property Transfer Tax has a far more corrosive effect on our cost of living and economy than the politicians want to admit. Great research by the Times Colonist.