This morning, we reported Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination candidates Gregor Robertson and Raymond Louie have signed-up around 5,500 and between 4,000 and 4,500 members respectively. Now, The Vancouver Sun's Frances Bula is reporting Louie campaign manager Neil Monckton has confirmed "Raymond had 4,500-5,000 supporters, which is comprised of new members plus their estimate of how many supporters they have among the pre-existing 2,000 members." Meanwhile, Robertson campaign spokesperson Brad Zubyk told Ms. Bula "there are at least 5,5000 new members" listed on his candidate's spreadhseat. And what about Messrs. Robertson and Louie's competitor Allan De Genova? Well, our understanding is the De Genova campaign is claiming 4,000 sign-ups.

The Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination membership drive may be over. But it didn't come off without a hitch. On April 29, provincial New Democrat president Jeff Fox notified the civic association that many of his members were "concerned that BC NDP membership lists have either directly or indirectly found their way into the hands of the Vision campaign." The reason: a number of them have "called our office to advise that they have been contacted by phone by one of the candidate campaigns for Vision Vancouver." The letter doesn't name the campaign. But Mr. Fox goes onto to ask Vision Vancouver to "advise candidates and their campaigns that under no circumstances should they avail themselves of lists that are know to be or arising from current or past membership lists of the BC NDP." The following is a complete copy of that letter.

Earlier, we exclusively reported former Vancouver Grizzlies and Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths was considering running for the provincial Liberals - possibly in the proposed riding of Vancouver-West End. And now we're hearing Mr. Griffiths will make that bid for elected office official next Tueday.

Last week, The Vancouver Sun's Frances Bula reported Vision Vancouver has signed-up "somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000" new members. But how are those members distributed amongst the three mayoral nomination campaigns? Well, the most reliable numbers we've heard put Gregor Robertson at around 5,500 sign-ups and Raymond Louie somewhere between 4,000 and 4,500. We haven't heard anything concerning Allan De Genova sign-ups. Although Ms. Bula earlier wrote Mr. De Genova's campaign wasn't among those who seemed "happiest these days about numbers."

Former Vancouver Quadra federal Conservative nomination candidate Rick Peterson says he's thinking about running for the provincial Liberals in Vancouver-Fairview. Said Mr. Peterson, "I had a chat with the premier. He called me a couple weeks ago and raised the idea. So we sat down and had a chat. It's really interesting, Sean. There's lots of good things happening. So it's something I'm looking at. And it's pretty exciting to think what this province is poised to do for the next four, five, six, seven years. So I'm definitely having a look at it, yeah." So when will he be making a decision about the matter? "I think it'll be pretty soon. I think, if it's a go, you'll be hearing pretty soon on it. But if it's a not go, you'll be hearing pretty soon too. But I'm definitely leaning in" the direction of running. New Democrat legislator Gregor Robertson, who is running for the Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination, presently represents Vancouver-Fairview.