<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[vreaa]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://vreaa.wordpress.com/author/vreaa/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8216;The Rent Is Too Damn High PARTY&#8217; &#8211; &#8220;Every day more and more good folks are being forced to leave as affordable homes get torn down to make way for million dollar condos and the transformation of this city into a resort city for only the&nbsp;rich.&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>From Gord via e-mail, found on facebook [Thanks Gord].<br />
Conrad Schmidt is the head of the <a href="http://www.worklessparty.org/">Work Less Party</a>, &#8220;known for co-organizing parties in East Van with political overtones&#8221;:</p>
<h2>The Rent is Too Damn High PARTY</h2>
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<div>Friday at 21:00 &#8211;  12 March at 02:00</div>
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<div>Commercial Drive Legion</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=336554775401" target="_blank">Revelry Society</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/chris.masson" target="_blank">Chris Masson</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=542640235" target="_blank">Conrad Schmidt</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=574313832" target="_blank">Adrian Sinclair</a></div>
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<p>Featuring funky fresh tunes from&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8211;  Freeflow<br />
&#8211;  Timothy Wisdom<br />
&#8211;  Dakk vs Slice<br />
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Saucy, Scintillating Burlesque Performances from:<br />
&#8211;  Roxette Starr<br />
&#8211;  Vermillion Viper</p>
<p>-and your MC for the evening, Mr Chris Masson</p>
<p>As  with any Revelry party, good times abound! But best of all at the end  of the party, the profits from the event go to helping out some needy  friends. Folks who can&#8217;t pay rent that month or who are a struggling,  toss your name into Andrea&#8217;s Hat of Good Fortune. If your name is drawn,  the PROFITS FROM THE EVENT GO TO HELPING YOU OUT WITH YOUR RENT! Read  below for how our happy hat will work.</p>
<p>Where:<br />
The Legion Hall, 2205 Commercial Drive</p>
<p>When:<br />
Friday March 11th</p>
<p>Cost:<br />
$10</p>
<p>Why:<br />
<strong>Vancouver  has become they most unaffordable city in the English speaking world  despite a 1.5% increase in unemployment this year. Every day more and  more good folks are being forced to leave as affordable homes get torn  down to make way for million dollar condos and the transformation of  this city into a resort city for only the rich.</strong></p>
<p>&#8211;Rules of Andrea&#8217;s Happy Hat&#8211;<br />
The  Max that can go to any single person is $400. If profits are greater  than that,  the remaining cash goes to successive drawees.<br />
This is an honor based system, please only throw your name into Andrea&#8217;s Happy Hat if you are truly havin a bad rent month.</p>
<p>Please help support this event by sharing this facebook link with as many folks as possible.</p>
<p>++Brought to you by the Revelry Society++<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=336554775401" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=336554775401</a></p>
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