Here are some posts from the last 48 hours that caught our eye at MetroCascade…

First off, I want to mention a new website and blog that folks in Victoria might want to know about, but I have to give full disclosure: I’m an author on that site. It’s Johnson Street Bridge, and it’s a site designed to inform the people of Victoria about the City’s plan to replace the existing Johnson Street Bridge – to the tune of at least $63million. (The city is hoping to get 2/3rds of that covered by the senior levels of government – Provincial and Federal – but brace yourselves, it will without a doubt get  more expensive, and there’s no guarantee that Province or Feds will step up to the plate.)

At present, I’ve got a couple of entries up on the site (start with Bad reason, 1; now there’s also a Bad reason, 2 up), as does Mat, who informs us about Johnson Street Bridge jobs! and reports on the City’s new advisory committee. Explore the rest of the site as well.

In other political news for Victoria, check out the commentary on the Province’s newly announced Harmonized Sales Tax. On Saturday, Sean Holman blogged Living in Harmony, and the day before, Friday, Mike from Vibrant Victoria wrote an informative post, HST to increase average Victoria house price by 3.4%, and Paul Willcocks posted his thoughts on The HST, Gordon Campbell and the Clark government: all three well worth checking out.

If all of this political stuff has your heart rate in the stratosphere, grab a dog – or check out Victoria Dogs, which blogged up a storm about how you and canines can help one another. Some of the entries go back to July 23, but most recently you can learn about walking rescue dogs – which might calm frayed nerves.