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Vision was founded by former Coalition Of Progressive Electors members first elected to Vancouver city council in 2002. Following that election, Mayor Larry Campbell and Councillors Jim Green, Raymond Louie and Tim Stevenson were soon dubbed "COPE Lite" by the local media due to their moderate positions on taxation and development, as opposed to the more left-wing "COPE Classic" councillors. Ongoing disagreements between the factions led to Campbell and his allies forming an independent COPE caucus in December 2004. At the same time, supporters of Campbell and his allies created a fundraising organization independent of COPE called "Friends of Larry Campbell." The group and its backers formed a new party called "Vision Vancouver," initially to be led by Campbell. When Campbell announced that he would not seek a second term as mayor, he called on Jim Green to run to succeed him. The party decided in August 2005 to run only five of a possible ten council candidates and not contest school and parks board elections. In the election for Vancouver City Council held in November 2005, four Vision Vancouver candidates (Louie, Stevenson, Heather Deal, and George Chow) were elected, but the party's mayoral candidate, Jim Green, was defeated. SEE ALSO
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