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Direct from the horse's unambitious mouth:

"I believe that I am the right person for the job. Vancouver is a great
city. It is the heartbeat of this region and of this province, and when
Vancouver is working, British Columbia is working.

But given how quickly this has unfolded, I feel that I have a
responsibility to consult widely with the grassroots members of the NPA to
determine if they agree. I want to ask them if they feel that I am indeed the
right candidate at the right time for the City of Vancouver."

Christy Clark, Press Release, Aug 31, 2005

Why?

Why, exactly, does she feel she is right for the job?

And why does a mostly fawning local media, Vaughn Palmer excepted, seem to feel she is right for the job?

And is she suggesting that Vancouver is the industrial hub of British Columbia?

Has she been to Vancouver lately?

And we're not talking about a quick trip to the West End for sushi and a round of Blitzkrieg Bop at the BabyGap.

And what, exactly, is the grassroots of the NPA?

Could it be another one of those last minute push polls designed to bury the formerly Smilin' Sammy, whose looking more like the Buddha everyday, followed by a fawning Gary Mason (even pushier) column?

And does the NPA braintrust even care about the grassroots when there's all that creme out there that needs waylongterm Rapid Transit Line protection?

And are they really willing to take a shot with this horse sans the 'de la' in the second creme (ie. large green) in the gate?

And are they not worried about that obstacle course just past the finish line otherwise known as the Basi/Virk trial?

Or is the finish line all they really care about?

Whew!

We've got questions......who's got answers?

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Kudos to formerly Sean, now Sean Michael, Holman for nailing this one down almost from the start, both at 24 Hours and the even more up to the minute Public Eye. But what's with that double-barrelled first name?
Could it be a prelude to an Izzy Stone-like transformation somewhere on down the line? Sheeesh. More questions.....
One more: Whatever happened to Peter Ladner anyway?
Update: Not sure if they're answers, exactly, but Jamie Lee Hamilton has some pretty interesting opinions about how the grassroots just might be uprooted.
DoubleSecretProbationUpdate: Occasional reader Big Audible Dyn-O-Mite suggested offline that the title to this one should perhaps be PooMoo instead. We dunno(o).

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