Where'd That Highroad Go?

PartisansAtTheParty
SquabbleVille

Can't find it now on the extra-cryptic, not-so Giant '98 website but I could have sworn that I heard Vancouver mayoral hopeful Sam Sullivan say that his candidacy represents the big tent division of the Non-Partisan Association on the 8:00am newscast this morning (I'm doing my best to not listen to CBC's Harrison Bergeronesque newscasts for the duration).

All of which is interesting because, as Frances Bula reported this morning, Mr. Sullivan is now also contrite about his earlier floating of conspiracy theories regarding Christy Clark's membership sign-up blitz. This, of course, hasn't stopped Sullivan's campaign and it's shadowy men from a shadowy planet from dumping these evil-inside CC Machine theories directly into the lap of the NPA braintrust. This is a story that Sean Holman is all over.

"Last night, a special meeting of the Non-Partisan Association's board of directors was held at the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel to discuss concerns about the mayoral nomination process. Those concerns were contained in a letter sent to the board last Friday by Warren Smith, a representative of nomination hopeful Sam Sullivan's campaign. Those familiar with the letter inform us the Sullivan campaign challenged the eligibility of 194 new association members to vote at the upcoming Saturday nomination meeting. According to review of 429 forms conducted by the campaign, those members aren't on the provincial voters list. Additionally, Mr. Smith questioned whether former Campbell administration cabinet minister Christy Clark's mayoral nomination campaign paid for the memberships of those they signed-up."


As for Ms. Clark?

Well, she seems to be leaving her Machine in the dust and is going waydown low, for example accusing Mr. Sullivan of wanting to legalize more drugs and ranting on about enforcement, enforcement, enforcement, bad Jim Green, enforcement, reckless Jim Green, and that oldtime, Christy-era S.S. Gordon Campbell bugaboo, Crystal Meth.
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Update: Demonstrating her exceptional grasp of all things Vancouver, apparently Ms. Clark had a little problem identifying areas of False Creek at an NPA public forum recently. But mistakes like that paled in comparison to her confusion over which party she is seeking to hijack. Specifically, she exorted a crowd of Partisans to bring sanity back to the city by returning a - get this - COPE majority to council.

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