Friday, November 18, 2005

Vancouver Votes, Left - Reason #17

Integrity'R'Us
SammyVille



Does squeaky-clean Sam still have some 'slaining to do?

The Vancouver Charter prohibits election advertising in a newspaper or magazine or on radio or television on a "general voting day". A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to one or more of the following penalties: a fine of not more than $5,000; imprisonment for a term not longer than a year; and a prohibition for a period of not longer than six years from holding an elected local government office or from voting in local government elections.....

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Knowards Coalition spokesperson Colin Metcalfe told the Straight on October 19 that his group placed ads on CKNW on the day of the plebiscite because the COPE­controlled council didn't create any rules preventing this. The founder of the Knowards Coalition, NPA Coun. Sam Sullivan, did not return the Straight's phone call but sent an e-mail instead. "It sounds like Raymond (Louie) is getting the police involved and this could get very serious, so I shouldn't comment," Sullivan wrote.

Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight
Oct. 21, 2004


So, let's set aside the connections with the Harperites for the moment, because right now we can't help but wonder the following: Does Colin Metcalfe by chance know any of these guys?

And if he does, where would James Green and Jamie Lee Hamilton fit into such a scheme locally?

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