WithAPoliticalPencilInHisHandVille
In case you missed it, media club adjacent man about South VanIsle Town, Mr. Norman Spector, wrote an open letter to British Columbia Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin last week in which he said:
"...Fundamentally, the CASA ('Confidence And Supply Agreement' between the NDP and Green Party) has brought about a remarkable change in political culture in B.C. — spawning as you have observed “cross-partisan teamwork” that has rarely been seen in this famously polarized province. For this and the other reasons set out above, I respectfully recommend that should Premier Horgan now request that the Legislature be dissolved, you should send him away to think about it..."
Interestingly, that letter ended up on the front page, above the fold, of the Victoria Times Colonist (see above).
Which begs the question, how did it end up in that coveted bit of print media real estate?
Well, maybe it had something to do with what Mr. Spector wrote in the letter's preamble:
"...I am writing to you as a former Constitutional adviser to the Premier of B.C. and to the Prime Minister of Canada. More recently, I advised Andrew Weaver and the B.C. Green Party, and was present at the table, in negotiations with the B.C. Liberals and B.C. NDP that produced the Confidence and Supply Agreement of 2017, delivered to Government House by Mr. Weaver and John Horgan after it was formally signed by their MLAs..."
Now.
"...I am writing to you as a former Constitutional adviser to the Premier of B.C. and to the Prime Minister of Canada. More recently, I advised Andrew Weaver and the B.C. Green Party, and was present at the table, in negotiations with the B.C. Liberals and B.C. NDP that produced the Confidence and Supply Agreement of 2017, delivered to Government House by Mr. Weaver and John Horgan after it was formally signed by their MLAs..."
Now.
Regarding that last bit, let's leave aside the Mr. Spector's explicit illustration of his vested interest for the moment, and return to the actual history of the thing because, around here, we have a memory and we like to use it.
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Having said all that, how does the good Mr. Spector feel about Ms. Austin's actions now, a week after the publication of his letter?
Well...
Gosh.
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Gosh.
I didn't realize that it is Ms. Austin's 'job' to agree to the recommendations of private citizens, especially those able to get said recommendations on the front page of the local newspaper.
Or not.
OK?
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And why was Mr. Spector waxing derisive about Ms. Austin's job performance in a response to that particular tweet from CBC's 'On The Island' morning drive time radio show?...Honestly, the logic, pretzellated or otherwise, truly escapes me.
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6 comments:
Gotta love that memory of yours, RossK!
Mr. Spector seems very adept at burning bridges, if nothing else.
Lew--
My memory is greatly aided by the search bar up there in the top left corner of the non-mobile blog face.
Without that it would likely be a neverending stream of the latest in Keefisms sans historical context.
Or some such thing.
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There seems to be waves of "this is an election nobody wants" (and variations thereof) being furiously hurled from all directions. Even Mr Horgan (who called the election) has not been too articulate in defending his position.
We cast our ballots not just to vote in the clowns, but also to approve the proposed policies of the winning party. In other words, we, the people, deliver a mandate to rule.
What initially thought to be a short term event, COVID is becoming a long term problem. During normal times, the NDP has a mandate to rule for four years. But in COVID times, the government has to decide on lock-downs, re-arrange health care priorities, provide hand-outs, etc. The current government does not have a mandate to go into deep deficits. I, for one, would be interested in hearing what each party proposes to manage the economy, health care, education, etc, in times of COVID.
Ken.
Ken--
Ageee 100%.
And backed with actual fact- and past performance-based analyses of said proposals.
Instead, will likely get endless oppo research-fueled stories about riding nominations gone wrong because the parties know that that's the type of lazy gotcha stuff that the Ledgie (mostly) Boys will jump at.
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" ...the search bar up there in the top left corner of the non-mobile blog face." includes Andrew Wilkinson
https://pacificgazette.blogspot.com/search?q=Andrew+wilkinson
Indeed it does NVG.
It's there over at your place too!
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