CulpaVille
When Laurie Throness' continued extremist comments finally got him kicked out of the BC Liberal Party we had a pretty good discussion about it around here.
And it was in that discussion that I made the following comment, in response to contributions from longtime readers Bruce M and NVG, which I now regret:
'...I'd be willing wager that the latest developments will actually fire up the base such that Mr. T. of the Valley gets an even bigger percentage of the total this time around...'
Why regret?
Because Mr. Throness's numbers actually dropped through the floor, from 53% of the vote in 2017 to something on the order of 32% this time around depending what happens with the mail-ins.
So.
Why did this happen?
Well, it appears that many of the good people of Chilliwack-Kent who previously voted for the 'Liberal' candidate this time voted for the Independent candidate, Jason Lum, a three term city councillor who, by all accounts (and his own website), appears to be an actual 'liberal' or, at the very least, a slightly red-tinged Socred type.
Thus, my apologies for impugning all those fine, reasonable folks out in Chilliwack who would rather chew rocks than vote 'Dipper' or, now it would appear, 'Extremist'.
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