tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post7255982256663697879..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Who, Exactly, Is The BC Liberal Party Running In Vancouver Point Grey? (Multiple Updates)RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-46472762129929044292013-04-03T08:49:11.512-07:002013-04-03T08:49:11.512-07:00Paul--
And on the flipside, I saw Shane Woodfford...Paul--<br /><br />And on the flipside, I saw Shane Woodfford's first tweet (see link in the update) before I originally posted...<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-60409294277413973332013-04-03T08:12:39.146-07:002013-04-03T08:12:39.146-07:00Does anyone know if radio commentary was accurate ...Does anyone know if radio commentary was accurate when it said that sitting premiers dont generally do all-candidates debates? Do they normally send substitutes?<br />Paul? Anyone?<br />Just wondering, heard that last night.<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-37228525059248660352013-04-03T07:55:22.014-07:002013-04-03T07:55:22.014-07:00It does reflect the almost eerie power of Twitter ...It does reflect the almost eerie power of Twitter to direct me to a Ubyssey article on BC politics as I sit in a hotel room in Tegucigalpa. (Visa renewal time.)paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-52843364442739703872013-04-03T07:42:20.407-07:002013-04-03T07:42:20.407-07:00Post now updated...Post now updated...RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-74234780056860719682013-04-03T07:30:59.499-07:002013-04-03T07:30:59.499-07:00Ahhh...Didn't know that when I was at the meet...Ahhh...Didn't know that when I was at the meeting.<br /><br />Thanks Paul directly above.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-59779542959338090512013-04-03T07:04:04.639-07:002013-04-03T07:04:04.639-07:00Not really reasonable.
According to the Ubyssey, s...Not really reasonable.<br />According to the Ubyssey, student society forgot to send Clark invite until Easter Sunday. And the invitation asked her her or a representative to attend.<br />The society messed up.<br /><br />paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-28923125885109056512013-04-03T00:33:31.214-07:002013-04-03T00:33:31.214-07:00When Christy Clark ran in the May 11, 2011 Vancouv...When Christy Clark ran in the May 11, 2011 Vancouver-Point Grey by-election there were five other candidates also running for Gordon Campbell's vacated seat.<br /><br />They were all ready and willing to debate.<br /><br />Christy Clark was not.<br /><br />She was supposed to win the riding in a landslide.<br /><br />She did not.<br /><br />David Eby is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia.<br /><br />David Eby has also served as president of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and as a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.<br /><br />Christy Clark doesn't even have a community college diploma.<br /><br />She's a college dropout.<br /><br />She was unwilling to face David Eby in a formal debate during the May 11, 2011 Vancouver-Point Grey by-election campaign and she doesn't have the guts (or the brains) to debate him this year.<br /><br />In 2011 she was blaming it on "time constraints" and saying that residents were happy that she was taking all of her campaign time to speak directly to them. <br /><br />She didn't live in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey when she ran in 2011.<br /><br />"My son goes to school in the riding" LOL<br /><br />She <i>still</i> doesn't live in the riding.<br /><br />David Eby did and still does.<br /><br />Does everyone remember this little Georgia Straight blast from the past?<br />_____<br /><br />Vancouver-Point Grey by-election candidates to consider electoral reform in Fair Voting B.C. debate<br /><br />by CARLITO PABLO on APR 27, 2011<br /><br />"EXCEPT FOR PREMIER Christy Clark, all of the candidates in the May 11 by-election in Vancouver–Point Grey have confirmed that they will participate in a debate organized by Fair Voting B.C."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.straight.com/news/vancouver-point-grey-election-candidates-consider-electoral-reform-fair-voting-bc-debate" rel="nofollow"><b>Full Article Here!</b></a><br />_____<br /><br />Despite all of the nonsense from the MSM about Christy Clark's mythological debating skills, she will never formally debate David Eby in a local candidates meeting in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey.<br /><br />What a shame.<br /><br />Comparing that debate with the U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on YouTube would make Sarah Palin look like the highest ranking member of Mensa International in comparison.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-79904523654220293102013-04-03T00:17:40.379-07:002013-04-03T00:17:40.379-07:00'[E]xclusion of the BC Liberals...'? Now t...'[E]xclusion of the BC Liberals...'? Now that's a nice prediction.<br /><br />I think Van-Pt Grey will be the most watched race on election night, right after home ridings (for those who vote) and the general results province-wide; it might even top the list for those who don't vote at all--predicted to be about half of eligible voters this time around. So I much appreciate your coverage.<br /><br />It will be about much more than Schadenfreude at Christy's potential demise because if she loses her own seat the BC Liberal brand might be snuffed out shortly after (as opposed to a lingering death if she hangs on as leader of either Opposition, third party or rump party.) The other contingency upon which rests the speed the right will find a new vessel is, of course, John Cummins' riding: if he fails to win it as BC Conservative leader, he'll have to make way for a new leader, somebody younger, with connections, experience and ambition, somebody like Kevin Falcon. Though the ramifications for the political right are a bit more obscure than in Van-Pt Grey, I bet this will be the fourth most watched riding on election night, especially if the BC Conservatives surprise everybody and win a seat or two elsewhere (I for one think the Conservatives have sleeper written all over them.) As it happens, Van-Pt Grey could be one of those seats, although your eyewitness report did not ascribe much lustre to "Chaos" Nickull. Come to think of it, though, there are enough dark horses and potential spoilers in this race to make it an even bigger draw election night.<br /><br />Lovin' the front row seat. Thanks.scotty on Denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-78670909927451252382013-04-02T23:00:51.679-07:002013-04-02T23:00:51.679-07:00Lew--
It would appear to thus.
Interestingly, he...Lew--<br /><br />It would appear to thus.<br /><br />Interestingly, her Flying Squadrons of the Flack-Hackery have taken to the Twittmachine to blame the students for standing their ground and insisting that the candidate in their riding be the one to join the all-candidates' meeting....So much so that some have taken to calling it the 'exclusion of the BC Liberals'.<br /><br />Of course, they could have taken the high-road and perhaps have even scored some points if there was a genuine mix-up....But, instead, they just go on the attack...Should anyone be surprised?<br /><br />.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-22786088419312800202013-04-02T22:33:18.478-07:002013-04-02T22:33:18.478-07:00At the Truck Logger's convention in January, C...At the Truck Logger's convention in January, Christy Clark had this to say about Adrian Dix:<br /><br />"We're supposed to be in a democracy, in a competition of ideas. How can you have a competition of ideas when only one person has their ideas on the table? I think refusing to be honest with the public about where you stand on issues is going at some point to be a serious liability for the Opposition, because British Columbians are going to quite rightly say, 'We deserve to know.'"<br /><br />Guess she was just kidding...Lewnoreply@blogger.com