Campaigns Officially Start Today

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 04:00 AM

Prince George, B .C.- The province will officially move into election mode later today when the "writ" which will disolve the current session of the legislature is dropped.

Heading into the election, the most recent opinion poll (Ipsos Reid) of decided voters (conducted on March 24th) gave the Liberals 46%, the New Democrats 35% the Green Party 15% and "Others" had 5%.

The District riding offices have been established. Here are the candidates and riding details for several "250" ridings"

Prince George - Valemount:

Liberal- Shirley Bond x
NDP - Julie Carew
Green - Andrej De Wolfe
BC Refederation Party- Don Roberts

District riding office: 777 Victoria Street, Prince George, 250 - 561-8193 , District Electoral Officer, Lorraine Grant, Deputy Sharon Zarek

Prince George - Mackenzie:

Liberal - Pat Bell x
NDP - Tobias Lawrence
Green - Kevin Creamore
BC Refederation Party - Marvin Talbot (withdraws, financial reasons)

District Riding Office, 4170 15th Ave Prince George (250) 562-5749 District Electoral Officer Harry Hufty, Deputy Rory Summers

Nechako Lakes:

Liberal - John Rustad
NDP - Bryon Goerz
BC Refederation Party - Mike Summers

District Riding Office - 183 1st St W Vanderhoof (250) 567-6834 District Electoral Officer is Linda Smerychynski and the Deputy is Janice Wharrie

Cariboo North

Liberal - Bruce Ernst
NDP - Bob Simpson x

Distrcit Riding office : Bsmt, 488 McLean Street Quesnel, 250-992-5276 District Electoral Officer is Wayne Rodier, Deputy is Maureen Murray

Cariboo -Chilcotin:

Liberal - Donna Barnett
NDP - Charlie Wyse x
Green - Eli Taylor

The District Riding office : 30 Thrds Ave N Williams Lake 250-305-3822, District Electoral Officer is Lorne Landry, Deputy is Linda Isfeld

Secondary office 160 Cedar Ave, S. 100 Mile House, 250 395-7050 Deputy Nick Goshorn

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Posted by: gus on April 14 2009 4:23 AM

There were election signs up on Monday the 13th at many spots around town against city bylaw.

Seems like people still don't know the laws of the community even after someone jumped the gun during the municipal elections as well.

As you say, the campaign does not even start at midnight. It starts when the premier visits the Lieutenant Governor for a little chat.

Posted by: Denaljo on April 14 2009 5:48 AM

Oh Lord; give me the strength to get through all this B.S.!Please help me retain my sanity (or whats left of it)! AMEN!!!

Posted by: diplomat on April 14 2009 6:39 AM

Denaljo, Amen to that!!!

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 14 2009 6:52 AM

Well this campaign is off to the races.

Besides the fact that it's all the 'other' parties can do to even get a mention as alternatives, then there is this story which needs a little cleaning.

At 6:30am I may have dragged Ben out of bed, but...

Marvin Talbot has been unable to continue to seek election due to economics of campaigning. He is listed here as running in Prince George McKenzie for 'REFORM'. Sorry. That should have been BC Refederation which does seek some very substantial reforms, but pick pick pick... We are BC refederation.

I am running in Nechako Lakes and I am the party leader of BC Refederation. I am one of those upstarts who isn't happy with any of the other choices and wants to screw up politics for politicians before MS takes me out completely.

Our other candidate not mentioned at all, is Don Roberts, and he is carrying the BC Refed banner in Prince George/Valemount.

I don't know about anyone else, but I would like to see the other parties at least mentioned and their responses to Liberal/NDP platforms sought out.

Posted by: jus cuz i can on April 14 2009 6:53 AM

Ditto!!!

Posted by: jus cuz i can on April 14 2009 6:54 AM

oops I mean "Ditto Denaljo!!"

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 14 2009 7:02 AM

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 14 2009 7:04 AM

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 14 2009 7:07 AM

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 14 2009 7:11 AM

My computer is showing many repeats. I got them from refreshing several times. I did not repost.

Posted by: gus on April 14 2009 7:12 AM

Three votes for Mike Summers by Mike summers already .......

Posted by: gus on April 14 2009 7:13 AM

Yes you did. The computer does not lie. Every time you refresh at the wrong time you reposts.....

Posted by: Shellshadow on April 14 2009 8:15 AM

When you refresh Mike its like posting. I always hit home and then come back to the post. :} Have a nice day

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 14 2009 8:44 AM

Mike Summers has an echo in here!
I just came back from 3 days in Victoria and 5 days in Nanaimo and believe me,they are in election mode amd have been for a while!
Unfortunately...nobody seems to give a damn much and life goes on in lotus land.
About the only thing positve that I could establish was that most people I spoke to said they were going to vote for sure.
Even met a few of them who said they didn't usually bother but they would this time.
That is a good thing!
Only time will tell I guess,but one of the interesting things was that in every case,Gordon Campbell is NOT a popular man!
Whoa...is he disliked or what?
The second most unpopular man down there with Victoria people?
The legislative reporter Keith Baldry...now what's up with that?
It seems the consensus with the people I talked to think he works for the Liberals?
Who would have thought?

Posted by: metalman on April 14 2009 9:17 AM

Did ya see a flower while on your trip, Andy? Tell me true, for as of yesterday we have between 3 and 4 feet of snow at the home place and I fear it will be some time before we see any wildflowers.
metalman.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 14 2009 9:41 AM

I did...I did see flowers metalman!
Many,many flowers, but they tell me they are behind in the weather like the rest of B.C.
Hard to tell that though...we had between 17 and 19 degrees for 3 days in a row!
Birds,flowers,sidewalk cafes,no wind,and not a trace of snow!
The homeless people were out in droves and dancing in the streets!
And then we came home....
Sigh....

Posted by: diplomat on April 14 2009 10:15 AM

Isn't that the greatest thing about taking a trip: enjoying warm weather, sunshine, the beauty of nature and most of all taking the opportunity to take a vacation from politics, just for a few days?

Posted by: Shellshadow on April 14 2009 10:41 AM

I really do not know who to vote for. :{ I have one tulip popping its head out in the bed right beside the house. 2 feet from the house is still 2 feet of snow. *lol

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 14 2009 11:28 AM

I have one daffodil poking it's little head up,surrounded by 3 feet of snow!
Tough plant!
Strolled by the parliment buildings in the sunshine diplomat, and my wife gave me that evil look...so I decided not to throw anything!
My wife scares me more than he does!!
Life is good!
;-)

Posted by: thereasonableman on April 14 2009 11:35 AM

I think that during times of turbulence and economic distress, is not a time for wholesale political change.
I think the most stability is to be had by staying the course with a government that is at least functioning properly at the basic levels.

Posted by: diplomat on April 14 2009 12:15 PM

AF: "Strolled by the parliment buildings in the sunshine diplomat, and my wife gave me that evil look...so I decided not to throw anything!"

Funny! Last time I took a stroll there was in 1998 - I wanted to stay long enough to take a tour but I was outnumbered and
overruled!

Democracy in action.

BTW: the many homeless people I saw then must be the same ones you saw just now! Some staying power! Looks like they are still doing what they like to do best!

;)-

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 14 2009 1:01 PM

Did a tour of the parliment buildings a few years ago diplomat,and it is something we all should do at least once!
What a beautiful old building and meticulously maintained!
Victoria has a huge homeless problem and they all seem congregate right downtown. Many sleep in Beacon Hill park which is also worth a walk through,and even there you get panhandled.
It really doesn't do much for tourism either, as many of them are very agressive.
Seems it is time they did something about it, but what?
I got the feeling they were having a great time and were there because they wanted to be there,not just because of circumstances!
That is disturbing in itself.
Do we make it too easy for them?

Posted by: diplomat on April 14 2009 2:24 PM

AF: "Do we make it too easy for them?"

I don't know! The only way to find out once and for all is to build a basic clean living unit for each of them. If some of them don't want to move in and prefer to roam instead we don't have to wring our hands and feel guilty anymore!

Posted by: Free Enterprise on April 14 2009 5:55 PM

GREAT OPPORTUNITY for Western Canada. For the first time in a very long time Sask, Alberta and BC are in sync with conservative governments which have proven to be very good for almost all its people. It is also great that the BC Liberal party has a very good working relationship with the Feds which also helps us all.

I know there are lots of unions friends out there but remember union jobs comes from mills, mining, and forestry companies that prosper. As for those that require social assistance remember that it takes taxes and taxes comes from small, medium and large business and business works under a conservative type government and for BC that is the BC Liberals.

Saskatchewan has proved that under a conservative government a province can go from welfare state to leading the country with jobs and social programs.

Also hats off to Pat Bell http://www.patbell.net and Shirley Bond http://www.shirleybond.com for there massive help here in Prince George and central interior.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 14 2009 7:54 PM

Free Enterprize.... nice campain ad!
Not hard to figure out who YOU work for!
Does Gordo pay well?

Posted by: BC Mary on April 14 2009 9:25 PM

Many Prince George - Omineca people will remember Paul Nettleton, who was BC Liberal M.L.A. when they were in Opposition. Nettleton was re-elected in 2001 to become a member of Campbell's government.

Nettleton, as BC Rail critic, saw both sides of the I will sell BC Rail promise (electoral defeat), the I will NOT sell BC Rail promise (electoral landslide), then the final I will sell BC Rail decision.

My web-site (The Legislature Raids), is focused entirely on BC Rail: what happened to it, how did it happen, and if that deal was entirely legal why is it still secret after almost 5 years?

Paul Nettleton, at my request, has a few things to say about that. The story is at:http://bctrialofbasi-virk.blogspot.com.

Question: can anyone tell me about a proposal BC Rail Trainmen made in 2001 or 2002 ... an effort to save BC Rail ... I have heard that they made a P3 proposal to take over the railway? Anybody know about that? I'd love to hear more it. All you do is click on the "Comment" button under each story ... pretty much like this Opinion 250 format. OK?

.

Posted by: Mike Summers on April 15 2009 7:41 AM

Yes, BC Mary is right on the BCR.

Nettleton saw that and a whole bunch more.

But wasn't it only after being passed over as a cabinet minister and then passed over again as speaker that Paul sure showed them and blew the whistle on Campbell and Co.'s little plan to give away Hydro to one or more of his corporate buddies?

Free E says that Campbell's getting rid of assets which citizens have paid so dearly for is wonderful.

At a time where we are fighting a world economy in a tailspin, a 15% export tariff that NOT ONE BC MLA FOUGHT AGAINST, Pat Bell says it's a good thing that we export raw logs. (Of course we export jobs too...but oh well) When I went down to the Island last Oct, I had the pleasure of sitting with Pat Bell on the plane. That was the most fun I have had in a very long time. And made me even happier to belong to BC Refed instead of the BC Liberals.

All I want out of politics is absolute "CONTROL" of politicians and the political processes. That is called DEMOCRACY, and that's NOT accountability as other candidates offer up.

Nothing extreme...unless you are a politician.