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—Ian King, December 13, 2004

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

 

Day 16: How not to...

... run an all-candidates meeting: If you're going to sponsor one of those local debates, don't go out endorsing one of the candidates you're hosting beforehand. It really doesn't play very well, as the chamber of commerce in Vancouver's northeastern suburbs found out. From CKNW:
The forum, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, has been cancelled now that two of the candidates announced they wouldn't show up.

NDP candidate Charley King decided to boycott the event after the Green Party candidate did not receive an invitation to speak. Then today, Liberal candidate Kwang-Yule Peck refused to attend.

Peck's campaign office says it's not pleased with the Chamber's decision to allow only mainstream candidates to be part of the meeting. Then it says the Chamber lost its impartiality when its president endorsed the conservative candidate.


Sure, the local Chamber of Commerce prez might have thought he was acting as an individual when he gave the thumbs-up to Conservative James Moore, but he should also remember his other role, and that people will happily confuse the two.
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