tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post6864287376144419115..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Green Party Votes Could Elect Christy Clark – You Only Get One Shot – Do Not Blow This Opportunity!Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-41983683710413235302017-08-15T13:06:14.281-07:002017-08-15T13:06:14.281-07:00Often our views part company on political issues, ...Often our views part company on political issues, put best by a Great Generation gentleman whose celebration of life that just ended in his 99th year we will attend Friday : he said to me once, "Well, Baird, I'm afraid you won't get much support from me on that idea...!" Much more the kind of propriety championed by the Marquess of Queensbury than media troll-ism in such a respectful put-down. Meanwhile your views on the how the past government utterly failed to heed the advice by Mr. Filmon is 100% spot-on. <br /><br />Our cabin is a bit north of the Highway 24 connector between Hwy. 97 and Hwy 5. The bug kill of nearly a decade back has never been cleared out of the Crown land that circles our lake and the neighbouring one. One lightning strike and the east end of Sulphurous + Deka lakes will positively explode in a heartbeat and consume all the properties near those stands of dead pine. Your inclusion of the metrics on "prevention" -vs- "cure" of firestorms were depressingly impressive. <br /><br />Keep up this kind of analysis and my support, too, will continue for future BT screeds. Liam Bairdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-49333804694612620222017-06-29T16:37:54.331-07:002017-06-29T16:37:54.331-07:00Sorry, Bill. I won't be voting NDP, and I won...Sorry, Bill. I won't be voting NDP, and I won't be voting Liberal, in whatever election we face next. Those parties are both relics. I voted Green on May 9 and I will vote Green when the NDP minority fails. You talk about wanting to get rid of Clark as the highest priority. My highest priority is to make it impossible for either the Liberals or the NDP to ever achieve a majority again. They are both so beholden to interest groups that they are incapable of fairly governing. Proportional representation can't come soon enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-63537203828174196142017-06-01T23:50:56.601-07:002017-06-01T23:50:56.601-07:00Would you like to come to the Aubrey school PTA wi...Would you like to come to the Aubrey school PTA with special guest Katrina Chen on June the 5th at 7:30 PM? I'm hoping to see some familiar faces there!cherylbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-73390988268403351612017-05-10T13:28:22.475-07:002017-05-10T13:28:22.475-07:00I am posting this May 10th so analysis may change ...I am posting this May 10th so analysis may change based on recounts. I ran a few numbers off the elections site through a spread sheet (too bad elections BC doesn't already provide a spreadsheet the way we do in Alberta). <br />What actually happened on election day was that the Greens split the anti-Liberal vote in 6 ridings, resulting in Liberal MLAS. BUT, the Greens split the anti-NDP vote in a similar 16 Districts, resulting in NDP MLAs. It depends on how you look at it.<br />Green Party support was pretty heavily concentrated in the three ridings that they won.<br />The Greens came second to the Liberals in one riding and second to the NDP in four.<br />I haven't been following the actual campaign that much from here in Alberta, but the Green's results reminds me a lot of the NDP in Alberta prior to the last election. For decades their vote was concentrated in a handful of ridings filled with true believers. They were the fifth-ranked party going into their winning election. Interestingly, the NDP outpolled the combined PC and Wildrose parties in only 25 (+/- 2 seats - did not check the two seats that went elsewhere) of the 54 seats that they won in 2015, so if you are going to complain about vote-splitting, spare a few tears for your neighbouring province. One could also make a case for the Wildrose and NDP splitting the throw-the-bums-out vote.<br />Here we are in Alberta a couple of years later with Wildrose/PC merger talks underway. As the NDP Svengali, I guess you'll get going on those NDP/Green Party merger talks now. Right?PeterInEdmontonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-22420535442488125242017-05-08T23:28:21.939-07:002017-05-08T23:28:21.939-07:00Let's pull together everybody:
NDP, Greens an...Let's pull together everybody:<br /> NDP, Greens and disenchanted Liberals! Vote Clark out by voting NDP!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164681090728659653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-17552528048867358272017-05-08T18:58:13.998-07:002017-05-08T18:58:13.998-07:00Weaver has spent this campaign shoveling condescen...Weaver has spent this campaign shoveling condescending crapola. Got a hunch most Greens find him old and out-of-touch. This election has boiled down to one issue - No more Christy Clark! Green voters get that!!!rhodellnoreply@blogger.com