Lashing McVeigh; Another City Candidate
Predictably, the Times (which has tomorrow's news already up online--bless them!) has several letters from the HD Stafford crowd spanking Alison McVeigh for deciding to run in the Township. The writers are pretty familiar to anyone who has been following the story:
Tracie Northway: "Don't make the same mistake we did."
George Tylor: "There is no leadership or problem solving when you decide to close a school that is so critical to a community, as was Stafford."
Carol Joyce: "Why, if it is just a 'handful of parents' who are 'still steaming,' or as we were often called, a 'vocal minority,' she would be hesitant to run in the City again. Surely that small number of votes could not make a difference to her chances!" (In a community where a Trustee was elected with 1,144 votes and where turnout hovers at less than 20%, any motivated group that turns out will have a huge impact on the results.)
Susan Semonick: "This type of thing only makes my suggestion of amalgamation of the electoral ballot even more important for the people to attain voter parity." (I totally agree that all Langley School Trustees should be elected by all Langley voters.)
Meanwhile, Stafford parent Rob McFarlane has announced that he will run for a City School Board seat this fall--even as his kids start at Rick Hansen Secondary in Abbotsford. That brings the City Trustee race to three (incumbent Stacey Cody and the gone-very-quiet Graeme Shepherd)--all Stafford conversion opponents. Two will be elected.
Tracie Northway: "Don't make the same mistake we did."
George Tylor: "There is no leadership or problem solving when you decide to close a school that is so critical to a community, as was Stafford."
Carol Joyce: "Why, if it is just a 'handful of parents' who are 'still steaming,' or as we were often called, a 'vocal minority,' she would be hesitant to run in the City again. Surely that small number of votes could not make a difference to her chances!" (In a community where a Trustee was elected with 1,144 votes and where turnout hovers at less than 20%, any motivated group that turns out will have a huge impact on the results.)
Susan Semonick: "This type of thing only makes my suggestion of amalgamation of the electoral ballot even more important for the people to attain voter parity." (I totally agree that all Langley School Trustees should be elected by all Langley voters.)
Meanwhile, Stafford parent Rob McFarlane has announced that he will run for a City School Board seat this fall--even as his kids start at Rick Hansen Secondary in Abbotsford. That brings the City Trustee race to three (incumbent Stacey Cody and the gone-very-quiet Graeme Shepherd)--all Stafford conversion opponents. Two will be elected.
posted by Jordan Bateman @ 6:54 PM
