SANDY MACDOUGALL: Even a relatively small share of the 16,000 voters who didn't participate could have made a big difference
Sandy Macdougall (aka the Sidewinder), who hails from Maple Ridge, has penned his last piece for me to run, prior to the election. Think your vote doesn't count, or isn't important? Read on to see why even a fraction of the people who don't vote, because it won't make any difference ... read on: Edmund Burke; Irish statesman born in Dublin, was an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher. Edmund Burke, the eighteenth century Irish philosopher, once said, “ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing .” I disagree. May 9 , is provincial election day in British Columbia and, if past records are any indication, the big winner will probably be voter apathy where so-called 'good men' will sit idly by, letting others cast their ballots and make important decisions for them. Probably forty per cent of the eligible voters in either of our local provincial ridings will not p...