Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Say What?  Former BC Premier Christy Clark who resigned on Friday July 28th as Premier and Westside - Kelowna MLA Early in the morning yesterday, I go outside to work in the yard and the next thing I know Christy Clark had resigned. Let me tell you, if I'd known sooner, that was all it took, I would have done it earlier. No surprise, but looking to social media, there was a mix of both good and bad, as people commented of Christy's departure.  Here's just a small sampling: Christy Clark resigning is good but a party is not *a* person. Every rotten decision & its harmful legacy belongs to BC Lib Party   Few understand the sacrifice & the "all in" commitment needed for public life. Christy Clark responded to that call: not once, but twice.   Christy Clark, and Gordon Campbell before her, hurt working class people in BC the entire time they were in office. Good riddance to bad rubbish.   Why should we say we thank someone...

Yesterdays post on my Blog, " WHO should speak for conservatives in British Columbia ?" has led to me receiving a number of phone calls, and also comments posted to it.   I guess there is life out there after all.   I wanted to share just a few of them with you, because as one person pointed out to me in one of the calls I received last night, I thought I was alone and no one else was thinking and feeling the same things I was. And as another commented, " It was an informative conversation for me last night exploring why you concluded your previous letter with the words by Richard Armour. Those are rudder like words that need to be heard particular at this time and into our historical context. Looking forward to connecting with you more in the future."   Just so you know, the quote he is referring to is, " Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong ."   As you...