It seems that all the early work done to recruit candidates has gone to waste for it looks like Michelle Binkley be running with the Mayor's not legally registered Electoral Group instead of the VOICES not legally registered Electoral Group.
Michelle had nominated CUPE 389 candidate Amanda Nichol in her 2011 run to put a CUPE 389 employee directly on the Council but in 2013 had also endorsed Craig Keating for NDP in the Provincial election. It seems that that tie won out as rumoured by Mayoral candidate Kerry Morris, Michelle is going to run with Craig Keating's NDP candidates in the upcoming municipal election. All Amanda's work for VOICES going to waste. It seems that a hard core anti-development VOICES' attack on the residents request that the OCP's allowed density be increased in their area has caused this divide among these two left wing groups.
I think we've seen the last of VOICES Councillors and Mayor Mussatto's NDP not legally registered electoral group group may have the majority he has been dreaming of. Their pretense of a claim to Don Bell as one of their candidates fell apart with Don's vote for the Onni Towers.
Since VOICES does not intend to legally register with Elections BC perhaps I will do so and run for Mayor. All it takes is 50 names on the list.
Pringle, George NVan City VOICES is how the ballot could read. Hmmm...
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