November 15th, 2008
In 2005 I didn’t do my due diligence in selecting the mayoral candidate for Vancouver. I was too busy, so I said, and on voting morning turned to the Georgia Straight to see what their recommendations were. The Straight didn’t like either Sam Sullivan or Jim Green but gave their recommendation to Sam Sullivan because he was, “far more likely than Green to vote to save downtown Vancouver’s major hospital from the wrecking ball.”
In hindsight I would rather have taken my chances with Jim Green.
This year I did my homework and ended up voting contrary to the Georgia Straight’s recommendation. In a few hours we’ll know who won this contest.
Tonight I’ll be hitting up a new place called the Royal Unicorn to catch a friend of a friend’s band play and in the morning I’ll check the election results. Voting is over for the year. Yay!
The 2005 Georgia Straight article recommending Sam Sullivan:
http://www.straight.com/article/voters-face-tricky-choice
Letters to the editor slamming the Georgia Straight for their recommendation of Sam Sullivan:
http://www.straight.com/article/straight-slammed-over-election-recommendations
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