I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that yesterday was a gloriously sunny, warm day here on Salt Spring; that the Greens announced they were casting their lot (and support) with the New Democrats to form a new government in British Columbia; and that angry, dark clouds are skidding across the sky today accompanied by the…
So we wait…. The other day I posted a snarky comment on Facebook about the pathetic performance of the right wing opposition parties in the Alberta Legislature, to which an old friend of mine in Vancouver replied, “Dave, you’re in BC now. Gotta let the Alberta wing nuts go and concentrate on the ones we…
I was sitting on my deck on the day after the BC provincial election, contemplating the outcome (as it stands — it may change) and feeling — intrigued is the word I’m looking for — at finding myself living in a riding with a Green MP and a Green MLA. And the irony hit me. They…
It continues to amaze me that so many who are attracted to politics struggle with the fundamental principle that you must not only do the right thing; you must also be seen to be doing the right thing. Understand — I cannot vote in next Tuesday’s BC provincial election because I haven’t lived here long enough. Some would…
This might be difficult. “This” is the task of writing my first rant since relocating to paradise. Since my typing skills were honed in the newsroom, I do this mostly using two fingers while looking at the keyboard. So I have to take my eyes off the view! Salt Spring Island is so stunningly beautiful that…