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Jun 16, 05
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globe and mail: letter to the editor
i finally broke down and wrote a letter to the editor. it's short, but i didn't feel like anything else needed to be said:
re: Harper rolling out an image makeover - june 16th. "That's great Stepen Harper wants to re-make his image. But, instead of BBQ's, handshakes and kissing babies, he should consider to stop using his position as opposition party leader to further his own personal views and start listening to what Canadians actually want." anyone else ever written a letter to the editor? 
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Jun 16, 05
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also:
ther was this idiot in the letters to the editor yesterday that actually said he wants the government of canada to relieve his student debt before they helped out the starving people in africa by relieving their debts. he got blasted in today's editorial section, thank god.
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Jun 16, 05
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I regularly write things to Charlie Smith, the whiny left wing numbnut that writes for the georgia straight, i don't know why they still have him working for the paper.
here's one: Mr. Smith indicates that Mr. Campbell has particularly failed to deliver on his pledge to expand Vancouver's civic democracy because he apparently did a shoddy job of "convincing a majority of voters to approve a ward system in the October 16 plebiscite." I really hate to be the one to break it to Mr. Smith, but the whole idea of a plebiscite is to allow the people to make the decision themselves. If Mr. Campbell did not wish for the people to do so and really wanted to get his way, then this issue would not have been debated and voted on beyond the chambers of city hall. In addition, the whole idea that you expect the mayor to convince the public to vote the way he prefers is fairly absurd. You're tooting the horn for democracy, but you're also wishing to have our mayor push people to vote for what he wishes to be passed. Weren't people upset at him doing that exact thing during the Olympics plebiscite? Do you want a democracy where the people decide? Or do you want some kind of dictatorship where the leader forces everyone to vote for what they prefer? No matter how much convincing any one party does, the decision of what to vote, and even if someone wants to vote lies within someone's own conscience. I personally noticed a considerable effort from many parties to vote on plebiscite day, including seeing Mr. Campbell himself and other city councilors out on the streets, speaking to people about the issue and telling them where to vote. What I like about Mr. Campbell and COPE in city hall is that for the first time in years, I feel that city hall is actually approachable. Does Mr. Smith forget Mr. Owen and NPA?
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Jun 16, 05
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Money, Power, Respect... That's what it's all about right? :p
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