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Our recommendations in the 2022 Comox Valley local government elections

Our recommendations in the 2022 Comox Valley local government elections

by George Le Masurier | Oct 5, 2022

Decafnation announces its list of preferred candidates in this year’s local government elections and for the first time we identify candidates that we think show promise and provide our reasons for not endorsing the other candidates. Our endorsements fall on the first day of voting at advance polls

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This list of candidates is anything but ‘mainstream;’ why running ‘out of town’ feels icky

This list of candidates is anything but ‘mainstream;’ why running ‘out of town’ feels icky

by George Le Masurier | Oct 3, 2022

The announcement nobody was waiting for arrived over the weekend when CV Mainstream trotted out their list of endorsed candidates without any justification for these particular candidates, and we notice somebody was conspicuously missing

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“Sexual deviancy in our schools!” says local disciple of right-wing Christian group

“Sexual deviancy in our schools!” says local disciple of right-wing Christian group

by George Le Masurier | Sep 29, 2022

The Week: A Comox Valley school trustee candidate hands out leaflets that spread misinformation about a sexual health curriculum; Strategic voting; and, Is Ken Grant for or against the town’s tree retention bylaw?

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We ask the candidates about pandemic health orders, the RGS and taking climate change seriously

We ask the candidates about pandemic health orders, the RGS and taking climate change seriously

by George Le Masurier | Sep 28, 2022

Folks, are you asking yourself, What’s the point of dragging yourself out on a perfectly nice autumn day to stomp down to some barren gymnasium and scratch an X next to the name of somebody you don’t know but who wants to represent you in local government?

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THE WEEK: Busting the myth that council members come with a blank slate

THE WEEK: Busting the myth that council members come with a blank slate

by George Le Masurier | Sep 27, 2022

The Old Guard faction of Comox Valley political activists has been trying for decades to create a cohesive voting block

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The Week: Big Money wants its control back and a candidate wins 2022 Moronic award

The Week: Big Money wants its control back and a candidate wins 2022 Moronic award

by George Le Masurier | Sep 23, 2022

We have some thoughts about the anonymous group Take Back Comox Valley that ran a series of objectionable attack ads on social media and also about how candidate Brennan Day got such a big foot in his mouth

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The Mack Laing Trust: BC Supreme Court hears arguments in 40-year case

The Mack Laing Trust: BC Supreme Court hears arguments in 40-year case

by George Le Masurier | Sep 19, 2022

Mack Laing Heritage Society says the Town of Comox is in a rush to clean up a mess of its own making, while town and Attorney General lawyers call The Society’s evidence “irrelevant.”

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The Week: One election is already over, candidates running in other towns and new shenanigans

The Week: One election is already over, candidates running in other towns and new shenanigans

by George Le Masurier | Sep 12, 2022

General Voting Day is Saturday, Oct. 15. See the sidebar on this page for advance voting dates.he official campaign period for this fall's municipal election doesn’t begin until Saturday, Sept. 17, but one race is already...

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Mack Laing goes to court today and, have spies infiltrated local government?

Mack Laing goes to court today and, have spies infiltrated local government?

by George Le Masurier | Sep 6, 2022

The Town of Comox has had 40 years to live up to its trust agreement with the late Hamilton Mack Laing, but it chose today, just before local elections, to ask the BC Supreme Court to fix a problem of their own making.

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