Rick Thorpe has been nicknamed the "Thorpedoe" by some.

Rick was greeted by an "angry" crowd this AM in Kelowna. He was loudly booed as the news interviewed his opponent Joyce Procure.

Most in my community actually call him Rick "Throw-up". Not as original as Thorpedo- I'll have to spread that one around.

And yet he will be re-elected in a walk.

Must drive you guys nuts!

That remains to be seen.

My happy memories of Rick Thorpe include being fined $1 by him for calling him "Minister" instead of "Rick". It was kind of an enforced friendliness policy, I suppose.

That, and his alarming tendency to swear like a longshorman from the beginning of a conversation to the end and his habit of scrawling "STUPID" on memos when he disagreed with them make me glad to have left his employ.

Hopefully Don Leitch feels the same way.

Don was well respected in the system. Everyone knows that the first two years he and the whole ministry were held back by 'afraid to make a move' Thorpe. Too many items sat on his desk while he worried what the premier would think. That is not to say Thorpe did not cause a lot of needless work.
Anyway the DM delivered a lot once free from that hackle. Too bad they let him go - we need some outside fresh air in our system. Good luck Don.

Nice should know that Gordon Campbell's inability to remove the non-performing Thorpe from Cabinet has been driving many Liberals nuts for some time.

Public service is funny isn't it ? The Minister is a disaster and the Deputy pays the price. But remember Leitch also successfully worked for Falcon and the two of them got along famously. In fact Falcon became a rising star.