Local politicians and candidates are oft known for overstepping their jurisdictional bounds - promising policies they don't have any authority to make. But few have overreached as much as independent Vancouver mayoral candidate Scott Yee. In an advertisement posted on the online classified service Craigslist, a writer claiming to be Mr. Yee explains "ever since I was 16 years old, I wanted to become the 1st President of Earth, which means the creation of an Earth Government." The writer also notes "I want the creation of the UFP-The United Federation of Planets. If you have ever watched StarTrek, you know what I'm talking about. I'm also trying to start up the CEG-The Coalition for an Earth Government. This will be a world wide coalition in every country, to put pressure on all governments to take part in an Earth Government." And he adds "if possible, I would like to become the new Secretary General in 07' I doubt Kofi Annan will step down before then."
That's one small step for a man, one giant leep for Yee
November 1, 2005
1st President of Eart could be a good fall back position for Sam Sullivan. Looks like he'll be in tough against Scott Yee though, who sounds like he has a much stronger grip on reality than SS.
The Craiglist advert must be Yee's. The same information can be found on his Central Party website: http://centralparty.ca/