why don't the liberals install green in van centre?

If it is the Liberal nomination you are talking about you have your Johnson's mixed up. It's Lea Johnson who is mulling over running - he challenged Lorne Mayencourt for the Liberal nomination in 2001 for Burrard and recently garnered 6200 votes as an independent for council in Vancouver. Check out his web site www.leajohnson.com for info on him.
How do i know this - i talked with Lea about this this morning and if he gets the nomination as a voter in Vancouver East I will sign his offical candidate papers.
The Lee Johnson you refer to ran for the Conservatives or whatever they were called in those days.

The idea of the NDP losing with Libby in place is pretty well ridiculous.actually the NDP losing the riding no matter who is the candidate is just about as ridiculous

If these MP wannabes want to be beaten and risk looking like a joke after all of this is over, be my guest.

Interesting.

I have always been critical of that campaign....ratings dude :)

Not Jamie Lee herself?

I think you will find that Dave Haggard has the inside track on the Liberal nomination in Vancouver East. It will be difficult to beat Ms. Davies. Last time she added 7,000 votes from somewhere to her usual total, and that riding apparently doesn't want to be represented by someone who can actually do something in parliament, rather than just talking about doing something. Seasoned election-watchers are looking forward to hearing Ms. Davies (who makes over $155,00/yr) recycle her old speeches expressing her well-known sympathy for the poor and the under-privileged who make up a small fraction of the electorate in Vancouver East.

Colleen Hardwick is first class but will not fare well. She should have been a council candidate (if the NPA ran a proper campaugn prior to September!) Two losses back to back won't be good.

Libby's beans and bull are in it for the long haul, sadly. She a lock. Over before it starts.

The "Lee Johnson" who ran for the PC Party in 2000 is not even in the province at this very moment. Don't get them mix up.

The "Lee Johnson" who ran for the PC Party in 2000 is not even in the province at this very moment. Don't get them mix up.

I think you will find that Dave Haggard has the inside track on the Liberal nomination in Vancouver East.

Posted by Steve Hopkins at December 6, 2005 09:19 PM

What Steve means is that his wife, Shirley Chan, had enough of being the Liberal Star Loser last time and will not be running this time.

Nobody asked Budd to stand as a candidate? Unbelievable.
No Budd, what I mean is that Dave Haggard is probably going to be the Liberal Candidate in VanEast. But since you're still so interested in my wife, let me invite you to attend a screening of "Mary Lee Chan : Fighting City Hall". This is one episode from Mother Tongue (http://www.mothertongue.ca), a 13 part series honouring the achievements of 13 remarkable Canadian immigrant women including my late mother-in-law. The event is a launch to mark the broadcast of the series by Channel M and is sceduled for 7:30 pm on 12/January/2006 at the Vancouver Museum. The launch will also feature the episode on Kimiko Murakami and the Japanese-Canadian internees. Admission is free of charge.
While you're at the Museum you can check out the exhibit which features Shirley's role in the Strathcona community's victory over "urban renewal".
Still no TV shows or museum exhibits publicizing Budd's philanthropy, I'm afraid (although I understand he's up for a guest spot in an upcoming Sponge Bob Squarepants show). Maybe someday.

Steve,

You have such an aspiration to be front and centre, even at times to the expense of your own wife (your antics sunk her campaign last time), why the hell don't you put your name forward.

You talk so much, but rarely have any substance, knowledge or guts to back up your crap

Still grieving over the Hutt's loss and the COPE wipeout, huh? Keep whining, it's music to my ears. I have enough guts to post under my own name, and I'm not a sore loser, unlike some.

Seems less and less likely that CHN is even under consideration. This rumour was hopeful thinking on behalf of Jamie Lee, which managed to become a story.

You would have to be an idealist, or a masochist to run against Libby in this riding. I think Colleen has a bit of the former, but hopefully none of the later.