The liberals never learn their lesson, people want to see a fair and democratic process, not a suprise nomination date so othe candidates dont get a chance

Mike Hillman should not be acting as her campaign manager

where is surprise? riding executive has openly asked for a early nomination since April.

David Choi should stop talking, start organizing

What?!?

Liberals don't need to be taking a lesson in ethics from Tories, particularly in Vancouver-Kingsway!

By the way...which promise are you guys going to break THIS week?

According to the Vancouver Sun, the nomination was called at the request of the democratically elected Riding Association, who want to have a candidate in place asap. The currently declared candidate, declared her intentions to seek the nomination of Vancouver-Kingsway, approximately 3 months ago which, frankly was a bit of a surprise THEN...but certainly not NOW...3 months later. It is a bit rich to argue that other interested candidates "didn't have enough time" to sign up members, and to assume that those who are members as of the cutoff date, aren't representative of the riding. If Mr. Choi is suggesting bias, I would suggest it is because he wasn't able to sign up enough "instant Liberals" as he would have wanted.

Finally, there are probably as many people who have joined the Liberal Party in Vancouver-Kingsway as a result of the Emerson voter betrayal, as those who may (or may not) support the (as yet) only declared Liberal Candidate for nomination. It is my assertion, therefore, that for you to suggest that there is anything less than a "fair and democratic process" at work here is patently false.

Instead of commenting on Liberal nomination meetings, perhaps you could focus your attention on trying to keep your Tory/Old-School-Liberal-Copycat Leader to his pre-election promises.

David Choi is an honourable and also a cautious man. My suggestion to him is to always pick the winning side. David Emerson did and he was awarded with a cabinet seat. He knows where his true allegiance lies and he should go with that party that best reflect his value.

The party should not be allowing Hillman to run her campaign.

Wonder if Wendy will be the benificiary of an appointment as candidate?

Time to start fresh and anew.

Haven't we, Liberals, learned our lessons yet. From sponsorship to UBC Young Liberal Voting irregularities to this. If the party leadership pushes Wendy through then I have to reconsider my support of them.

Van-Kingsway has always been a Lower to Upper working Middle Class mix of immigrants and its voters will always vote either Liberal or NDP. A credible CANTONESE, Punjabi or English speaking candidate will do well here but Wendy's first language is neither Cantonese, Punjabi or English. She's also seen as BIG Business. If the process is undemocratic and structured to have her run unopposed then I will have to reconsider my support for Dion and the Party.

Someone is always going to complain.

Everybody, including David Choi, knew that a nomination was in the works. The riding executive demanded it. The BC caucus demanded it. The provincial executive demanded it. This has been going on almost since the day David Emerson betrayed the party. If David Choi couldn't get his act together to go after the nomination (ie. Recruit supporters) then he shouldn't complain about this now.

Fan-Hsin Kung says to "always pick the winning side"

???

What about principle, ethics, policy or liberal values?

Sheesh. Maybe Fan-Hsin Kung is David Emerson with that kind of logic!

Everyone knows what Mark and gang is up to. He wants to place candidates in winnable ridings before the Leader is chosen, in case his chosen one does not win. The argument they will give you is that we need to be ready, BS. If you don't have a leader, you are not ready. These are the type of antics that have driven the party where it is today. I think they really deserve to be in opposition for a couple of terms before they get the message straight in their head. That things do really need to change within the Liberal Party.

Huh?what are you saying, that David Choi should run for liberl party because the party actually has a policy initiative (what?) an principle(WHAT?) or an ethical value (what, WHAT?) that David Choi can identify himself with? What is about to happen to the liberal party in the next election is something I would not wish on my worst enemy. Why jump into a Civic Honda that is about to crash when you can get a key and drive the Mercedez. Trust me when I say this, it feels good to be on the winning side.

For all the party mouthpieces hollering about "the riding executive demanded this" this is a bunch of crap. The current riding president is vacationing in Croatia!!!! and doesn't even have access to email and was not consulted on this call of the nomination. This arguement that the riding executive demanded an unaccountable, undemocratic and mid summer nomination is just wrong. OK party mouthpieces lets see how you spin this one, I'm sure it will keep us all entertained, we all would be laughing if it wasn't so sad for the party faithful

David Choi is one of the most honourable people anyone could ever meet. Honest, almost to a fault, his words will carry much weight in this fiasco.

As a Conservative I should be happy about all this...but I am not. What our party needed after the Kim Campbell idiocy was healing. It would have provided some balance, certainly enough to have given less rise to the backbiting that took place and more to getting to where we are today. Through that, an effective opposition was almost absent until we pulled the various constituencies in the Tories back together again.

I guess the Libranos were too busy filling party pockets with sponsorship monies to have paid attention to the mistakes we made when we lost during those fateful days...

If the Liberals really want to be a useful Opposition (or more so Government) then they must put the Marissen group out to pasture (where they will certainly be immune to the stench of "agricultural fertilizer"--since they've provided so much it in the past!) What does it say about an organizer (and acolytes) that the Liberals cannot even help themselves in the freefall that their party is currently in, such that they must employ such shameless tactics to get Wendy Yuan acclaimed in Kingsway?

This is precisely why their is no honour left in the B.C. wing of the Liberal Party...

Absolutely shameless, but not at all surprising.

Of course a tory would want to get rid of marissen. The libs keep stealing seats from the tories with him around, and stealing enough votes to hand some to the ndp!

See W. Van, Newton, Esquimalt, Richmond etc.

Tsakumis has a weird idea of what honour is.

Wendy Yuan stepped aside for David Emerson and caused no fuss for the Liberal Party, and, instead, supported him to the end (ie. until he was exposed for the guy he really is).

It was Alex's friend David Emerson who showed no honour by betraying Wendy, Sophia Leung, the Liberal Party, and his constituents.

It is only right that the Liberal Party got its act together to get a candidate working NOW to fight the treachery inherant in Emerson's betrayal.