Earlier today, Raymond Louie announced his support for a proposal to limit Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination campaign expenditures - suggesting a $50,000 ceiling. Meanwhile, in a subsequent interview with Public Eye, competitor Gregor Robertson also said he thinks "it would be a good step" to introduce such a ceiling - "both as a party and to put pressure on other parties to do the same." But Mr. Robertson declined to say what he thinks that limit should be, stating, "I don't have a number fixed in mind. I would just be speculating. I think it's something the executive should look at in detail and factor in the length of the campaign and the competitiveness. It's going to be a tight race. And that's got to be up to the executive to figure out what the best number is. It isn't what the candidates think. It's what the membership is comnfortable with - represented by the executive."
Mr. Robertson, who said he didn't know how his campaign would be spending on the race, also expressed cautious support to have nomination polling stations setup across the city. "It's an interesting idea worth researching further," he said. "As long as there's systems in place to make it all accountable, the more people enabled to vote the better.
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