burnaby citizens association: communists or not?

there is a lot of partisan grumbling in burnaby over the civic election.  some people grumble of team burnaby having conservatives, some people grumble over the bca being a bunch of communists.

are the bca a bunch of communists?

it's hard to tell what the bca stands for from their campaign pamphlets.  i dont know, maybe my parents' past electoral behaviour has made my house a write-off, but all we got are these stupid trading cards. 

seriously. 

they have a picture of each candidate, the bca logo, their name, and stats.  while i think including community contribution is an incredibly important piece of information for voters, it would be nice to have a bit of info about the slate in general.  the bca only talks about this:

• the bca record, the bca plan:  more resources in the classroom, academic excellence, and more student choices in public schools
• the bca record, the bca plan:  quality public services, no debt, over $400 million in reserves, low taxes, safe, livable communities - a prosperous burnaby for everyone

so yeah, i guess if refusing to discuss your ambitions in detail and resorting to succint mantras makes you some kind of communist, theyre pretty damned communist.

there is also a note on the back of each card which says "please take this card to vote" ...  isnt bringing propaganda into the polling station against the rules?

i dont know what im going to do november 19th besides strongly debate running for office since i dont trust any of these clowns.

Comments

[BZA]

Ainge for Burnaby Greens in 2008! Hey, why not? Dippers would give you less evil eye action than at the other levels since Burnaby municipal politics is something they always win at. Not sure if they wouldn't throw the vote-splitting tag at you or not, but with so many positions up for grabs, they have less to be mad about.

As for the BCA being communist, a dubious claim probably. Unlike COPE where there are real commies like Tim Louis, in order to be in the BCA you have to be a member of the NDP. Which really isn't that communist.

As for your house, well, I could give it the deluxe NDP treatment if you keep an open mind about Bill Siksay. Maybe i'll even try to get him to text message your cellphone for support or something, haha.

[ainge]

to svend's credit, we had deluxe ndp treatment during his tenure. and he definitely knew my parents were not ndp, or deluxe ndp for that matter. still, we could use the bza touch.

hey, the bca may not be communist, but at least theyre trying.

[James]

1. I'm glad I don't live in Burnaby. Good luck with your campaign.

2. It's cool you allow comments on your site. Neither L4L nor Anonalogue does.

[dave]

sooo... recapp of the municipal election? we want to hear what you thunk 'bout it.