Re: Democracy being hijacked, Letters to the editor, April 6. Bill Phelps wrote that he received a phone call regarding the recall campaign in North Burnaby and stated that the call was from the recall campaign. This is not true. The recall campaign has phoned no residents of Burnaby.
The call was likely a pole initiated by either Mr. Lee or the provincial Liberal government.
The claim that the provincial NDP are behind the recall initiative is also patently untrue. The recall team is a non-partisan group that welcomes anyone who is not satisfied with the poor representation provided by Mr. Richard T. Lee.
Contrary to Mr. Phelps' contention, all MLAs are elected to make decisions and specifically to address the issues of the citizens of their riding. It is also worth noting that 75 per cent of eligible voters (2013 election) did choose to have Mr. Lee as their representative. The volunteers of the recall campaign are going door to door to inform North Burnaby residents of the recall campaign (no phone calls), and in many instances, the residents have no idea who Richard T. Lee is.
Recall was created to give voters a course of action if they feel that they are not properly represented. Fourteen years of weak representation is more than enough. Choose recall and have your voice heard.
Larry Myers, Burnaby
