Editor: An open letter to MLA Leonard Krog:
I implore you to serve out your term as MLA.
Abandoning your post as MLA puts the B.C. government at severe risk of falling. I have waited through 15 years of Liberal governments for the opportunity to see an NDP government in power in B.C. and am not prepared to see it fall because of your short-sighted decision to take another job which you find more attractive. The job of mayor of Nanaimo will be open again in four more years. The chance to form government in Victoria may not come again in your lifetime or mine.
In addition to your obligation to your local constituents who elected you to be their representative in Victoria, you have an even greater obligation to all NDP and Green voters in the entire province of British Columbia.
Many people in Nanaimo are encouraging you to run for mayor, but you have not yet heard from people throughout B.C. who would encourage you to remain in office. If you go ahead with your decision to leave office now, shame on you.
Doug Porter, Burnaby
