Editor:
Re: Burnaby civic party names team to tackle BCA dynasty, NOW online, Aug. 25
I am surprised that the Burnaby First Coalition thinks they have a chance to take down Corrigan’s Burnaby Citizens Association (NDP) machine. A political party with no website or recent social media presence (last Facebook post is from April 2017, on a page with only 190 followers) has absolutely no hope of reaching anyone under the age of 50. I haven’t checked Twitter, but I suspect crickets. So, how did they get the word out for their launch party? They should be signing people up for newsletters, seeking volunteers, addressing ways to make our city awesome. The BFC also has announced no candidate for mayor, with less than two months remaining.
Mike Hurley is the only mayoral candidate with any possibility of defeating Corrigan. I would suggest the BFC rallies behind Mr. Hurley, who is running as an independent, and keep the mayor candidacy blank on their slate. An official endorsement of Hurley would be the best chance to get some diversity in city hall. Then again, if the BFC ignores social media - and the existence of the interwebs - they may not be serious.
The upcoming civic election in Vancouver and Surrey gets lots of attention provincewide and even nationally, but almost nothing is heard from Burnaby. Nobody seems to know or care that there is a race on in our city. Is this because we have resigned ourselves to a perpetual Corrigan-BCA-NDP dynasty?
Kristoffer Palma, Burnaby
