Dear Editor:
Recently, I got a phone call from a "pollster" stating they were going to ask questions about "possible recall" of a politician in Burnaby. They asked if I lived in the riding of MLA Richard Lee and I said yes. They asked if I was satisfied with his representation or would I be interested in signing a recall petition against him. I said that I thought he was doing a good job and I felt that recall should not be abused in this manner. They hung up on me.
Richard Lee is a backbencher Liberal and, as such, is not in a decision-forming position with the party. To blame him for anything that one might dislike about the Liberals is untrue and unfair. For the NDP, and its Corrigan-led Burnaby soul mates, to be trying to hijack our MLA simply because he is the lone non-NDP candidate is outrageous.
This is an abuse of the system and democracy, let alone the costs the NDP is trying to foist upon the voters for a recall election and a second one, if successful. The recall folks should be ashamed of themselves and quit being bullies with our democracy. If someone asks me to sign a recall position, I'm going to say 'Hell no,' and I hope you do the same. Mr. Lee won the last election and is doing his job. If you don't like him, vote him out next election, but stop this recall nonsense, now.
Bill Phelps, Burnaby
