{"id":2221,"date":"2005-05-12T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2005-05-12T08:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2005-05-12T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2005-05-12T08:55:59","slug":"politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/politico\/","title":{"rendered":"politico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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like every campaign, i took myself out to an all-candidates’ meeting last night. while i have very clear ideas about who i want to win the upcoming provincial election, i still make it a point to attend at least one meeting so i can say i have actually heard what the candidate i’m voting for has to say for themselves.
\nwhat i got from last night is that the incumbent<\/a> in my riding is a very angry woman who started blatantly blowing off answering any of the later questions put forth. the marijuana party candidate<\/a>, while being very poised and well-spoken, answered only two questions without using the word “prohibition”. the democratic reform party candidate<\/a> distracted me by being a veritble clone of my friend ritchie<\/a>, bored me with being a one-trick pony, yet impressed me with the chutzpah it takes to run for office at the tender age of twenty-two. while i agreed with a lot of what the green party candidate<\/a> had to say, i still can’t help but think a vote for him is both reckless and wasteful. the ndp candidate<\/a> was very smooth, engaging and witty, but he has an air of elitism just below the surface which just niggles at me; he’s almost too smooth.
\ndespite the obvious importance of making an informed choice as to who will be running our province for the next four to five years, i think the more important issue we’ll be deciding next tuesday is the referrendum on the BC-STV<\/a>. a YES vote means changing our voting process from first past the post (where in 50% + 1 wins and any vote after that +1 is basically thrown out) to a proportional voting system (where your vote actually is applied to a candidate of your choice).
\nafter the federal election of a minority government last summer, i did some research on various proportional representation systems. it would completely alter the way we elect representatives and the way those elected representatives would serve their constituents. it would mean that each vote you cast actually had value. instead of feeling as if your vote for a fringe party was a waste, you could actually vote your heart and conscience with confidence your voice would be heard which is something sorely lacking in our current system. here<\/a> is a great flash animation explaining the proposed system.
\ni don’t really care who or what you vote for next tuesday, just so long as you vote with an informed and rational mind. and, just remember, if you don’t vote, you can’t complain (or praise) for four years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

like every campaign, i took myself out to an all-candidates’ meeting last night. while i have very clear ideas about who i want to win the upcoming provincial election, i still make it a point to attend at least one meeting so i can say i have actually heard what the candidate i’m voting for …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}