Talk about white noise, Mr. Armchair Mayor
KAMLOOPS — My friend the Armchair Mayor wrote this week about the white noise which has become the litany of funding announcements from the province as the writ is set to drop for the May 9 election. He’s probably right in his assessment. (After all, he is the Armchair Mayor and who can argue with a man in a comfortable armchair?)
I feel the same way about the sudden influx of the usual pre-election negative ads from the various parties, and several third parties, which typify the type of attack ads that Canada has stolen from south of the border. They aren’t quite as bad as the attack ads we saw leading up to the U.S. Presidential election, but they are irritating nonetheless.
I am already tired of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation ad telling us that the Liberals have closed 260 schools, and the statement from the NDP criticizing the Liberal “war” on education. The statements have some basis in fact, but to suggest that 260 schools were closed because of a lack of funding is not totally accurate. Many schools were closed because enrollment had declined to the point it was totally irrational to keep them open. And to say the Liberals are conducting a “war” on education just doesn’t cut it.
On the other side, for the group CC4BC (Concerned Citizens for B.C.) to be ripping up the NDP as they have in various media forums over the so-called Leap Manifesto and other issues bothers me a lot, too.