The writ hasn’t dropped, but silly season is well underway
KAMLOOPS — Okay everyone, I take a short break from this column, leave you alone with the province for just a few weeks and what do you do while I’m not looking? You let the pre-election silly season start without me is what you do.
It’s that special time of the year when MLAs, who have ignored us for four years, try to buy their way back into our hearts and minds with broad smiles and big promises.
First off the mark was Terry Lake with his breathless announcement that the BC Liberals would be spending nearly $500 million dollars to expand Royal Inland Hospital. A Terry Lake legacy moment if you will.
Like you, I think the proposed new tower is needed and will be even better if there’s money to staff it. However, the cynical me notes how it won’t even begin to happen until one year after the coming election. Pretty much standard operating procedure for these types of announcement and it leaves the door wide open for recycling the promise over several more elections.