from the Georgia Straight
"Well, another election, and another big decision for those of us who are cynical about whether "serving the public" is the first priority of either party. The BC Liberal government has announced a balanced budget as part of their pre-election strategy — and has commercials on TV bragging about it. But, then again, Glen Clark’s NDP government did the same thing once before and it turned, miraculously, into a huge deficit after they won the election. I guess some things only balance when you hold your thumb on one end of the scale.
"I’m at a stage, presently, where elections are kind of like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. We know that when he runs up to kick it Lucy will pull the ball away, Charlie’s foot will fly up into the air, and he will land flat on his back as Lucy walks unconcernedly away — but we, like Charlie Brown, participate because there always exists the slim possibility that things may, somehow, be different this time. We appear to have a streak of incurable optimism within us that provides hope for better outcomes than the evidence suggests. …"
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