It’s official!
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Tom Jensen last edited by
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I am in #CowichanValley as of 2 years ago, and still learning what the politics might be. Obviously Furstenau's seat has been here, but I am wondering how best to explore who are active in the local political scene, who a local freelance journo should be getting to know/watching.
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The Tyee does good work. And Chek news is the "big" local news network.
I mostly just stuff I found in old wikipedia election data.
Google your candidates work history and the published party platform. Dont rely on manicured election soundbites by themselves.
And after the votes are tallied and you know who your mla is, indulge your inner "cranky old person" and send them lengthy emails at 5am on a sunday. I did. Got decent answers too.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Tom Jensen last edited by
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Tom Jensenreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
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CV is lovely, but proximity to work is key. My employer has no branches in that neck of the woods, 3 in Nanaimo, The Duncan branch is nonunion so that would actually come with a pay cut.
and I have friends in Surrey so easier access to ferries is on the real estate "want" list.
Also, for the same Sqft, Nanaimo is roughly 50k cheaper than Parksville.
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Tom Jensenreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Tom Jensen last edited by
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@chris @Keicowku @Amgine It depends what part of Nanaimo, I think. It sprawls up, but the center is reasonably compact and you get out of it pretty quickly. I've never lived there, though, only visited, so I may have an incomplete picture.
I had similar complaints as you from living in Victoria and Toronto, so maybe it's just a Canadian city problem.
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Nonsense Factory :mstdnca:replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris It shocks me that a party that is more neanderthal than BCUnited would have as much popularity as it does. No offense to the neanderthal, who were probably very communist...
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Nonsense Factory :mstdnca: last edited by
@jpthuot03 I think it is a direct result of the culture wars and the name recognition/linkage between the Federal and BC Conservative party names. The BC United rebrand was a complete disaster. The general public essentially lost touch.