MAYOR SULLIVAN'S QUESTIONABLE POLITICKING
Oldtown News
Vancouver, BC
MAYOR SULLIVAN'S QUESTIONABLE POLITICKING
Famed Director of Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee, is visiting Vancouver this week and Mayor Sullivan sensing an opportunity invited Mr. Lee to a Mayoral reception being held in his honour.
Unfortunately, the Mayor has turned what should have been a non-partisan Civic reception for Mr. Lee into one of his Mayoral candidate for nomination coffee parties.
This coffee party is being held at the swanky home of the Segal family, who are generous supporters of Sam Sullivan. My readers may recall the Segal family previously hosted a $5,000.00 per person partisan fundraiser at their Southwest Marine Drive home for Mayor Sullivan's re-election bid .
With the Segal's hosting Ang Lee on behalf of the Mayor, this takes the game of politics to a new level.
This situation creates the impression that Mayor Sullivan is mis-using his public office in an attempt to gain political advantage in the midst of a hotly contested nomination battle.
Mayoral receptions held for visiting dignitaries or film stars, should be carried out in a non-political and non-partisan way.
If Mayoral parties or receptions are held, other elected officials should be invited, including opposition members of Council.
The optics of this reception and how it is being organized, leave citizens wondering if Mr. Ang Lee has been duped by our Mayor?
Citizens have a right to know and organizers for this reception need to come clean on whether Mr. Ang Lee was informed prior to his agreeing to attend the reception that it was in fact, a reception for the Mayor's re-election bid?
Hopefully the Mayor can clear up what is turning out to be, at least in the minds of the public, questionable politicking and a serious lapse of judgement on the part of the Mayor.
Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com
Disclaimer, I am a Peter Ladner supporter.
posted by Jamie Lee Hamilton @ 10:15 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
It would help if got your facts straight. Joe and Lorne Segal are father and son and are not brothers. Lorne lives in Southlands and has one brother named Gary and Joe is their father and lives in Point Grey. Joe has never hosted anything for the mayor. Lorne has hosted one party previously. What's wrong Jamie Lee? No one to libel today? No confusion to showcase? Try for once to get a story straight instead of shooting at people like a coward. I'm gay and my boss and I read your blog once a week to see if you'll say anything about our community. That's your strength. Everything else you talk about is all personal and nasty. Peter Ladner only keeps you around just to keep a lid on your bullshit. No comment on your friend Jim Deva supporting Gregor Robertson? No answer to Francis Bula's accusation on her blog that you were digging up personal dirt against Jim Green last election? Is the rumour true that you were paid for that? Just be thankful that people in our community don't care about what you have to say about politics. Is your backyard so clean that you can get away with libel all the time? We feel sorry for you. But you don't care about who you hurt. It's all about the attention you will receive.
Thank You for pointing out that Mr Joe Segal is the father of Mr. Lorne Segal.
The thrust of my story though isn't about the Segals. It is about the questionable conduct of the Mayor regarding this event.
The rest of your rant isn't deserving of a response.
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