NPA's Elizabeth Ball says Sean Bickerton would be welcomed back
Sean Bickerton would be welcomed back to the NPA said Elizabeth Ball, one of the party’s two candidates elected to Vancouver city council.
Bickerton, whose bid for a seat on council with the NPA was unsuccessful, posted a message on his website earlier today which called the party’s mayoral campaign “puerile” and “sophomoric”.
“Sean is a wonderful, passionate, caring, caring person,” Ball told the Straight by phone. “And you know, we can all have bad days. I think the day after any election is tough for anyone, especially someone who has cared so much and given so much to the community. And hopefully we’ll see Sean back at it when he’s had a chance to have a vacation and recover from what we all know elections are like.”
Comments
5 Comments
Foggy
Nov 21, 2011 at 11:22pm
It is never a good idea to burn bridges.
Not Bitter Like Some
Nov 22, 2011 at 7:45am
I see that the NPA is in safe hands with the likes of Ball, Lucille that is...
Dear gawd if the future of the NPA is dependant upon the likes of Ball and Affleck time to bury the corpse and get the tombstone crafted
The NPA is dead, COPE is dead, long live the NPA & COPE
They had a great ride.
GZLFB
Nov 22, 2011 at 8:34pm
How about burning a weak bridge to build a stronger one?
Vancouver Citizen
Nov 25, 2011 at 9:26am
Well, there is alot to be said for retrospect. Consider that someone is motivated to make a difference in his/her community by choosing to run for a seat in municipal government. That person aligns themselves with people they admire and who appear to share the same values and ideas to improve the way their community works. As the campaign intensifies, this person discovers that despite sharing the same values and ideas, the politcal game is more ruthless and nasty than expected and becomes increasingly disenchanted with the choice he/she made. After it's all over this person makes a decision to explore other ways of serving his/her community in a more positive way.
I dunno? Just an thought .......
GZLFB
Nov 25, 2011 at 8:00pm
Nice thought VC, I blame the press for being an Orwellian info filter more than an educator.