The Editor,
As I write, the polls are about to close and we will soon know the results. Do you want to make sure our MLAs are held accountable?
If so, then keep a copy of their election literature and then compare what they said they would do to what they actually do.
It's the same in every election and every riding. Did anyone bother to go through what the incumbents promised when they were elected, carefully, line by line?
Where were the report cards on their work? Instead of some kind of unbiased riding-by-riding apolitical performance analysis, we are fed a diet of policy announcements and month upon month of party attack ads and spin. And yet, a very good report card could be the very best insurance a successful MLA has in their re-election arsenal.
Come the next election, the "good" candidates will be ones who cared enough to keep their promises; the "bad" will have broken their promises and the "ugly" will have conveniently forgotten what they said in 2013 but just want you to trust them with your vote next time. While I won't always agree with the politics of the "good" candidates, they will always have my respect. The others should find a different line of work.
Adrian Wade Steveston
