Out and about yesterday I noticed some new election signs with VAN on them. The only other things I took in were the featured candidate was quite young and he was promising free and frequent public transport and lower rates. That's right.Of course my interest was slightly, just slightly tweaked.
Here is the rest of what VAN, Valley Action Network want;
"A Human City where people come before big business interests;
Action on climate change and zero tolerance for polluters;
Free Council services; Community Boards for all, with extra powers;
Free and frequent public transport;
Rates reductions for residents before greedy corporations."
This is mixed news. These people could be very handy. They will split the left vote. But they could also increase it.
It's a shame their obvious enthusiasm and energy - great name and website - are wasted on defunct ideas. People need business and business needs people. Period.
(I can agree with their policy of stopping rates remission to attract economic development which I have always opposed.)
3 comments:
Ah the naive and brainless campaign for free things. Anyone who thinks anything is free is so dense as to be worthless. And why be misers? Why not free everything?
No work for anyone. Everything free for the taking. And we can legislate for daily sunshine and rainbows and candy trees (of course they will only shower us with sweet tasting treats that are nutritional and have no calories).
I can recognise the deadly cocktail of greenies and socialists with an unflinching dedication to stop progress.
"progress" like the melting of the Polar ice caps for example!
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