Sunday, August 26, 2012

Political Truths/Facts -- Real or Perceived

Last Wednesday - I had posted on my personal Facebook page the story about Quesnel Councillor Sushil Thapar not going to UBCM because of a split vote on the matter at Quesnel Council's Monday, August 20th meeting

That, in turn, led two former Williams Lake City Councillors' to weigh in on the subject...

Former WL City Councillor & former City of WL Mayoralty Candidate Paul French said:

God forbid someone speaking the truth.

Meanwhile - former WL City Councillor Tom Barr took a different view on the subject:

Not surprised!Was he really speaking the truth or was it the truth as he saw it only?

I admit Tom Barr's comment got me thinking about how often politicians, aspiring politicians or others takes a set of facts/truths and "crafts" them for their own political purposes...

How does this relate to the Sushil Thapar situation? I think Tom Barr's comments sums it up best in that  -- no matter what facts/truths point out, Thapar and his supporters will take information and "craft" them for their own political means/ends, even if their opponents don't like what they "craft" in the public eye and hence what the whole Thapar/Quesnel Council situation won't end, in the short term, (in my humble opinion) and ultimately, the voters' of Quesnel in 2014 will have to decide who is right -- Quesnel Councillor Sushil Thapar and his supporters or Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom and Quesnel City Councillors Roodenburg, Cave, Brisco, Coleman, and Elliot and their supporters

SBF

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