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Voting Day October 21, 2003  
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CBC wants to hear from you, about the election, the party platforms and leaders, and any issues you would like discussed or investigated during the campaign.

 


Oct 20, 2003, 4:57 p.m.

I believe Mr Grimes is getting His Polls from the Man on the Moon because they are so different from all the other pollsters in the Province.

It is a real War out there and the Liberal Ship has the Arse gone out of her skipper Grimes is shell shocked at the wheel saying I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, Danny this and Danny that, all the while he should have been getting his crew in the Life Boat. But it looks like the skipper will go down with the ship.

I like the Labrador Party, I have campaigned for Mr. Mike Martin in the early seventies with great Hope, but when elected Mr Martin told me it just wasn't much one or two men could do once He was in there.

I believe we must Have a strong Honest Voice in the Cabinet, I believe Mr. John Hickey could do the Job for Labrador. the Polls show 35-40 seats for the PC so why not go Blue. Should Labrador Not Vote PC we will be dragged back another 4 Years.

-Tony Powell, Charlottetown, Labrador

 

Oct 20, 2003, 10:51 a.m.

I find it sad to see this great province turn to the Conservatives. Honestly, if people actually listened to what Danny Williams and his lackeys are saying, they would see flaws in his system.

First the public service. Now, first Danny said he would cut jobs in the public sector thru attrition, and also said he would not hire anyone to replace the 25% (his number) of people who are set to retire. Then, when he comes under attack he does a 180 degree turn and says he won't do anything to the public service. How can we elect a leader who flip flops like he does?

Also on the topic of the public sector, in a press release earlier the year, Mr. Williams said that he would run government services like a business. Doesn't anybody see anything wrong with this? How do you run the public sector like a business. Isn't that why it's called the "PUBLIC SECTOR"? How does Danny expect to run this province like a business?

Of course, we all know his past in business (Cable Atlantic). So that probably means that he'll' make as much money off it as he can and then sell it to the mainland.

How can the Honorable Mr. Williams (almost a contradiction in terms) run healthcare like a business? Are we all of a sudden deciding to go with a American system where the upper-class get the healthcare's best, and the lower-class gets to wait 3 months for a X-ray that usually takes a week to book?

How can we expect to live well in a province that is run by a man who, when giving a multi-million dollar contract that could have give Newfoundlanders jobs, sold the service to, surprise, surprise, the mainland. And he got that contract from former Premier Brian Tobin, who of course we good buddies. If Brian Tobin was still here, then Danny Williams would not be the PC leader. Why? Because if Brian Tobin was the Liberal Leader, he wouldn't want to run against such a close friend, who would be able to give his more million dollar contracts.

I finish by saying this. Benjamin Franklin once said "House guests are like fish, they stink after three days." Well, we've had to listen to Danny for three weeks, and he stinks so much that he needs to have pine air-fresheners in each one of his pockets.

-Adam Kilpatrick, Paradise

 

 

 

 

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