Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

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IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for October, 2008

Burlington Post endorses Lisa Raitt in Halton!

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

The Burlington Post editorial board has endorsed two Conservative Party candidates in the ridings of Burlington and Halton. In Burlington, the post has endorsed incumbent Mike Wallace saying: While we believe that Mike Wallace (2006-present) and Paddy Torsney (1993-2005) has each represented the interests of the riding well, the tiebreaker for us is all about Wallace’s record. [...]

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Green Party too busy to respond?

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Back on October 1st I wrote about Daryl Vernon, a blogger posting on the Green Party of Canada website, and his email to GPC candidate Rosemary Frei. To review, in his email to Ms. Frei, where Daryl Vernon said: I would not expand except with great care before a one-sided jewish audience, but the most publicized [...]

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Conservative Party releases election platform.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

The Conservative Party has released its 2008 Election Platform. The platform contains a review of the daily policy announcements made during the campaign and a few additional changes including increased funding for the arts.   20081007-Platform-e – Upload a Document to Scribd

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A Liberal Campaign Metaphor.

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

I’m not sure who it was in the Liberal camp that thought putting Stephane Dion, dressed in a Montreal Canadiens jersey, on CTV’s Mike Duffy Life playing a bit of street hockey was a good idea. Whoever it was, they’ve giving us a lasting metaphor for the 2008 Liberal Campaign. Try as he might, Stephane [...]

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Childishness in Halton.

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

I have to say very little I see from Garth Turner’s campaign surprises me anymore. First, there was the debacle where Garth’s staff told CPAC to meet him for some ‘face time’ with constituents. What Garth’s people forgot to tell CPAC was the “constituent” was Garth’s campaign manager’s son. Then, this week Steve Janke has [...]

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