Our Future Together

Is apparently no future at all...

JGL producer Tammy Robert reported this morning that she had spoken to Ryan Meili and he has confirmed that he has stepped down from the Saskatoon Sutherland  NDP nomination that was to be held October 02nd.

Meili confirms this on his Facebook fan page.

"However, the often negative and divisive aspects of political life have taken their toll on me. For this reason I have decided to withdraw my candidacy for nomination in Saskatoon Sutherland."

Meili was the second runner up in the NDP leadership campaign to Lingenfelter and represented the shining light in the NDP renewal, as opposed to the divisive old school dirt-bag politics of Lingenfelter.

It is no secret Lingenfelter did NOT want Mieli to threaten his leadership or his regime, so he and his backers were quietly supporting (and some not so quietly) a political newcomer, Naveed Anwar.

Typically, someone stepping down from a nomination is at times no big deal, but not this time.

We believe this signals the official beginning of a civil war inside the NDP between Lingenfelter and his crew, and the many traditional NDP supporters who despise Lingefelter's management and hold the party to a higher moral standard.

Public wars are not a trademark of the Saskatchewan NDP, so watch for a series of defections to the Greens, or for usual NDP supporters to sit on their hands during the next election.

However, we are hearing of more and more people who have been marginalized by the Lingenfelter regime and are thinking about coming forward with exceptionally damning information about the way things have been run since he took over. We don't believe they are seeking revenge against Lingenfelter personally (although we believe privately they are), but they are seeking a noble way to save their party.

With Mieli stepping down, this is where it all officially starts...

The First Rule of a Losing Campaign

When you have no hope of winning, go for the smear! (And embarrass yourself in the process)

NDP Northwest candidate's Jan Dyky's first brochure referring to her competitor, the Sask Party's Gord Wyant



"Wyant made his career as a corporate and banking lawyer"...

Oh the horror! Run for the hills, he's a lawyer!

And how about this one?

"Wyant cares more about his bank account that public service. Despite already having considerable wealth, he says he may keep collecting nearly $51,000 per year of his city councillor salary..."

Besides being totally inaccurate (Wyant has already stated that he is taking a leave from city council during the writ period, and will step down if successful in the campaign...but don't let the facts get in the way of an attempted smear), how exactly do the NDP know about how much "considerable wealth" Wyant has?

Talk about trying to start a class war! Would Dyky be a better candidate if she and her husband were having trouble making ends meet, or if she was broke?

The more these people speak, the more they continue to expose themselves as mean-spirited rank amateurs.

Dyky has no hope of winning the seat. But in the meantime it seems like she's intent on embarrassing herself for the next 28 days. Good luck with that...

NDP - Narcissist Democratic Party

We're back on line after a lengthy Summer session, so lets get at it.

As you know, Premier Brad Wall has called an by-election for Saskatoon  Northwest, the seat recently vacated by Serge Leclerc.

Let's see what NDP candidate, Jan Dyky thinks of herself...

In her own words, "What a great candidate... it will be a pleasure to have a strong new voice in the legislature, representing the constituents of Saskatoon Northwest!"

I think the constituents of Saskatoon Northwest will decide if Jan Dyky is a great candidate or not, regardless of what she thinks of herself.

Where does Lingenfelter find these people?