Mayor of Colwood to run in next year’s provincial election
Posted by Steven Hurdle on September 4, 2008
Jody Twa, at present the mayor of Colwood, was introduced tonight as the BC Liberal candidate for the new riding of Juan de Fuca at a packed meeting at what is to be their campaign office at the corner of Goldstream and Jacklin.
The audience included several members of the BC Liberal provincial caucus, including Premier Gordon Campbell, as well as most of Langford Council. In fact, Mr. Twa was introduced by Langford’s Deputy Mayor Denise Blackwell, who had said to the media earlier this year “I won’t be taking out Liberal papers anytime soon.”
An interesting element of his candidacy is that Mr. Twa is running in a riding that does not include Colwood, the municipality he lives in, that he has represented since 1995, and that he is currently the mayor of. Whether he feels he lives close enough to the riding to claim a connection to the community, or whether he intends to move into our provincial riding, is not yet known. While Mr. Twa has been cagey with the media up until now on whether he intended to run for the BC Liberals in next year’s provincial election, his campaign website is already up and running.
– Steven Hurdle -
Steven Hurdle said
One thing that has not yet been made clear is whether the nomination was contested or not. Denise Blackwell’s presence at the meeting, and doing the introductions no less, is interesting as she has long professed to be a member of the NDP.
Herman said
As acting mayor for Langford, that is probably the capacity in which she was involved. Although she did seem incredibly chummy with Gordo.
It is rumoured that Jody moved up to the Bear Mountainous Estates months ago, in preperation for this event.
Considering that Langford has cozied up to the Federal and provincial Liberals in the past, it should come as no surprise that a heavy contingent of Langford councillors where there.
I wonder if they had a special permit, since it seemed that they were serving alcohol, and the event was being held in public, on the parking lot at Jacklin and Goldstream. But then again Gordo is not known to turn down a good glass of wine. Come to think of it, neither am I, regardless of the source. And the Appy’s looked pretty appetizing, so there was a large contingent of the usual faces.
I chose instead, to patronize a somewhat, sometimes green Canadian institution and had a coffee at Timmy’s.
Steven Hurdle said
I got the following email from Jody Twa. You learn something new every day.
“Hi Steven
I enjoy reading your posts. I have lived in Langford since June.”
Langford Newby said
I’ve noticed the first of the election signs going up on the highway and was wondering when His Nibs was going to order the bylaw enforcement people to rip them down. If it is illegal for me to put a sign on my own property, certainly it is the same for the local candidates to put a sign up on the Trans-Canada highway. Or is it really true that some people are more “equal” than others? As a fairly new resident, I’m just trying to understand how things work here in Langford. So far, I’m not impressed with how the rules are applied equally….. Can you say the word “favouritism”? I knew you could.
Herman said
In Langford, at least at the last election, campaign signs were permitted on private property only. And they had to come down after the election.
Addmitedly the enforcement for certain groups was a little erratic. And around here it does get confusing, even to councillors as to where is Langford, Colwood and feds. The highway is federal jurisdiction.
But it will be interesting to see if the rules are enforced equally. And election signs do come under some exemptions in the bylaw. At least so I remember from when I looked.