No thread yet about Joe Keithley for NDP Coquitlam - Burke Mountain?

Although Joe may have had some signups, there is a good local candidate, Chris Wilson, running against him who is gaining a lot of momentum and support from people who live in Coquitlam. Check out [url=http://www.chris4coquitlam.ca/] Chris Wilson's website [/url].

Oh ya, the hands, now that you point it out. Unfortunate. It's a poorly designed website that includes a link to a website designer based somewhere in southern Ontario - should have had that done locally. Don't know if that matters though.

It's interesting [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Keithley] he doesn't mention running twice as a candidate with the Green Party [/url] a few years back and why he's "returned" to the BC NDP. Some traditional NDPers don't like that, leaving the fold and joining another party and then when that didn't work out, come back and go straight into getting a nomination without doing any of the traditional constituency work. And coming in from Burnaby could prove very difficult for Keithley too. Local constituency activists can get a bit "perturbed" when an "outsider" sticks their nose into their neighbourhood. But I don't think this region hasn't had much success in electing provincial BC NDP candidates anyway. Coquitlam seems to lean towards electing civic and federal politicians who are members of the NDP.

I think Keithley's band has some name recognition, but when you look at the [url=http://142.31.218.147/kyed/kyed_phase1.php?ed=CQB] demographics of the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain constituency [/url], it would be hard to know if that has any resonance as I don't recall Coquitlam being a hotbed of punk rock. And that demographic isn't listed in the constituency profile! Maybe the fans in the band's heyday have moved there as adults to raise their families and fondly remember the good old days of mosh pitting (is there such a word???).

I'd look forward to reading opinions on his stage name, "Joey Shithead", and how you think that plays in current politics - is it a plus or a negative? In the entertainment world I think it's a huge positive - any attention is good in the entertainment world. But in politics? Does being so well known as Joey Shithead hurt or help?

Pretty wild accusation there kropotkin that I find kind of offensive buddy. I have nothing to do with any "central office" or anybody's campaigns. I'm not even a member of the NDP. I was posting nothing more than an opinion generated from conversation this weekend with family who happen to live in Coquitlam, combined with and a bit of research on the net. I have an interest in politics but rarely participate in any discussion forums as I find they can be very negative and full of insulting coments. It appears some posters have overly active imaginations stemming from very narrow viewpoints. As this thread appeared to be inviting and asking a question, I thought I'd throw in my two cents. Clearly, I was wrong.