Penticton: struggling to attract families?

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Believe it was Ivan Messmer who lost the mayor's chair so went into provincial politics( needed a job) but the Socreds had just one riding in the area so they gerry mandered another riding to give Ivan a short lived seat in the legislature. Got punted when the NDP came in and resurrected the old riding boundaries...

Ashton, Albas, recent examples without much of a track record in the private sector.
Not sure what Saheed did before but likely could not find something comparable in Penticton, but politics has a pretty good pay packet with benefits.
Personally, digressing again,... but perhaps politicians should have a maximum of sitting for two or maybe three, election periods.

I don't know what's worse, your trashing the dead or your ignorance of facts. First, Ivan didn't lose the Mayors chair. He chose to move on to Provincial politics where he served with distinction as the Solicitor General. He is recognized as probably the best mayor Penticton ever had. Short lived seat in the Legislature???? He served five years. And the NDP gov't that followed him got what......trashed down to two seats. You miss that obvious point in history.
As far as Ashton and Albas........if you see no record of them being in the private sector prior to their election to Local Council, please do point it out. They were both self employed business men that signed the front of their own pay cheques. To me that is the verifiable definition of private sector experience. Like em or not, can you claim the same or is making crap up up in the hopes that no one will notice will aid your left wing agenda ?