Editor: Re: Schedule not that crowded, Murphy's Law, Sept. 18 I have been involved in politics since 1986 at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. I have been on both sides of the fence in both asking and answering questions at these allcandidates meetings. One thing I learned very early on is that an all-candidates meeting has only one purpose and that purpose is to embarrass and attack the incumbent no matter who he or she is and regardless of political stripe.
In the all-candidates meetings I attended, I never once met a truly undecided voter except at municipal all-candidates meetings. Those that attend these things are all partisan so why would Kerry-Lynne Findlay completely waste her time by attending?
Be honest with yourself and which would you choose: to attend a function at which you at least stand a chance of picking up some votes or one which you have zero chance of picking up any votes?
Curtis MacDonald
