Editor:
Re: Councillor not certain he'll vacate seat, May 22
Welcome to B.C. politics: B.C. as in before common sense.
Not days after the election we have a newly elected MLA telling us he can represent his constituency/carry on his duties as an MLA as well as hold his seat on Delta council.
This is before Scott Hamilton has had a chance to even find out what his duties as an MLA are to be. Will he be a backbencher or a cabinet minister? Does his party even know who he is?
Is his work on council so minimal he can actually think this decision to be sound? Will his community be better served if he stays - let us say - for the Southlands decision (this is implied in the article)?
Should he put the community through the expense of a by-election? Will he recant his decision about his ability to handle both positions once the Southlands decision has been made?
Did he even consider any of this before the provincial election? Perhaps he was more prepared to lose than to win? One way or another a by-election would have been required.
Hamilton was elected to make sound decisions, so please make a sound decision.
Welcome to B.C. politics. It presents a lot of questions and, well, very few sound answers.
Peter van der Velden
