Dipperspam and Pics from the Layton Rally

Not counting the newsletter that I got from Linda Duncan a few weeks ago (which is justifiably considered as legitimate MP-constituent communication materials), I have until today only received spam-like 10%-ers from the Conservatives and Liberals.

There’s a few notable differences with this new Dipperspam though.

1. It’s from MY MP and not some random person several hundred to thousand kilometres away.
2. It’s a third of a page (of cardstock) rather than a full page.
3. It leaves a quarter of the total space available to comments (as opposed to one or two lines in a corner).
4. The address goes to Linda’s office here in Edmonton-Strathcona rather than some dark office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

So here it is:

And now for some pictures from the joint Edmonton East/Centre federal riding nominations where Ray Martin and Lewis Cardinall were acclaimed with Jack Layton present.

Highlights of the night:

• Linda Duncan likes my shoes (essentially these:)



• I didn’t realize Lewis Cardinall’s brother Lorne was Davis from Corner Gas
• Jack Layton, Lewis and Lorne Cardinall, Linda Duncan, Brian Mason and a host of Dippers crashed Avenue Pizza near campus for beers. It’s great when I can go to the same bar with work, school, and politics.
• Jack Layton randomly talked to just about everyone in the entire bar. Now that’s connecting with “Joe Six-Pack.”