I don't give a rat's ass what Eric thinks about the amalgamation drive

...because he was dead against it last time, when a governance review was called by then-minister Ida Chong.

But obviously the Morning Star newspaper contacted the Vernon-Monashee MLA for a story, the first sentence in today's issue which states "Victoria will not dictate the future of Greater Vernon."

The inverse is also true.
We won't allow Victoria to dictate the future of Lesser Vernon...again.
Which is what Victoria did by ignoring calls for amalgamation last time.

Is it any wonder that people aren't contacting Eric?
He stated "I thought I would see a lot of letters...or emails to my office."  The Rolke article states "Foster would not speculate on why he has not been contacted by residents on possible amalgamation."

Gee, lemmee guess (... eyes return to first sentence...)

So let's end Eric's doe-eyed wonderment.
People haven't contacted his office because he was the hold-out last time the amalgamation issue was raised by residents and some elected officials.  There was a good chance it could have proceeded had Eric Foster NOT pooh-poohed the amalgamation concept among his colleagues in Victoria.

He is enamored and smitten--for reasons unknown--with the philosophy of regional districts.

Maybe it's because there are more meetings for him to attend.

Maybe he likes things moving in never-ending circles...if that can be called moving. 

"I have heard almost nothing," states our Member of the Legislative Assembly in the story.

Duh.
Ya think? 

Let's hope the new Minister in Victoria knows that Eric Foster can't be trusted by his constituents.

Welcome aboard, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development minister Coralee Oakes. 

"The new minister is from the Cariboo," offers Kia, adding "none of Eric's pontificating goes very far up there."