Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1982-11-10
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note: V^i.v, ■*«.J.l-J»Jmmmm9ammmmwamM Legislative iA&^y Farliananv StfoJA^P '« Victoria B C VSV itk &pg These are jean times, candidates agree By IAN CAMEHON MURRAYVILLE - It was never an easy job to hold public office. But then, it wasn't meant to be. If you thinkyou are good enough to look after the affairs of your fellow man, you better be able to prove it. What makes a politician run? Ambition? Greed? Altruism? Or is he or she simply a masochist or perhaps an overt exhibitionist? tt is hard to say. There axe probably these many reasons and then some.. During the best of times a multitude of candidates usually step' forward whenever, an election is called. But it is when times are tough that the voters really get,to separate the men, frpm the boys (arid"- flje.: determined ladies from the more indecisive maidens). '..:.. }■■,,..■■ FYee-wheeling spending has: finally caught up with pur society" and the astute politician (and, would-be politician) today knows the tune he or she is expected to play. Restraint is the refrain. ,' .Automatically this weeds out the men and women who get their kicks from placing themselves in the public limelight ' during periods of boom when the job of a politician is a relatively easy one, When it is a time of cocktail parties, ribbon cuttings, ;jhd minor public glory. f> today public affairs are certainly more difficult to i Aldeigrove Soccer -Association hosted Seattle during Sunday's ♦xchange. The annual evitot drew & an**e. boy* a«fet many spectators despite the-eoM to demonstrate their skill and ^ jportsmanshli Therefore fewer people want the job. You could probably say that . political candidates in 1982 are either more dedicated or - simply fools. Let's hope for the former to be the case. Elections '82 are certainly less exciting than previous years, but at the same time perhaps more interesting. They should definitely not be "discarded as unimportant by the voters. In Langley district the rate- avers will go to the polls next aturda…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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