R Boatwell

Educating myself about #yyj politics. If I learn anything useful, I will pass it along.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

People have spoken & nearly 12,000 Victorians chose someone who proclaimed a sexual harasser the best thing that ever happened to #yyj to be mayor. Misogynists or just ignorant? Ok as long as it didn't happen to you, right? Elsner victims, sorry you had to see this. #victoriabc

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@YellowTaxi @Adam_Stirling @MacinnisWesley @VotingHelps People aren't as dumb as you think. Don't try to deflect the lies as sexism. That's hateful & you know it is. A feminist would think twice about voting for anyone who calls a sexual harrasser "the best thing ever". What kind of Mayor does that? #yyj #victoriabc #yyjpoli

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@yyjpolitics @BruceForMayor @VotingHelps @rhymeswreagan I had to resurrect a knocked down Stephen Hammond sign this morning. felt great to take a stand for truth, compassion and inclusion.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@timescolonist shocked at your failure to fully report @VotingHelps & @BarbDesjardins deception in Elsner case. @Adam_Stirling did. You had a chance to shine. You didn't. You had a moral obligation to readers. #yyj #victoriabc Google #MeToo Spoiler alert: Sexual harrassment=BAD.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@votinghelps supporters: One more time: With love and respect: You have been fooled. Please don't take that mistake to the polls tomorrow. #yyj #victoriabc #yyjpoli

[Adam Stirling 11am-3pm Weekdays @Adam_Stirling]

I’ve had a number of @cfax1070 listeners ask that we post a podcast my commentary on the need for a public inquiry regarding the VicPD former police chief saga.

You ask, we deliver.

I challenge any of you to listen and tell me I’m wrong. #yyj #bcpoli https://t.co/UtAjrmwN6o

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@JeremyLoveday @NoggettSidney @Olidiajane1 It is complex, but I'd pare it down to this: If you were told of multiple sexual harrassment allegations against someone and then a reporter asked you about that person, would you say they're the best thing that's ever happened to #victoriabc ? For me at least, that would help.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@votinghelps supporters: I'm telling you, with love and respect: You've been fooled. Bamboozled. Please don't take that mistake to the #yyj polls tomorrow. https://t.co/LC8taokjhs

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

Question for #yyj voters: How do you think the women who Elsner harassed felt when they heard @VotingHelps later telling the media that he was the best thing that ever happened to #VictoriaBC ? They were already disempowered enough. She knew. Mayor should apologize to all women.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

#truthwillalwaysprevail Listen to the words, not the tattoo. #yyj #VictoriaBC

[Adam Stirling 11am-3pm Weekdays @Adam_Stirling]

@YellowTaxi @BoatwellR @MacinnisWesley @VotingHelps To be clear, both of these mayors did make false public claims to us about this report and its contents.

Desjardins said “there was no relationship” —- false. There was.

Helps said “there was no new information in that letter” — false.

These are irrefutable facts.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@Adam_Stirling I want to believe that @votinghelps supporters will look at the facts and see the truth, not just act like Trump followers who stay loyal no matter what their candidate does. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. #yyj #VictoriaBC

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

#yyj election began with @VotingHelps trying to divide us and bully council on John A McDonald statue, which set back the fragile reconciliation process and stoked anger. We need a mayor who will unite us, who puts others first. Vote with your conscience. #VictoriaBC #yyjpoli

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@AnalyseVic @rhymeswreagan @lisahelps From where I sit, Stephen Hammond is the only reasonable choice. He seems like a decent human being and not just someone playing politics for his own ego's sake.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@Adam_Stirling So is @MacinnisWesley saying a lawyer forced @votinghelps to tell the media that Elsner was the best thing that ever happened to #victoriabc even though she knew about his sexual harrassment? I would be curious to see what the exact legal rationale was there.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

Trump-style politics has no place in #victoriabc . #yyj deserves better.

[Stephen Andrew @Stephen_Andrew]

@Adam_Stirling It is a political smear. They should be ashamed of themselves #yyjpoli

[Adam Stirling 11am-3pm Weekdays @Adam_Stirling]

There’s another call for a public inquiry. If the Office if the Police Complaint Commissioner says an inquiry is the only way we can truly know who is telling us the truth, I say we do it.

Public confidence in the OPCC has been undermined. Justice demands it be restored.

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

Absolutely. #yyj councillors, speak up. @VotingHelps is not a dictator who can't be questioned. You have a voice. Use it for something good. #victoriabc #yyjpoli

[Stephen Andrew @Stephen_Andrew]

@Adam_Stirling Yes. But I am also pointing out the silence on council. They need to get involved and demand accountability. Council has a role to play here - so far they pretend it is not their issue

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

#victoriabc please listen to this. 42 minutes of truth. #yyj

[Adam Stirling 11am-3pm Weekdays @Adam_Stirling]

I’ve had a number of @cfax1070 listeners ask that we post a podcast my commentary on the need for a public inquiry regarding the VicPD former police chief saga.

You ask, we deliver.

I challenge any of you to listen and tell me I’m wrong. #yyj #bcpoli https://t.co/UtAjrmwN6o

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

Respect to Bruce, but Stephen Hammond seems to me like our best chance of escaping the hateful, divisive Trump-style politics of the past 4 years. #yyj #victoriabc

[Greater YYJ Politics @yyjpolitics]

.Who will be Victoria’s winner on Saturday? @BruceForMayor @votinghelps or https://t.co/lbyGZCkKpN Hammond? Victorians don’t seem to want Saanich resident @rhymeswreagan as their mayor - his signs only seen on public property. #yyjpoli

[R Boatwell @BoatwellR]

@Adam_Stirling Are you suggesting that @VotingHelps dispatching minions to smear you and @cfax1070 wasn't a great strategy? But she has that tattoo - she must be telling the truth.