Response to the letter to the editor, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, entitled, “Liberals absent from fair.”
K. Blake Newton states, “Going to a fair meant that politics was one of the last things on my mind.” The local Shuswap Riding Association of the B.C. Liberals agrees. This is why we have never had a booth. Granted the American way of a political hopeful, shaking hands and kissing babies will continue at most fairs. However, it is our belief that the Salmon Arm Fall Fair should not be about politics.
As for Newton talking to the other parties and being convinced that an opponent is not the one to support; it would be quite a surprise if they said the opposite. Then Newton gives the personal opinion “from my perspective.” We want to be clear on our perspective, fairs should not be political grandstands, on the fairgrounds, or after in letters to the editor.
Brian Cowan