Re: “Candidates face scrutiny from coalition crowd,” Oct. 17.
Normally I expect balanced reporting from the Courier, so I was more than surprised by Naoibh O’Connor’s lopsided reporting on the Oct. 15 candidates’ meeting hosted by the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods.
Vision councillor Andrea Reimer was given a large photo and 84 text lines to expand on her thoughts after the meeting, while most other participants were given barely a nod. The views of Green Party councillor Adriane Carr, whose responses to questions brought by far the most enthusiastic response from the full house, were covered off in a portion of one sentence. COPE’s candidate for mayor, Meena Wong, garnered one sentence in a three-page spread despite the high degree of interest she has generated.
I am very disappointed that your writer thought fit to tilt the article so heavily toward Reimer and her party, especially since that party already has outsize funding for doing their own publicity. Vision’s pious declaration that they really, really want the province to set campaign spending limits after this election reminds me of St. Augustine’s famous prayer, “Lord, give me chastity, but not yet!”
Joan Bunn,
Vancouver
