http://greenpolitics.ca A grassroots view of green politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/05/was-the-stv-referendum-set-up-to-fail/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/05/was-the-stv-referendum-set-up-to-fail/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 20:58:52 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=407 Although BC-STV nearly squeaked by in 2005, it went down in flames spectacularly this year. Despite the almost $750,000 spent and aided by a small army of volunteers, poor process, too many amateur cooks on the ‘Yes!’ side’s committees, a complicated voting system badly explained, and too-large electoral areas meant that BC-STV was practically doomed from the start. Could it have been deliberately set up to fail? Or was this just a case of hubris?]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/05/was-the-stv-referendum-set-up-to-fail/feed/ 8 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:19:33 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=207 Although philosopher George Santayana offered the sage advice to learn from history or repeat it, it seems that his message hasn’t yet reached the inner sanctum of the Green Party of BC. By parachuting herself into the recently-announced Victoria-Fairview byelection, leader Jane Sterk is making the same mistake as her predecessor.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/10/different-leader-same-mistake/feed/ 8