A trip down memory lane鈥�

On Dec. 15, 2020 we told you how then-mayor Doug McCallum stacked his four standing committees with Safe 性视界传媒 Coalition councillors, appointing them to the positions of chairperson or vice-chairperson with rival slate councillors exiled.

Then-councillor Brenda Locke, of 性视界传媒 Connect, made noise about McCallum not wanting to hear from anybody in opposition to him.

In this spot, on July 24, 2019, we took a poke at McCallum planting his Interim Police Transitory Advisory Committee 鈥� with which he controversially replaced the long-standing Public Safety Committee the week prior 鈥� with an exclusive crop of his yes-people, then-councillors Laurie Guerra, Doug Elford, Mandeep Nagra, Allison Patton, and of course, himself.

Shut out were former political allies Jack Hundial, Steven Pettigrew, Locke, and sole 性视界传媒 First councillor Linda Annis.

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After Locke replaced McCallum in the mayor鈥檚 chair, she declared she 鈥渨ill not be anywhere close to what Doug McCallum is, it鈥檚 not my style. It鈥檚 not who I am, I can鈥檛 be somebody I鈥檓 not.鈥�

For his part, Elford said, 鈥淲e鈥檒l wait and see on that.鈥�

And here Elford is today, on the outside looking in.

With the exception of 性视界传媒 First councillor Mike Bose, a farmer, having been appointed chairman of 性视界传媒鈥檚 Agricultural and Food Policy Committee 鈥� the obvious and clever choice 鈥� 性视界传媒 Connect鈥檚 firm grip on 15 of 16 appointments to 性视界传媒鈥檚 Select Committees of Council supports the notion that in politics the more things change, the more they stay the same.

It comes as some surprise that 性视界传媒 First councillor Linda Annis 鈥� who topped the polls with 35,222 votes and has been CEO of Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers since 2004 鈥� was not appointed at least vice-chairwoman of the Public Safety Committee, given the experience she certainly could bring to that table.

鈥� Now-Leader