Ken Sim, The Once and Forever Saviour | Part 1
Forever Cagey Peter Armstrong Chooses NPA Mayoral Hopeful
Results of the Non-Partisan Association Mayoral nominee contest …
1. Ken Sim: 977 votes;
2. John Coupar: 602 votes;
3. Glen Chernen: 379 votes.
There were 2 spoiled ballots.
Novice political candidate Ken Sim chosen as 2018 NPA Mayoral candidate
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5th, VanRamblings will explain what the sub-headlines above mean for the Vancouver Non-Partisan Association, for Vancouver’s progressive parties, and for the voters of Vancouver.
On Tuesday, at the top of the column, we’ll also run newly-chosen Non-Partisan Association Mayoralty candidate Ken Sim’s victory speech.
Today, we’ll post the speeches for the three candidates vying for the Vancouver Non-Partisan Association Mayoral nomination. Order selected alphabetically, by surname, first up: Glen Chernen, who while dressed to the nines gave one of the best speeches we’ve ever heard him give. Not good enough for a victory, nor anything close to it, garnering only 20% of the nearly 2,000 votes cast, chances are Mr. Chernen will get to be the disruptor he wants to be as a Non-Partisan Association candidate for Vancouver City Council, where he’ll shake things in his inimitable fashion.
Introduced by NPA Board of Directors President, Gregory Baker …
3. Glen Chernen ask NPA party members to select him as their Mayoral nominee
Next up was the Vancouver Non-Partisan Association establishment candidate — not necessarily a bad thing, Mr. Coupar our favourite of the three NPA nomination Mayoral nominees, and the only one who spoke about affordable housing, the homeless, a culture policy for the city and support for the arts, and continuing the progressive initiatives undertaken by the current civic administration, while returning services to the people for which monies were either cut or eliminated, as a class issue of prominence for all persons of conscience, proper funding of renewal of our community centres, construction of pools, and ensuring more park space.
VanRamblings apologizes for the shaky camera work in the John Coupar video below. We’ll acquire a tripod soon to ensure steadier recordings of the 2018 municipal candidates for Vancouver civic office, going forward …
John Coupar seeks support from NPA members to become party’s Mayoral nominee
And here he is, the successful, winning candidate for the Vancouver Non-Partisan Association mantle for the party’s 2018 Mayoral nominee, Ken Sim, a novice candidate for political office, but an astute businessman, family man, life long Vancouver resident, who by this time next month will emerge as the single most-informed candidate for Mayor ever, after a series of tutoring sessions by 2014’s NPA Mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe, current Park Board Commissioners and in both cases likely Vancouver City Council candidates, John Coupar and Sarah Kirby-Yung, and a raft of NPA electeds and veteran party political politicos, who will turn Ken Sim into the winningest NPA candidate for Mayor this century.
Businessman Ken Sim emerged as the NPA’s 2018 Mayoral candidate, on June 3rd 2018
See ya back here tomorrow for analysis of what Mr. Sim’s win means.
