Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Neville's Nemesis
Trevor Kennerd announced yesterday that he will be seeking the Conservative nomination for Winnipeg South-Centre (h/t). Winnipeg South-Centre is, of course, the riding of Liberal MP Anita Neville.
Kennerd has several things going for him from the start. Most obviously is his fame in Winnipeg. Kennerd won three Grey Cups with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, during the club's golden years (we used to win championships); including kicking the game winning field-goal in the 1988 Grey Cup.
Kennerd, who has been running a marketing and communications company since retiring from football, would seem to be a natural for politics (link). He's also been a resident of the riding for 26 years, since moving here from Edmonton.
The Winnipeg South-Centre riding has been dominated by the Liberals since the beginning of time, or so it seems. The 2006 election was close in the riding, with Anita Neville winning by less than 8% over Conservative contender Michael Richards (not the racist actor from Seinfeld). Kennerd is more of a working middle class type guy than Michael Richards was. That will resonate more closely with the riding than Richards' slick-city-lawyer personality.
Also working for Kennerd, is the fact that Anita Neville has gotten on the wrong side of constituents of late. She's taken a head-in-sand approach to crime, in a riding with crime problems. She also abstained from voting on a Liberal motion to take business away from Manitoba.
Kennerd even talked about crime at the announcement, something that Anita Neville thinks is, well, criminal. Kennerd acknowldeged a crime problem in the riding, "As a frequent victim of crime, the property crime in the riding is really out of sight." As of posting, there is still no word on when Anita Apology will demand that Kennerd not sully Winnipeg's reputation with such vial accusations.
Kennerd will win the riding, and quite handily I suspect. Anita Apology will go the way of all the other old-tyme Liberals. And good luck to whoever the NDP nominates.
Kennerd has several things going for him from the start. Most obviously is his fame in Winnipeg. Kennerd won three Grey Cups with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, during the club's golden years (we used to win championships); including kicking the game winning field-goal in the 1988 Grey Cup.
Kennerd, who has been running a marketing and communications company since retiring from football, would seem to be a natural for politics (link). He's also been a resident of the riding for 26 years, since moving here from Edmonton.
The Winnipeg South-Centre riding has been dominated by the Liberals since the beginning of time, or so it seems. The 2006 election was close in the riding, with Anita Neville winning by less than 8% over Conservative contender Michael Richards (not the racist actor from Seinfeld). Kennerd is more of a working middle class type guy than Michael Richards was. That will resonate more closely with the riding than Richards' slick-city-lawyer personality.
Also working for Kennerd, is the fact that Anita Neville has gotten on the wrong side of constituents of late. She's taken a head-in-sand approach to crime, in a riding with crime problems. She also abstained from voting on a Liberal motion to take business away from Manitoba.
Kennerd even talked about crime at the announcement, something that Anita Neville thinks is, well, criminal. Kennerd acknowldeged a crime problem in the riding, "As a frequent victim of crime, the property crime in the riding is really out of sight." As of posting, there is still no word on when Anita Apology will demand that Kennerd not sully Winnipeg's reputation with such vial accusations.
Kennerd will win the riding, and quite handily I suspect. Anita Apology will go the way of all the other old-tyme Liberals. And good luck to whoever the NDP nominates.
Labels: Anita Neville, Blue Bombers, Conservative Party, politics
