Friday, May 18, 2007
Ron Lemieux Is Finished
I've been spending a lot of time the last week driving around the riding of La Verendrye. It's going to be one of the "close" ridings on Tuesday evening.
My impressions from the last week is that PC challenger Bob Stefaniuk will win this riding quite handily. Stefaniuk signs outnumber signs for the NDP incumbant Ron Lemieux 2 to 1. If it's any indicator of how the candidates have fund-raised, it's a significant hurdle for Lemieux to clear.
On Saturday night I was out in La Broquerie for a friends wedding social. Most of the folks I spoke with expressed disappointment with the last four years of Gary Doer's reign. One local small-business person claimed that Lemieux has all but stopped showing his face in the riding.
Lemieux also has his to explain his record as Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. The abysmal job Lemieux has done on this file is highlighted by the emergency closure of the Portage la Prarie overpass which had become too unsafe to be used. Furthermore, the NDP proudly announced $4 billion for infrastructure which should have been done four years ago. Why didn't Lemieux push for this extra spending when he became the Minister in charge of this file?
History is working against Lemieux as well. La Verendrye went to the PC's for 26 years from 1973-1999 when Lemieux was elected. Before that, it had gone to the Liberals from 1932-1973. Will voters decide that this experiment has gone on long enough?
Change is in the air, all over rural Manitoba, and Ron Lemieux is going to be just one of several NDP casualties on Tuesday.
D.J. McGuire over at The Shotgun points out some significant flaws in the most recent Probe poll. The first thing that jumps out is that the Liberals have 16% support provincially. If the Liberals could pull down 16% on Tuesday, Jon Gerrard would be extremely pleased, but it just ain't gonna happen.
Probe is way out of line with this poll. Tuesday night will probably come down to the wire. With the long weekend on the horizon, people will have one last chance to get away and see what's happened to Manitoba's roads, lakes and parks under the reign of Gary Doer and the NDP. Hopefully they remember that on election day.
My impressions from the last week is that PC challenger Bob Stefaniuk will win this riding quite handily. Stefaniuk signs outnumber signs for the NDP incumbant Ron Lemieux 2 to 1. If it's any indicator of how the candidates have fund-raised, it's a significant hurdle for Lemieux to clear.
On Saturday night I was out in La Broquerie for a friends wedding social. Most of the folks I spoke with expressed disappointment with the last four years of Gary Doer's reign. One local small-business person claimed that Lemieux has all but stopped showing his face in the riding.
Lemieux also has his to explain his record as Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. The abysmal job Lemieux has done on this file is highlighted by the emergency closure of the Portage la Prarie overpass which had become too unsafe to be used. Furthermore, the NDP proudly announced $4 billion for infrastructure which should have been done four years ago. Why didn't Lemieux push for this extra spending when he became the Minister in charge of this file?
History is working against Lemieux as well. La Verendrye went to the PC's for 26 years from 1973-1999 when Lemieux was elected. Before that, it had gone to the Liberals from 1932-1973. Will voters decide that this experiment has gone on long enough?
Change is in the air, all over rural Manitoba, and Ron Lemieux is going to be just one of several NDP casualties on Tuesday.
D.J. McGuire over at The Shotgun points out some significant flaws in the most recent Probe poll. The first thing that jumps out is that the Liberals have 16% support provincially. If the Liberals could pull down 16% on Tuesday, Jon Gerrard would be extremely pleased, but it just ain't gonna happen.
Probe is way out of line with this poll. Tuesday night will probably come down to the wire. With the long weekend on the horizon, people will have one last chance to get away and see what's happened to Manitoba's roads, lakes and parks under the reign of Gary Doer and the NDP. Hopefully they remember that on election day.
Labels: Bob Stefaniuk, Fun With Polls, Gary Doer, Jon Gerrard, Liberal Party, Manitoba, NDP
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Yeah yeah... four more years of deteriorating infrastructure, and higher taxes... so lets all celebrate.
Wow, looks like this site is sponsored by the PC Wanna Be's..... Cause all its doing is trying to trash both Ron Lemieux and the NDP Government. Much like the campaign. We DO NOT WANNA HEAR what the ndp have not done. Rather look at what they have done in their reign. More specifically, Lemieux has done a great job, and has accomplished alot for his riding, and that single handidly is why he has been re elected for the Laverendrye riding.
He has paved highway 75 which if anyone who has travelled it would know was quite a disaster before hand, and speaking of disasters, does anyone remember how the water in St Adolph was before Mr Lemieux has pushed to have the water line installed. Let us not forget he is also responsible for the twinning of Hwy 59.
These are just a couple things he has done. I think you should really look into what you are saying before you go ahead and smack people down.....
He has paved highway 75 which if anyone who has travelled it would know was quite a disaster before hand, and speaking of disasters, does anyone remember how the water in St Adolph was before Mr Lemieux has pushed to have the water line installed. Let us not forget he is also responsible for the twinning of Hwy 59.
These are just a couple things he has done. I think you should really look into what you are saying before you go ahead and smack people down.....
Looks like you are a loser, who cant get over the jets, That would explain this NDP Hatred....Hey if lemieux said that he would bring back the jets you would most likely vote for him wouldn't you. Get over it. Grow Up. Get A New Hat
Sure Lemieux did a few things, but while he was busy paving new highways the others were going to shit.
And yes, I'm a loser who still loves the Jets. However, that has nothing to do with my hatred of the NDP. I'd hate the NDP if they promised to bring back the Jets too. Because if the NDP promised to do it, they'd do it with tax dollars, and the team would be an abysmal failure... like most things the NDP do.
And lay off the hat, man. Since that photo was taken, that has been signed by Andres Hedberg and Thomas Steen... two fine Winnipeg heroes.
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And yes, I'm a loser who still loves the Jets. However, that has nothing to do with my hatred of the NDP. I'd hate the NDP if they promised to bring back the Jets too. Because if the NDP promised to do it, they'd do it with tax dollars, and the team would be an abysmal failure... like most things the NDP do.
And lay off the hat, man. Since that photo was taken, that has been signed by Andres Hedberg and Thomas Steen... two fine Winnipeg heroes.
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