Editor,
I find Todd Hamilton's recent attack ads on Jennifer Rice, disguised as editorials, offensive.
When Ms. Rice ran for Council she came in third, beating out two incumbents and when she ran for the NDP nomination she beat her competition by a wide margin. Clearly Ms.Rice has a large following because of her tireless campaigning on environmental issues.
Perhaps Mr. Hamilton would rather support the only view the Northern View has, which is right leaning. Perhaps he is defending his employer's bid to develop a refinery in Kitimat, by attacking a local environmentalist. Regardless, there is no place in a community newspaper for such vitriolic attacks on an individual.
It's the negative campaigns led by the Harper Conservatives that have turned a lot of people off politics and have made decent people reluctant to run for public office. It's time Mr. Hamilton backed off and provided a more balanced view of local politics in the spirit of democracy.
Attack policies or political parties, not people!
Alora S. Griffin