I cannot express how happy and proud I am that my friend, Greg Moore, won the Mayor’s chair in this past Saturday’s Port Coquitlam election. Greg is the most principally centred guy I know and as you can see from the photo, can have a bit of fun.
During the campaign, Greg was the victim of false, negative campaigning, similar to what I endured early in the process plus a co-ordinated phone bank calling residents repeating these false “facts”. But for Greg, this was worse as it was close to the end of the campaign. Many people felt the lies came from his main opponent, Mike Bowen, but that has yet to be confirmed. Greg overcame this hurdle with grace, class and using the truth.
At the victory party I spoke with a number of people who said they knew the phone calls and flyers were – and I am quoting a number of folks – “crap”. In fact, this led regular folks to get out into the community and share with neighbours and friends about how Greg would make a great Mayor. This is truly a making lemonade out of lemons story.
Greg will be quite a contrast to our soon to be former Mayor. Greg is personable, a caring family man, patient, a creative thinker and accessible to the public. I have no doubt Greg will lead the way to bringing pride and positive press back to Port Coquitlam.
While Greg is my buddy, I will also be keeping tabs on how well he progresses on on his “5 Keys to a Better Port Coquitlam” – his platform for the election. This was by far the most comprehensive document from a current or past Port Coquitlam candidate.
Way to go buddy.
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