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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Apr 1990, p. 6

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Kirkby - you’re Inez.l aatmmesyoureohunnit' . you failed on both counts. AFederalpanymrpointedtoBoblopimkiuthem who challenged Li membership; Lapinnki him]! Also Pokertsdit,,thoughitutnsetuthtulMartintinimrDoet Greeningalaoparticipated inthnchnllenges. - Paul Kellen w I . Editor's Note: The article mentioned by Mr. Kellen reported arHfieial tt_tyrtt-netotmeesdontltenightdtherdeugate selections. Unfortunately, repeated attempts by repute! Inn Kirkby to verify the numbers with local Libenh. including Mr, Kellam, were not saw]. Finally he dismisses the association executive. seeming to rewrite history in the process. “The 1tiiatSigttaepf, the local Liberal riding sssocistion to ensure W orth would be the candidate prior to the last federal election. They have maintained s grip on the executive of the riding association since”. Rally? Has he forgotten mItoetirtg in 1988 the fight between Steve end the executive over the holding of the nomination meeting, including arbitration procedures oonductedbytheoentrslpsrty?Andhowmuchreeesrch'didhe domdeterminethemske-upofthecumntexecutive?lf Kirkby had called through the list, he would have found I muchmorediverssumpthsnheimplissâ€"hitwhydo ,re.tyhi'th'"eu'"m'tuekur'tu"tieur-itto write? Kirkbyâ€"you'reluckgl‘mnotymeditotJu-thepuhlic aatrttmesyoureohunnit' 'airandaaamrt-irthinkthiitirne appear-statementaoffecttosupporthiebuhingoftheriding association. To quote, "Only the 12 people on that list (plus 1988 Liberal candidate Stephen Woodworth) will be sent to Calgary from Waterloo." In the most favourable interpretation of the error, Kirkby forgot about one other: myself on riding association Preeident. In I lean kind interpretation he conveniently leaves out any mention that Waterloo riding is one of the highest-represented riding: in Canada because of the two University Liberal club here, each lending 4 delegates to Calgary. Of theee 9 {women delegatee, 5 support Paul Martin (including myself), 3 support Jean Chretien, and l is undecided. Don't believe everything you read, reader says Last week's Chroniclecontninedtwolrticlechylanxirkby about the selection d dclcgntce in Waterloo to the National Liberal Leadership convention Both article: contained atnte ments that were irttmmset,iteomplete or simply misleading. A federal party worker pointed to Bob Lopincki " the man who challenged Liberal memberships. Lapinaki himself also took credit though it is true that local Martin organizer Don Greening also participated in the challenges. But it's in his opinion, column that the most ,ignifient errors Opinion Letters welcome "All a. with] new: in inKitdunml’dnyputitinthag Iii :i",' i "iii W - b _ .. fi " Bl itlN You Said It tlhmrdtsrtttiti*gtthtri-mtttmlltistttittuttttrs+ttiliittrttgltt g7, fae21t?yis1 2ht?yiSiA.,8., itvy FbthR/n’ Tat/ER Id Wane Witch "ruritmridmstt't'"m'qhtjr. loo, tttat tie the MIG ill “to 1et,lf1'l1tutflthat t,,th,cfte2et'.,t We LEAN/N6- Wag 3'5de Was-loo "Baiiigin- M time’- last . V, V n of '"ti". Lt tdttmt%'t,',t'

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