Emerson, bringing people together!

You’ve gotta hand it to David Emerson (and Stephen Harper) – they sure have managed to bring people of differing political stripes together.

March 23 (Matthew Burrows, The Georgia Straight) Emerson Walk Planned

Conservative diehard Mike Watkins wants to thank much-maligned Vancouver Kingsway Conservative MP David Emerson for “bringing the people together”. Watkins spoke to the Straight from the Locus restaurant, where he was planning strategy with Shannon Steele, along with Liberal Kevin Chalmers—a former senior volunteer in Emerson’s 2004 and 2006 campaigns and now chair of the Campaign to De-Elect David Emerson.

“Here I am in a restaurant with Kevin,” Watkins said. “Two weeks ago we’d have been at each other’s throats. Now I kind of like the guy. David Emerson is bringing the people together.”

Watkins invited those angry over Emerson’s defection to the Conservatives to walk for democracy next Sunday (April 2). The two-kilometre walk begins at 1 p.m. at Kingcrest Park at Knight Street on 26th Avenue.

Thursday evening the Real Democracy group held another planning session as we fine tune the Walk for Democracy. Now at T-8 days and counting, the Walk n Rally is going to be exciting… we can feel it.