Two days ago I detailed 3rd party advertising done on behalf of Wendy Yuan, Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Kingsway.

Today there's a similar story in The Tyee covering a number of groups - all sharing the same address - who registered as 3rd parties in support of Conservative Garry Lunn who had been facing a formidable battle to keep his seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands.

The groups are Common Sense Advocacy of Victoria, the Dean Park Advocacy Association, the Economic Advisory Council of Saanich and the Saanich Peninsula Citizens Council. Their respective contacts are Donna Evans, Ralph Bodine, Patricia Trottier and Dana Dickinson.

Interestingly, all four share the same address, 800-1070 Douglas Street in downtown Victoria, the office of the law firm Crease Harman and Company. They also share the same phone number. The receptionist said she'd never heard of Evans, Bodine, Trottier or Dickinson. Andrew Macleod, Oct. 15 2008 The Tyee

One wonders if any of those groups paid for auto dialing services. One also wonders how effective third party election advertising restrictions really are.