Tensions in Pouce Coupe had boiled over after Danielle Veach hosted a \u0022Tea and Talk\u0022 campaign event at a local pizza place.
The 800-resident village has been “the subject of several political firestorms well out of proportion to its size,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ward K. Branch lamented in his ruling last week – one that tossed out former mayor Lorraine Michetti’s request to overturn the election results.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
Branch, the judge, was then left to decide whether the snacks ran afoul of electoral rules that specifically prohibit offering “incentives to an elector to vote or not to vote, or to vote for a particular candidate.”During a four-day hearing, witnesses, some of whom had attended the “Tea and Talk,” told the court that cinnamon rolls and coffee weren’t enough to influence their votes. One of them, Lisa Saffran, said she found the suggestion “totally ridiculous.
“Politics is a social activity, and social activity has historically always included food,” Arendt said. “And so whenever you’ve got community gatherings, food is a huge part of that. Since politics is so fundamentally about bringing people together in a community, it makes sense to me that you see food being brought in as well.”Article content
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