When James Ford first announced that he was running as an independent to challenge Tim Uppal, I said "kudos."  I think people should get involved, and stand up for what they thi

Anything that was wrong with a nomination process is entirely addressed by running as an independent and giving people a choice. They had a choice, they made that choice. They chose Uppal in a fair and democratic process.But Jim Ford has decided that the fight between himself and Tim Uppal isn't over. Jim's justifications for going on?

OK, in numerical list format. Here we go.

1. Uppal-Gate 2008 (The Finale)I am shocked that James Ford got over 30% of the vote in Edmonton-Sherwood Park. Shocked. My cynicism with regards to independent candidates in this country has been severely shaken.

Update: Duncan is in the lead in Edmonton-Strathcona. I'm pretty sure about the other two predictions, though.I made some predictions. Three were good. Two were not. First, the results from the election are outside the 95% certainty threshold. So no, Calgary Grit's projections were not close.Second, Jim Ford did a hell of a lot better than 15-20% in my riding of Edmonton-Sherwood Park.

This is my first attempt at using a bunch of technology. Never used this camera before, never used this video converter before, and I've never used the blogger video upload features before. We'll see how it all worked. Sorry it took so long.

Conservative party members in Edmonton-Sherwood Park accuse Tim Uppal of manipulating the nomination process, albeit in totally legal ways, to effectively steal the Conservative nomination in Edmonton-Sherwood Park. For all the stories on Uppal-Gate up until now, click here.