When it’s all over, close to a million dollars in cash and in-kind donations will have been spent on the Port of Vancouver commissioner race. How many school lunches could you buy for that much money? How many low-income housing units could you build? Yes, the fate of the proposed oil-by-rail terminal is crucial for Vancouver’s future. But a million dollars spent on a port commission race is obscene and an object lesson in how money has poisoned our politics.
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Letter: Money poisons politics
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