Pubdate: Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 The Abbotsford Times
Contact:  http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1009
Author: Rafe Arnott
Bookmark: http://mapinc.org/people/Tim+Felger
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

FELGER TAKING PEACE PIPE PITCH TO TONIGHT'S FORUM

Tim Felger said running for political office is a brutal business and 
doesn't envy anyone in the job - citing scars from past elections - 
but doesn't think he has a choice in pursuing it.

"I was attacked pretty seriously, and there were threats on my life 
[in my last campaign], so people are really at me."

"Some of the Christian Taliban, as I call them, were really at me. 
It's very discouraging to do this, I don't wish this on anybody."

Felger has been running for office for years, and said his "peace 
pipe" campaign came about partially because he still had signage from 
a previous municipal run.

He called it his "campaign in a box."

"It is funny, and it is still relevant . . . it is still time to 
smoke the peace pipe and move on to bigger problems that we have in B.C."

With no real pressure on his free time, and his financial situation 
taken care of thanks to a history of savvy business dealings, Felger 
said he is still committed to getting the word about legalizing 
marijuana out to the public.

Felger will be joined tonight at an all-candidates' meeting for 
Abbotsford South by NDP candidate Bonnie Rai, Liberal incumbent John 
van Dongen, Gurcharan Dhaliwal from the B.C. Conservatives and Green 
Party frontman Daniel Bryce at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.

The 2*-hour forum gets underway at 7 p.m.
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