User talk:Jennclamen

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Can you please explain why you removed three paragraphs of factual information from Raymond Cho?Homey 12:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Jennclamen wrote:"i understand the last three paragraphs to be damaging to raymond cho and his campaign and based in perception not in fact. the facts are not correct."

Which facts are not correct?

Here are the three paragraphs in question, sentence by sentence:

"He ran in the 2004 federal election as an independent candidate in Scarborough—Rouge River." This is a fact

"Cho called himself an "independent Liberal", and used the Liberal Party of Canada's red-and-white colours for his campaign materials. He was accused of trying to mislead voters by the official Liberal candidate, Derek Lee. Lee won the election, although Cho placed a respectable second with 6,692 votes 17.8% of the total), ahead of the candidates of the other two main parties, the Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party."

These are all facts.

"On August 13, 2004 The Toronto Star reported in a headline that "Cho misused funds, colleague charges Councillor accused of using city money for federal election campaign". In May, the month the federal election was called, reports showed that Mr. Cho expensed $21,156 in costs, which helped pay for a newsletter and fridge magnet that was sent to 22,000 households in his Scarborough-Rouge River ward. "

These are all facts

"In 2005, Cho expressed interest in being the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate in the Scarborough—Rouge River provincial by-election which was made necessary by the appointment of incumbent Liberal MPP Alvin Curling to a diplomatic position. However, the Liberal riding association used a clause of its constitution to declare Bas Balkissoon, City Councillor for Ward 41 (the part of Scarborough—Rouge River not represented by Cho), as its candidate without a contested nomination battle. Media reports suggest that this was done to exclude Cho as the provincial riding association was displeased with Cho's "independent Liberal" candidacy in the aforementioned federal election. Though the provincial and federal Liberal parties have overlapping memberships, they are separate entities and Cho could not simply be denied membership in the provincial party for offending the rules of the federal organization. "

These are also facts. Please tell me which fact, specifically, you are challenging and why?Homey 03:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)