Last issue, as you may recall, our mailing contained extensive coverage of Freedom Party's opposition to the principle of London's bid to host the 1991 Pan-Am Games via the ever-expedient method of taxation. Since then, so much has transpired on the issue that there simply isn't room within the confines of Freedom Flyer to adequately cover the issue. The enclosed newsletters however, will more than suffice.
Here then, is a chronological re-cap of our progress on the issue, up to the end of 1984:
By year's end, Freedom Party received over 500 documented responses, including dozens of offers of volunteer support, over $1200 in donations, and over 110 letters to the editor of the London Free Press published in support of our cause.
Significantly, it must be stressed that unlike most political issues, to which we are compelled to react, opposition to the tax-financing of Pan-Am 1991 was an issue created by Freedom Party --- an issue that would otherwise never have become embroiled in the controversy that presently exists.
 | Cartoon at left (Click on thumbnail to display full-size image) is from the pages of the London Free Press, a deliberate imitation of our own cartoon appearing on the cover of our No-Tax for Pan-Am booklet. That's our mayor fending us ("local opposition") off. |
 | This cartoon (Click on thumbnail to display full-size image) is from London Magazine and shows pro Games chairman Gordon Hume using Freedom Party Action Director Marc Emery as a javelin, in an evident attempt to dismiss his presence and get on with the games. Our apologies are extended to Mr. Hume for making the weight of local opposition a little heavier than he could bear. |
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last updated on April 30, 2002
