I was quite surprised to see the final results of the Nov. 7 Saskatchewan election, and the crushing blow that was dealt to Dwain Lingenfelter and the NDP. It immediately reminded me of a postcard a friend of mine once sent me from Kansas while he was custom harvesting in the heart of tornado country.
The card showed a Kansas farm family emerging from the root cellar after the tornado had passed. Everything is in shambles. The farmer says to his wife, who is in tears, “don’t worry Mama, we’ll have it all up and running in no time.”
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The demise of the NDP is the end result of a small concentration of political leaders who converged in the city of Regina and focused on their socialist principles while neglecting the rest of us in other parts of Saskatchewan, a trend that dates back to the early ’90s. Highways, schools and hospitals were beginning to look like the aftermath of the stereotypical Kansas tornado.
Then came the Saskatchewan Party, and a man named Brad Wall. And in no time at all, they had it all up and running again. Hopefully, it’ll run for some time to come.
John Hamon,Gravelbourg, Sask.
