My Brush With UCP Corruption

It's 9:30 on a Sunday night. I'm downstairs reading blogs, and Gerry is upstairs watching awful anime. Typical Sunday night really. Then there's a knock at the door.

"Hello", says Gerry.
"Hello, can I speak to Jeff Callaway?"
"I'm not sure who that is."

Hearing this, I join the conversation.

"Who are you looking for?"
"Jeff Callaway. I was told he lived here."
"A John Callaway used to live here, before I bought the place from his dad Barry Callaway. Barry owned both sides of the duplex, but he died a few years ago and his widow Cora sold the other half last year. I have no idea where John or Cora are now. Never heard of a Jeff though.
"Jeff is a UCP candidate, and this is listed as his address. You're saying he doesn't live here."
"Not even a little bit."

Since I haven't come all the way up the stairs, the mysterious stranger continues.

"Anyway, I'm with CTV News. Thanks for answering the door on a Sunday night."
"No problem."

Gerry and I exchange quizzical looks.

"He's not our UCP candidate, must be in another riding."
"Can they do that?"
"It's frowned upon, but sure - riding boundaries change and you can't expect your MLA to move every time that happens."
"I guess they can do that or pretend to live in the basement of their parent's retirement condo.

Excitement over, we all go back to what we were doing. Later, It dawned on me that CTV news wouldn't be hitting someone's house at this time of night for something the riding association could deal with during business hours unless it was urgent. So I looked him up.

Oh! He's that Jeff Callaway.

Aside: It bugs me that the corrupt, authoritarian, creeps are likely going to win on Tuesday. Do what you can to make that not happen folks.