One NPA director steps down, another sparks online anger, and the mayor is sued for defamation.
Melanie Green is a Tyee contributor. She has worked as an associate producer for the CBC and a reporter for the Star Vancouver. SHARES NPA board member Wes Mussio is among those suing the mayor for defamation. On Monday, he caught fire for tweeting he was in Florida and ‘heading to Tampa Bay for the start of Super Bowl party week’ amidst the pandemic.
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The past two weeks have been eventful for the Non-Partisan Association.
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The mayor of Vancouver has been accused of engaging in hate speech against his opposition for political gain .
That s one of several allegations in a notice of civil claim filed today against Kennedy Stewart and the City of Vancouver filed in B.C. Supreme Court.
Seven NPA directors David Mawhinney, Christopher Wilson, David Pasin, Phyllis Tang, Angelo Isidorou, Federico Fuoco, and Wesley Mussio also alleged that Stewart uses his office resources for patrician attacks on the NPA Board .
Moreover, they claim that the mayor wrongly stated on January 28 that there were troubling reports of extremism within the NPA board and that NPA board members showed open support for hate groups .
Recent appointees add to the number of party directors who’ve espoused far-right views.
Melanie Green is a Vancouver-based journalist who has worked as an associate producer for the CBC and a reporter for the Star Vancouver. SHARES Current Non-Partisan Association board member Angelo Isidorou in 2017, flashing a symbol favoured by hate groups and wearing a Trump supporter’s hat at a protest against Trump at Jack Poole Plaza that happened the same day as the Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver opened.
Photo by Jennifer Gauthier.
Photos taken in 2017 show Angelo Isidorou, now a director of the Non-Partisan Association municipal party in Vancouver, wearing a MAGA hat and using a symbol widely considered to mean “white power.”