New West voters bite into local burger poll

New West voters and candidates were really sinking their teeth into the election campaign during the final full weekend of campaigning.

Burger Heaven is carrying on its longstanding tradition of offering a (b)unofficial burger poll for the civic election. If the burger poll is any indication, it could be a tight race for the New Westminster mayor’s chair.

“Wayne Wright had taken a huge lead right from the beginning. Over the past three to four days, Cote is making a strong comeback,” Chris Geib, the restaurant’s general manager, told The Record late Friday afternoon. “As it stands right now, it is basically a tie between Cote and Wayne Wright.”

The tie had disappeared by Monday morning, when the Cote burger took the lead with 294 votes, with the Wright burger just nine votes behind at 285.  Trailing behind were the Crosty burger at 73, the Krasnogor burger at 45 and the undecided burger at 96.

It would appear that some candidates needed a little sustenance on the campaign trail, as several candidates’ vehicles were seen outside the local eatery on the weekend and others tweeted photos of themselves dining at the restaurant at 77 10th St.

“We had a really phenomenal weekend,” Geib told The Record Monday morning. “It was head spinning.”

Geib said diners will be able to vote until the restaurant closes on Thursday, Nov. 14.