Campaign sign shot at

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer - Castanet

Sunshine Cafe owner, John Micka points to a hole in his window, believed to have been caused by a BB gun.

RDOS candidate Joel Malcolm said he is concerned after a window with one of his campaign signs appeared to be shot at.

Malcolm, of Oliver, learned Wednesday morning from John Micka, owner of the Sunshine Cafe, that the front window of the cafe had been shot at with what appears to be a BB Gun Tuesday night.

Micka made the discovery when he got to work Wednesday.

"It is concerning," said Malcolm. "I have no idea why someone would do it. Perhaps my political views incensed someone."

Malcolm, 48, has lived most of his life in Oliver, and first ran for the regional district three years ago. Nothing happened then.

He decided to run again, because he is kind of anti establishment and feels the RDOS is being citified. He was particularly upset about the recent highway road sign issue.

He put five campaign signs out in recent weeks and says one was knocked over at Road 1. People thought it could have been the wind, but it was attached to a barrel so seems suspicious.

There are no plans to take the matter to the RCMP at this time, because they don't know who did it and there was no surveillance.

Malcolm said he hopes this is the end of this and it will not stop him running for the RDOS.

Micka, who owns the cafe in the building owned by Malcolm, said nothing like this has happened before, and there have been other campaign signs in the window.

He now has to pay to get the window fixed.

" I was shocked to see something like this happen in Oliver and then concerned because of the cost of the window replacement," he said.