The Lethbridge Herald has published the story, Neudorf recall mystery deepens, which details the story of a mysterious man who claims he got a call from Neudorf’s office to take the paperwork to willing canvassers for the petition.1
Shortly after 8 a.m., said Apperloo, a man walked in carrying a stack of papers. The man said he was “Mike” and apologized for being late, adding that he came from the west side.
According to legislation, canvassers involved in a provincial recall campaign must have lived in the electoral division for a minimum of three months prior to volunteering.
At the time, however, Apperloo didn’t think anything of it and proceeded to fill out an application.
While she was doing that, Phillips walked into the restaurant and introduced herself to Mike. She had experience with the Forever Canadian petition and had some questions for Mike, including who Ryan Tanner was.
Phillips told the Herald that Mike claimed he didn’t know who Ryan Tanner was, or how a recall petition worked.
There are so many red flags in this story that I’m still in disbelief that we have all the details.
After Phillips left, Apperloo had a brief conversation with Mike, who admitted he was unfamiliar with the recall process.
“I said I was kind of surprised there weren’t more people here because I know people wanted to sign and then he says, ‘I don’t even really know what all of this is about.’”
Apperloo said she explained the process to him, then asked where he got the forms if he’d never met Tanner. Mike replied that he’d got them from Nathan Neudorf’s office.
“He said, ‘well, Sariah gave me a call’ and I said ‘Sariah, like Nathan Neudorf’s office manager?’ and he says, ‘yeah, she gave me a call to come bring these papers down to you.’”
Confused, Apperloo said she asked Mike why Neudorf would be in on his own recall, then had to further explain recalls to him.
Some friends of friends tell me they were there that morning and talked to the mysterious Mike.
“[He] was coincidentally at Timmy’s that morning and chatted with Barb Phillips. At some point, [he] talked with this ‘Mike’ and he did get his last name ‘Ritchie’.”
Who is this Mike Ritchie? I want to meet him because I’ve got questions!