Kelowna.com Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | 11:15 am
Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd has confirmed that she will not be attending the Olympics as a guest of the B.C. Lottery Corporation or anyone else for that matter. The Lottery Corporation has offered free Olympics tickets to politicians from 20 communities where casinos or other gaming facilities operate. But Shepherd, who is away on holiday this week, said in an e-mail that she has not been offered tickets and would not take them if she had. “I have not received any tickets for the Olympics and would have questioned being given them,” she wrote, adding she likely would have sent her regrets had she been invited. “That is how I respond to any offers unless I have an official duty.” Shepherd went on to say that if she wanted to attend Olympic events, she would have bought tickets on her own. “My schedule is being booked into March and I have made no plans and will be making no plans to attend the Olympics or Paralympics, except to cheer on our Canadian and Kelowna athletes watching from home!!” she said.
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