On continued attention

Broadcast News reports that while David Emerson won't face any punishment from the Ethics Commissioner, his constituents are only getting all the more eager for action:

Many more lawn signs calling for embattled Vancouver-Kingsway MP David Emerson to resign will soon be gracing Vancouver neighbourhoods.

Emerson joined the Tory cabinet only weeks after being re-elected as a Liberal -- prompting many Liberal voters to demand he resign and run in a by-election as a Tory.

Ethics commissioner Bernard Shapiro recently cleared Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Emerson of any wrong doing.

But Kevin Chalmers says requests for de-elect Emerson signs have increased five fold since Shapiro's ruling.

While I'm not surprised that the backlash hasn't gone away yet, it's still impressive to see it continuing to grow even as media coverage has been lessened over the past couple of weeks. And while it doesn't seem likely that Emerson will care any more about what his constituents think than he has over the past couple of months, it's looking all the more certain that Emerson will be in for an unpleasant surprise next time Vancouver-Kingsway goes to the polls.