All Posts Tagged With: "2010 Municipal Election"
Weekly Poll: Prioritizing Captial Infrastructure Projects
I need you to think back to last October, during the lead up to the 2010 municipal election. At that time, candidates of all stripes were making the rounds, touting the necessity of this aquatic centre over that road expansion, and then there’s the ongoing saga to realize a third crossing over the Cataraqui River. [...]
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Weekly Poll: Grading the Mayor and City Council
Kingston’s newly elected Mayor and City Council officially took office last December, but what have they been up to over the past six months of their freshmen year? Unless you are a local political junkie, defeated or unseated candidate, chances are you are probably unaware of the decisions being made inside our scaffolding-clad City Hall. [...]
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Municipal Election Campaign Expenses
Thanks to the Municipal Election Act, all candidates are required to submit financial statements, which are then shared online for all to see. If you take a look at overall campaign expenses from our most recent Municipal Election, particularly under the total contributions and expenses headings, a staggering trend seems to emerge. Specifically, those who [...]
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The Results Are In
When the polling stations opened yesterday morning, there was no shortage of speculation and optimism about who would win Kingston’s Mayoral race, as well as the district contests for councillor, and school board trustee. Now, I’d be lying to you if I didn’t admit that I was considerably disappointed with the final tally for Mayor, [...]
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Friday Foto
Most Fridays, all I can think about is sticking a fork in yet another workweek, but to be honest, all I can focus on today is Monday. We’ve been building up to the municipal election for months, and through a series of polls as well as this week’s interview with Rob Matheson, I’ve really been [...]
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Six Questions for Rob Matheson
A month or so ago I had a grand vision of producing an election special that consisted of an interview with all six of the Mayoral candidates. I put the offer out there, on a several occasions, but only one candidate, Rob Matheson, jumped at the opportunity. It was actually kind of surprising how fast [...]
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Weekly Poll: Exercise Your Right
Ladies and gentlemen, Kingston’s 2010 municipal election is but one week away. Well, that’s not entirely true as ballots have already been cast thanks to advance polling that occurred on the 16th of October. You can rock the vote this week, on Wednesday, October 20th (10am to 8pm), or hold out until the final polling [...]
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Weekly Poll: Who Will Win?
Last May we ran a poll that asked who should become the next Mayor of the Limestone City. Based solely on the rumours of the day, we guessed as to who would be in the running, and sadly you’ll only see one of the names from our initial poll on the ballot later this month. [...]
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Community Soapbox: Election Signs
“Sign Sign everywhere a sign Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign” Obviously the citizens of Kingston can read the signs. They are being plastered around the city at a rate that matches a bad case of poison ivy or the chicken pox at a [...]
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Weekly Poll: A Defining Election Issue
In 2006, Kingston’s mayoral election was arguably fought and won over a single, campaign-defining issue. In one corner, the incumbent Harvey Rosen bet it all on the K-Rock Centre, while contender Rick Downes countered with a move to put the breaks on construction of Kingston’s multi-million dollar Large Venue Entertainment Centre. When the last ballot [...]
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