All Posts Tagged With: "2010 Municipal Election"

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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 [...]

26Jul2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

This week we learned that Kingston will not host the 2011 Memorial Cup, and that the city is making a bid to host the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.  We also got a sneak peak at our first Mayoral candidate, Greg Soucie, who describes himself as “a pot-smoking veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who hates [...]

14May2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Weekly Poll: Kingston’s Next Mayor

Kingstonist’s weekly poll is still in it’s infancy, and in an effort to see it flourish, we’ve been giving it a prime slot on Monday morning over the past couple of weeks.  We’ll keep on with the status quo for the time being, however we may eventually change things up once everyone gets into the [...]

3May2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 17 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

In just 10 days, Kingstonist will be celebrating two years of rocking blogging in the free world.  I’m really getting pumped up for the big day, as we kind of dropped the ball on building up to, and properly celebrating last year’s milestone.  It’s not as though Kingstonist needs to walk down a [...]

19Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Taxing Times

I have a confession: I love budget season at city hall.  Sickening, isn’t it?
The  draft 2010 budget was released over the weekend at city hall, two weeks ahead of when budget meetings will actually commence. (I should clarify that the entire budget was not released on the city’s website — the staff reports with high-level [...]

16Nov2009 | Jordan Press | 2 comments | Continued
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Thoughts of the Ballot Box

Remember, remember the eighth of November…
In one year’s time, on Nov. 8, 2010, voters in this city will cast a ballot that will shape the next four years of Kingston’s evolution. Many council members will by now be considering whether to seek re-election, but may not declare for months. Indeed, some have already decided whether [...]

9Nov2009 | Jordan Press | 2 comments | Continued