There are 124 days left until the October 2017 municipal elections in Edmonton. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Edmonton’s municipal election for City Council: Alex McFarlane is running in Ward 5. Kirsten Goa and James Kowosan are running in Ward 8. Goa
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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Edmonton Election Update: 137 days to go.
Photo: Kris Andreychuk launches his campaign for city council in Ward 7. We are now 137 days away from the October 2017 municipal elections in Edmonton. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Edmonton’s municipal election for City Council, the Edmonton Public School Board and
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Moe Banga wins Edmonton’s Ward 12 by-election
How many votes does it take to win a 32-candidate by-election? 2,359 out of 13,279. Edmonton Police Detective and community volunteer Moe Banga was elected to Edmonton City Council with 18 percent of the vote in today’s Ward 12 by-election to …
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Let’s end the myth of partisan-free city council elections
We need to keep politics out of elections: That sums up recent comments made by Edmonton City Councillor Michael Oshry. The west Edmonton councillor has waded into the 32-candidate by-election race in southeast Edmonton’s Ward 12, questionin…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Twenty-one candidates now running in Edmonton’s Ward 12 by-election
There are now 21 candidates who have registered their intentions to run in Edmonton City Council’s Ward 12 by-election, which is scheduled to be held on Feb. 22, 2016. I am told with certainty that there are at least two or three… Continue Re…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Seventeen candidates now running in Edmonton’s Ward 12 by-election
With two months left until the official nomination date, 17 candidates have registered their intentions to run in a by-eleciton to fill the Ward 12 vacancy on Edmonton City Council. Triggered by the resignation of Amarjeet Sohi, who was elected as th…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Seven candidates announced running in Ward 12 by-election, now set for Feb. 22, 2016
Edmonton City Council confirmed today that the Ward 12 by-election to replace former councillor Amarjeet Sohi will be held on Feb. 22, 2016. Candidates must submit their nomination papers in the Heritage Room at City Hall on Monday, January 25, 2016 between 9:00 a.m…. Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: The Uber versus Taxi fight goes provincial
The debate over alternative car services gripping city hall in Edmonton may spill over into the Alberta Legislature. According to Lobbyist Registry reports, both Uber and a union representing taxi drivers have acquired the services of well-known lobbyists to help the corporation navigate… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Pressure builds for Alberta to ban corporate and union donations in municipal elections
On June 22, 2015, Alberta’s new NDP Government passed Bill 1: An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, imposing a retroactive ban on corporate and union donations to provincial political parties starting on June 15. Since that law passed, pressure has… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Big Money in Edmonton Municipal Election
Tweet$4.35, $19.75, and $5.45 are how much Don Iveson, Karen Leibovici and Kerry Diotte‘s campaigns spent for each vote received in Edmonton’s October 21, 2013 mayoral election. With the most efficient dollar-to-vote ratio is Mr. Iveson, who won the election with a landslide 132,162 votes (62% of the total votes cast).
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: New poll shows Albertans love their Big City Mayors
TweetThe same poll that showed former Premier Alison Redford with a 75% disapproval rating also showed urban Albertans have huge confidence in the leadership of their big city mayors. Previously unpublished questions from the same poll conducted by Marc Henry‘s ThinkHQ and provided to daveberta.ca showed Edmonton mayor Don Iveson and
Continue readingAlberta Diary: With the NHL back on the ice, why not let Chinese taxpayers subsidize Canada’s billionaires?
The Great Leap Forum: what Edmonton’s luxurious new ice hockey palace could look like with a little gesture of internationist solidarity from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Communist Chinese friends. Conceptual art by Dave Cournoyer used with permission. It’s a moment of such perfect convergence that it’s astonishing Alberta’s Wildrose Party,
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