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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

I've often wondered, how many of the people in the "Dump Druh" movement are actually in Ward 7? (Yes, I know Torture and a few others here are...)

At the end of the day, Aldermen are meant to represent the concerns of their ward, sometimes at the expense of other wards or the greater city. Could it be that as warped as they may be, she's actually executing on the wishes of the majority of her constituents?

A previous poster cited something about trees and decks. In this heavily forested part of Hillhurst/Sunnyside, you have no idea how hot an issue trees are to the citizenry. Cutting a tree down is cause for the entire street in a 2 block radius to come out with pitchforks and Uzis.

My point of this is: could it be that she's actually representing the wishes of her Ward? This is of course, the ward that actually voted Liberal MLA's to Edmonton. This isn't your average suburban ward.

After the dust settled, 11,909 people thought so. The majority of this Ward.





That said, I can understand the protest vote in this ward itself. But Taylor? The owner of the south Cheesecake Cafe? Looking at his weak platform, I don't think it really represented his ward, at least the southern half anyways. Does he even live in this ward? If a candidate of similar views, but less confrontational in nature had appeared, there's no doubt in my mind she would have lost.

I am and she's not. I think it's the Sunnyside / Hillhurst latte crowd that keeps her in council. Another reason to hate lattes...