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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I'm not sure of that. From what I've seen, McIver's experience as an alderman mostly consisted of voting "No" and then running out of council chambers to give a quote to the nearest Sun reporter. Again, I admit I might be overlooking some important project that he spearheaded, worked with council to make sure it passed, and then collaborated with the City's employees to see it through, but I can't think of any off hand.
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I'm not terribly versed in city politics (mostly what I remember from over 1 year ago was Bronco stating "We need funding" for X, Y, and Z), but IMO, organizing an opposition for bills qualifies as working with council. I know at least one he's managed to stop (or at least, limit the spread of) a tax increase, something that requires the help of at least a majority of the council.
Again, I'm not horribly extremely knowledgable in the are, but being able to mount an opposition in council to stop other projects/bills should help the learning curve on how to pass something of his own in council (not 100% transferable skills, but he already knows how to secure enough votes in council).