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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't have any doubt that he's going to be the mayor. The best thing that can come out of this election is a city council with less Nenshi sycophants on it, and more a proper exercise in debate, and less people that are willing to accept all of these off camera sessions.
I don't think our mayor wants that or would handle it all that well. But it would be the best thing that could happen.
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That's to suggest there are sycophants on Council now. There really are not any. The Manning Centre voting analysis clearly demonstrated this fact:
The reason why the Mayor is fighting hard against a group wanting to control Council through a bloc that will vote "their way" and against the Mayor's agenda is that he's been successful in fostering a culture on Council that is independent-minded and votes issue to issue. It's a great thing that people as diametrically opposed as Farrell and Keating co-sponsor Motions on issues of common concern. It would be a damn shame to lose that very healthy dynamic from our decision-makers. Calling it out in the context of an election will make it politically more difficult to try and form a bloc structure no matter who's on Council.