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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Late to the thread, but the reason Druh Farrell has such a high profile is because she has been on council forever, and she has always sought out a high profile. Most councillors never say jack to the media, while Farrell has courted them since day one. I'd guess her name recognition in the city is over 50 per cent, while most councillors' is closer to 10.

As for the first name thing, not sure we can blame this on gender. Nobody goes around calling Diane Colley-Urquhart "Diane", even though "Colley-Urquhart" is quite a mouthful.

Is the wage gap a myth?