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transplant99 · 10-18-2010, 05:04 PM

Interestingly....talked with my mother earlier this afternoon, and she was at a big family deal on Thanksgiving Sunday. All adults and the subject came up...

She figured that of the 15 there, 6 Higgins, 5 McIver and 4 Nenshi. real split not unlike the polls.

She is all about the airport tunnel thing ( im still not clear in the ins and outs) and said thats why she is voting the way she is.

Ozy_Flame · 10-18-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

I kind of wish all of the people wishing for either side to lose out of some childish spite would STFU.

Watch Oscar Fech surge through the ranks and become our next civic overlord.

Could you believe it?

surferguy · 10-18-2010, 05:04 PM

just convinced my neighbor to go vote Nenshi...

burn_this_city · 10-18-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

I kind of wish all of the people wishing for either side to lose out of some childish spite would STFU.

Its all in good fun. When was the last time people were this invested in a municipal election?

jkflames · 10-18-2010, 05:07 PM

im sorry random question.... Im from Lethbridge, and i saw a Barb Higgens For mayor sign today in Lethbridge........ Why would she put up signs in Lethbridge???..... Legit or Joke??

Kjesse · 10-18-2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Watch Oscar Fech surge through the ranks and become our next civic overlord.

Could you believe it?

I told my secretary to leave early today and go vote. My exact words were, "I don't care if you decide to vote Oscar Fech, just make sure you vote."

surferguy · 10-18-2010, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Its all in good fun. When was the last time people were this invested in a municipal election?

The great election of 10,000 BC

TROG vs. DROG

In the end Trog squeked it out by offering mammoth pelts to every seventh voter. Really it was the basis for our laws nowadays which do not allow rewards/kickbacks for voting a certain way.

Dion · 10-18-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

I kind of wish all of the people wishing for either side to lose out of some childish spite would STFU.

Childish spite? It's a joke, lighten up

Dion · 10-18-2010, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by c.t.ner

Imagine the meltdown if higgins wins.

A part of me thinks Nenshi and Higgins will split the outsider vote with Mcivor winning.

burn_this_city · 10-18-2010, 05:18 PM

Anyone know what time we'll start seeing the results?? I'm figuring around 9 tonight.

tete · 10-18-2010, 05:20 PM

Thanks guys, for the Ward 8 discussion. I really felt out of the loop this year for some reason. I ended up going with Pashak and Nenshi for alderman and mayor.

FlameOn · 10-18-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Anyone know what time we'll start seeing the results?? I'm figuring around 9 tonight.

CTV has something from 8-9. Global @ 10-11. Shaw has coverage from 8-12. I'll bet shaw probably gets the most updates.

topfiverecords · 10-18-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by c.t.ner

Imagine the meltdown if higgins wins.

Can Sutter trade her to Toronto for Rob Ford?

Rathji · 10-18-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dion

Imagine the meltdown here if Nenshi loses

We have a meltdown every time Sarich fumbles the puck. I wouldn't read that much into CP enthusiasm.

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Originally Posted by c.t.ner

Imagine the meltdown if higgins wins.

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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

imagine the meltdown if Maciver wins. =Þ

I have voted for Nenshi and convinced at least a half a dozen people to do the same. I think he is best for our city. However, elections are based on money and name recognition, so it won't be an easy fight. If he loses to Ric McIver I can take that and be reasonably content. Ric isn't incompetent, he just has differing viewpoints from me on a few issues.

If he loses to Higgins, I will lose it. Someone with no real platform and no apparent ability to run a campaign. Someone who has hid from 3-candidate debates, stumbled when she was in the debates she was in and practically flipped out when confronted with hard questions on City TV.

Just to put this in perspective, I was a Barb Higgins supporter the day she declared she was running.

Torture · 10-18-2010, 05:54 PM

+1 for Nenshi.

The guy giving me my ballot was flabbergasted that I didn't want to vote for a school trustee. "You don't want to guess?"

Why the hell would I want to guess?

Flames0910 · 10-18-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Torture

+1 for Nenshi.

The guy giving me my ballot was flabbergasted that I didn't want to vote for a school trustee. "You don't want to guess?"

Why the hell would I want to guess?

did you get your roomies out to vote?

CBC radio's clip on the election has a quote from Nenshi saying that he's predicting a margin that could be as close as 200 votes. No comment from Higgins.

MarchHare · 10-18-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Torture

+1 for Nenshi.

The guy giving me my ballot was flabbergasted that I didn't want to vote for a school trustee. "You don't want to guess?"

Why the hell would I want to guess?

I just submitted a blank ballot for school trustee. I didn't want to hold up the line by trying to explain that I was uninformed and don't care who wins and thus didn't want to affect the vote for the people with a vested interest in the race.

Rathji · 10-18-2010, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Torture

+1 for Nenshi.

The guy giving me my ballot was flabbergasted that I didn't want to vote for a school trustee. "You don't want to guess?"

Why the hell would I want to guess?

I totally agree.

Normally I have not cared about the public trustee vote, but since I now have kids I decided I would look into the candidates. It took me 30 minutes last night for the wife and I to go through some stuff online and figure out if any of them were nuts or not.

Just randomly casting a vote is really a waste of time.

DownInFlames · 10-18-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bunk

Pashak is excellent. I don't think hell overcome Mar this election but if rumours are true about Mar wanting to run in the next provincial election, he'll have another shot in a by-election should Mar win.

I just saw Zak on 17th Ave and wished him luck. It's hard to beat an incumbent, but I agree that if he doesn't win today, he'll make a good run next time.

Phaneuf3 · 10-18-2010, 06:01 PM

+1 for Nenshi. Wasn't as firmly planted on the bandwagon as some around here. Had my moment of doubt about voting for him this morning seeing all the sidewalk chalk downtown; for some reason that didn't sit well with me. Then I remembered that the alternative might be Higgins as mayor and did what I had to do.