the flying squirrel

It’s voting day! I’m kinda sad I didn’t get around to posting about amalgamation or the LRT, but neither of those issues are ending today, so there’ll be more time. This blog endorses Jane Mitchell and Sean Strickland for Regional Council and Ken Seiling for Regional Chair. I’ve been particularly disappointed about how the campaign [...]

Moving on… The race in Waterloo’s Ward 3 is between incumbent Angela Vieth and last minute challenger Michael Gagnon. Gagnon is a self-styled “regular guy”. And I have to say, I’m grateful to him for running. Throwing yourself into the political arena is tough. Acclamations are bad for democracy, so I think he has done [...]

The mayoral race in Waterloo is probably the most interesting in the region. None of the candidates are perfect, but none of them are really that terrible either. But I’ve got to pick one, so… This blog endorses Jan d’Ailly for Mayor of Waterloo Honestly, I wouldn’t be upset if Brenda Halloran was re-elected. I [...]

Municipal elections are a bit tricky. You don’t have parties to fall back on. You actually have to listen to the candidates and judge whether or not they’d be good in the job. You have to work a bit. It’s even worse in Waterloo, where there are five different races I’m asked to weigh in [...]