HRM Election 2012 »
Fun with numbers: Halifax mayoral race was all but decided before E-Day
Sometime about half way through the advance polling period in the recent HRM election, I privately shared a prediction with a few people that based on my overall feeling of the level of support
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Voter turnout: What we don’t know, and what we never will
/ The consequences of not prioritizing knowing. / If you’ve read the news in any regular way over the past couple of weeks, you’ll recognize the figure 37% as the voter turnout in the latest municipal
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GUEST POST: Dissecting the new council
Here’s a guest post by beloved local politics tweeter, @1_Car_Guy. I know the man behind the twitter name, and he has years of experience in this stuff. I may not agree with everything in here,
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Election 2012 changed the conversation
/ And it was a conversation worth changing. / On October 20, 2012, 37% of eligible voters in the Halifax Regional Municipality elected a new mayor and a smaller-than-ever regional council. In the results
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Time to show what it means to lead. | Metro Transit and the next mayor of Halifax
/ Because now it’s about looking forward. / With the Halifax Metro Transit bus strike downshifting to a much-too-long awaited end, we find ourselves out of the contractual weeds and into a much larger
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With Kelly’s announcement, David Boyd to re-enter mayoral race?
Looks like David Boyd, who recently dropped out of the mayoral race and supported Mike Savage, thinks he can win now that Peter Kelly’s out of the race. Boyd posted this on his Facebook
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I half-called it. | Peter Kelly will not seek re-election: What does this mean?
/ Because there is still much to do to put a real mayor in city hall. / So it looks like I half-called it yesterday: Peter Kelly will not run for re-election in October.
Read More »What’s up with Peter Kelly?
Mayor Peter Kelly skipped tonight’s Council meeting, leaving deputy mayor Karsten in the big seat for a meeting that saw some pretty important agenda items. I tweeted it earlier, but I reckon I’ll post
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His will be a different kinda campaign. | Fred Connors’ Feb 20 ‘Movement’ event (with video)
/ Because it’s important to know what our mayoral candidates are up to. / I was one of 46 people who attended Fred Connors’ campaign event last night, billed as a time to “meet
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Fred Connors ‘Movement’ event tonight
Tonight, mayoral candidate Fred Connors is holding an event at the location of his business, FRED (2606 Agricola St). From Mr. Connors’ Facebook page: “Join in the discussion at 2606 Agricola Street at 6pm
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