ntt1
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Jennifer Rice losing re-election is pretty high on my wishlist.
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TAS
Senior Member
Did anyone see Aaron Paquette on Real Talk - he was going to run for mayor, but family tradegy earlier this year with loss of son ended that plan.
This gets people's backs up but he talked about how Edmonton is at a real disadvantage to Calgary in terms of our regional set up.
Calgary has 90% of their region's population paying taxes in Calgary to cover their bills (services and infrastructure costs etc), he said, versus 70% in Edmonton paying ours because we are much larger region and have a lot more people using Edmonton services yet paying their property taxes elsewhere.
So in essence - at a dinner party for 10, there are 9 people splitting the bill in Calgary versus 7 people in Edmonton - meaning we pay more.
He says he's not making a judgement - just stating reality. He says of course people in the region come in and shop here and spend money here, but simply put, the city does not recover enough from the region to offset the costs.
He said Edmonton has to get a lot more competitive. His idea for dt is to use CRL money to offer developers 0 tax increases on the base right now that would last 5-15 years. That he said would unlock significant development by de-risking the projects.
That, he figures, would bring 20,000 more people calling dt home which then snowballs for other business growth and overall dt attractiveness.
He also talks industrial growth and greenfield development. As Puneeta McBryan stated on Real Talk today, the city is losing out significantly in industrial growth to the benefit of the region and the city is at a disadvantage in this competition given our size and all our other needs that we must look after compared to the region. (She noted the key ingredients for industrial is land, roads, water and power and the region is awash in those).
Anyway, here is link to episode for more more details.
This gets people's backs up but he talked about how Edmonton is at a real disadvantage to Calgary in terms of our regional set up.
Calgary has 90% of their region's population paying taxes in Calgary to cover their bills (services and infrastructure costs etc), he said, versus 70% in Edmonton paying ours because we are much larger region and have a lot more people using Edmonton services yet paying their property taxes elsewhere.
So in essence - at a dinner party for 10, there are 9 people splitting the bill in Calgary versus 7 people in Edmonton - meaning we pay more.
He says he's not making a judgement - just stating reality. He says of course people in the region come in and shop here and spend money here, but simply put, the city does not recover enough from the region to offset the costs.
He said Edmonton has to get a lot more competitive. His idea for dt is to use CRL money to offer developers 0 tax increases on the base right now that would last 5-15 years. That he said would unlock significant development by de-risking the projects.
That, he figures, would bring 20,000 more people calling dt home which then snowballs for other business growth and overall dt attractiveness.
He also talks industrial growth and greenfield development. As Puneeta McBryan stated on Real Talk today, the city is losing out significantly in industrial growth to the benefit of the region and the city is at a disadvantage in this competition given our size and all our other needs that we must look after compared to the region. (She noted the key ingredients for industrial is land, roads, water and power and the region is awash in those).
Anyway, here is link to episode for more more details.
TAS
Senior Member
Rice didn't show up for first ward forum. Principe didn't show up in her ward either. All other incumbents attended in their wards. Janz's ward is only one that didnt have first forum yet.
Gronk!
Senior Member
archited
Senior Member
I am thinking Michael Walters is the best of a sad bag of choices.
thommyjo
Senior Member
I think Walters should have gone for a councillor. Would have been easier to win, equal voting power, then make a move for mayor in the next election. Wouldn't he have been up against Rice and an easy W?
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
tastawiyiniwak, sipiwiyiniwak, and pihêsiwin (likely in that order) would be quite a lot easier to win than the mayoral seat.
Principe is in a precarious seat, but there are no real contenders.
Gronk!
Senior Member
According to Who's running, the losing incumbents are predicted to be Anne Stevenson, Jennifer Rice, Keren Tang and Jo-Anne Wright. Just guessing here, but the candidates for Mayor and City Council are ordered by the predicted number of votes on October 20. Naturally, this may change - Erin Rutherford was losing last month but is now in first place.
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David A
Senior Member
He already has the experience from being on council before, arguably one that was better than the current one. I don't think being a credible candidate running to be mayor should just be limited to current councilors.
While it is often current councilors who run and become mayor we have also had some notable mayors in the past who had experience of being councilors but were not current councilors when they ran for mayor.
fjordgard
Active Member
Where are these predictions? I do not see any predictions on that page. And what could they be based on other than vibes?
David A
Senior Member
Also, I suppose we could also try "predict" the weather a month or two ahead. Those predictions may or may not turn out to be correct.
I feel many people don't start paying closer attention to the civic election in early to mid September.
TAS
Senior Member
There's a prediction we can take to the bank!
thommyjo
Senior Member
Agreed. But just a big hurdle to climb when there are 2 incumbents who both have had very strong support in both their wards for 8 years. And you’re trying to play to the middle of them both.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
The AUC stops homes from producing more energy than they use, Tim. A net-zero off-grid home is great for the purposes of the experiment, but without producing a surplus, Blatchford homes need to be connected to the central utilities grid.
TAS
Senior Member
First poll
"Coun. Andrew Knack has a slim lead over his competitors with 12 per cent saying they intend to vote for him, followed by 10 per cent for Coun. Tim Cartmell, 7 per cent for Michael Walters, Rahim Jaffer at 5 per cent and Omar Mohammad at 4 per cent. However a whopping 48 per cent said they are undecided or don’t know who they would vote for."
A LOT to be decided.
edmontonjournal.com
From a political scientist I talked to, fwiw, he says two incumbents are fairly safe - Paquette and Janz. The rest, not so good. We shall see.
I enjoy my hockey pools, may need to do one for this council election - see who is most politically astute in our forum! Ha
"Coun. Andrew Knack has a slim lead over his competitors with 12 per cent saying they intend to vote for him, followed by 10 per cent for Coun. Tim Cartmell, 7 per cent for Michael Walters, Rahim Jaffer at 5 per cent and Omar Mohammad at 4 per cent. However a whopping 48 per cent said they are undecided or don’t know who they would vote for."
A LOT to be decided.
New poll shows Edmontonians feel city is on wrong track, Knack with slight lead in tight mayor's race
With just over six weeks to go before the municipal election, a new poll suggests Edmontonians feel the city is on the wrong track.
edmontonjournal.com
From a political scientist I talked to, fwiw, he says two incumbents are fairly safe - Paquette and Janz. The rest, not so good. We shall see.
I enjoy my hockey pools, may need to do one for this council election - see who is most politically astute in our forum! Ha