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Municipal Politics

policyenthusiast said:
In 2021 we had:
  • Abdul Malik Chukwudi – engineer
  • Rick Comrie – business owner
  • Brian (Breezy) Gregg – retired music artist
  • Kim Krushell – former councillor
  • Augustine Marah – teacher and community activist
  • Mike Nickel – incumbent ward 11 councillor
  • Michael Oshry – former councillor
  • Amarjeet Sohi – former councillor and MP
  • Diana Steele – President of Crestwood Community League
  • Cheryll Watson – Former Head of Innovate Edmonton
Of those, only 5 had more than 1% of the votes tallied (bolded). If that's any indication, we should expect around 4 more "serious" candidates after Cartmell.
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But there was no incumbent in 2021 so that tends to bring out more. I wonder if Sohi runs, if that will limit it to maybe just one more strong option outside of the current council.

As incumbents go, Sohi is probably considered by a fair number of people to be beatable.
 
TAS said:
But there was no incumbent in 2021 so that tends to bring out more. I wonder if Sohi runs, if that will limit it to maybe just one more strong option outside of the current council.

As incumbents go, Sohi is probably considered by a fair number of people to be beatable.
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Yes, I feel its probably to Cartmell's advantage if Sohi runs again. If he doesn't some other strong options outside the current council would be more likely to step forward.
 
Greenspace said:

City's battle over paint job on Edmonton bridge struck down by Alberta's highest court​

City lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages over ‘paint failure’ on busy bridge

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Dollarama to the rescue.
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The Russian bot thing screams conspiracy theory. Nobody cares about Edmonton municipal politics outside of Alberta, with the exception of some urbanist types.

I would like Ashley Salvador to be the next mayor, but I wouldn't want her running against Sohi. Preferably he endorses her and does not run again. Ashley is far too good to be without a job for 4 years.

Regarding Cartmell, he is a better option than Nickel. If you put myself in a room with Cartmell, we'd agree on a lot of things. I find the lack of support for transit and general liveability improvements in central Edmonton to be a single issue thing for me. I want him to lose because of these things.

My support online, and possibly on the ballot will go to Salvador if she runs for mayor, and very begrudgingly to Sohi if he runs and she doesn't.

I will be optimistically looking for an alternative to Stevenson as my councillor, as I don't believe she's advocated enough for improvements regarding housing, cleanliness, safety, and overall liveability in Downtown/Oliver (Wihkwentowin). I want someone that pretty much only cares about the CBD, because we need it. I would love to have more neighbours.
 
I think Salvador waits another term or 2. Wouldn’t be wise to run this term. In the end, the mayor is just another vote. You can accomplish lots as a councillor. No point risking a mayoral run when it’s clear “Change” is wanted. Let a conservative like Cartmell win this one, stay on council vs losing the seat to a less competent person, then make a push once he’s retiring or has opposition to performance.

Salvador is young. No rush imo.
 
Interested to see who takes Knack’s seat. One of his staffers will be throwing her name in the race.
 
Barnaby said:
The Russian bot thing screams conspiracy theory. Nobody cares about Edmonton municipal politics outside of Alberta, with the exception of some urbanist types.

I would like Ashley Salvador to be the next mayor, but I wouldn't want her running against Sohi. Preferably he endorses her and does not run again. Ashley is far too good to be without a job for 4 years.

Regarding Cartmell, he is a better option than Nickel. If you put myself in a room with Cartmell, we'd agree on a lot of things. I find the lack of support for transit and general liveability improvements in central Edmonton to be a single issue thing for me. I want him to lose because of these things.

My support online, and possibly on the ballot will go to Salvador if she runs for mayor, and very begrudgingly to Sohi if he runs and she doesn't.

I will be optimistically looking for an alternative to Stevenson as my councillor, as I don't believe she's advocated enough for improvements regarding housing, cleanliness, safety, and overall liveability in Downtown/Oliver (Wihkwentowin). I want someone that pretty much only cares about the CBD, because we need it. I would love to have more neighbours.
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It is sad how downtown has slipped in being a priority for city council in recent years. The current city council seems mostly just to react to problems downtown and not always that quickly or effectively.
 
David A said:
It is sad how downtown has slipped in being a priority for city council in recent years. The current city council seems mostly just to react to problems downtown and not always that quickly or effectively.
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I think the problem isn't whether or not Downtown is top-of-mind, but rather in the lack of effective policy proposals. The largest downtown revitalization proposition of recent years (that I know of) is the Downtown Investment Plan, a "plan" which is still just a lot of words to say "throw money at the problem."

City bylaws prohibit street vending, pedestrian activity is slipping, there are no effective means of preventing vagrancy, vandalism, worsening traffic congestion, increasing rents and decreasing real estate value, the City has too many prisons... the list goes on.

If you have a silver bullet, I'm sure everyone is eager to hear it.
 
policyenthusiast said:
I think the problem isn't whether or not Downtown is top-of-mind, but rather in the lack of effective policy proposals. The largest downtown revitalization proposition of recent years (that I know of) is the Downtown Investment Plan, a "plan" which is still just a lot of words to say "throw money at the problem."

City bylaws prohibit street vending, pedestrian activity is slipping, there are no effective means of preventing vagrancy, vandalism, worsening traffic congestion, increasing rents and decreasing real estate value, the City has too many prisons... the list goes on.

If you have a silver bullet, I'm sure everyone is eager to hear it.
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Effectiveness has been a big part of their problem. I think there has been a number of ideas brought up here and elsewhere about regular street patrols, adding several community police stations, enforcing laws on vagrancy, paying more attention to cleaning and maintenance ....

If you don't fix things now, the only solution will end up being have to throw more money at the problem. So it would be better to pay attention now rather than pay more later.
 
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