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occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Exactly, there's a difference between naturalization and just doing a bad job.
For the areas that are not set up as natural/wild planting, city needs to maintain them properly.
For the areas that are not set up as natural/wild planting, city needs to maintain them properly.
CaptainBL
Active Member
Woof, not surprised by the sentiment or the numbers but woof.
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton heading in 'wrong direction,' Sohi on the ropes: Leger poll
Among the 22 per cent who believe Edmonton is headed in the right direction, just 40 per cent would vote for Sohi, shows the May Leger poll.
edmontonjournal.com
Kosy123
Active Member
"Leger poll numbers for May also suggest two-thirds believe Edmonton is headed in the “wrong direction. Among Edmontonians over age 55, that figure climbs to 80 per cent"
lmao yeah not surprising there
lmao yeah not surprising there
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Sohi won by a decent margin; what's behind this drop?Woof, not surprised by the sentiment or the numbers but woof.
Edmonton heading in 'wrong direction,' Sohi on the ropes: Leger poll
Among the 22 per cent who believe Edmonton is headed in the right direction, just 40 per cent would vote for Sohi, shows the May Leger poll.
David A
Senior Member
I am not surprised, the mayor in particular hasn't seemed to take strong leadership role in dealing with problems - cautious, slow and reactive at best.
I feel we expected better and more from someone with all his political and government experience.
I feel we expected better and more from someone with all his political and government experience.
Kosy123
Active Member
Genuine dissatisfaction with some of his actions/policies, a stupid amount of vocal astroturfing because he’s a former Trudeau cabinet minister so he’s guilty by association.
Plus dissatisfaction could mean conservative dissatisfaction or progressive dissatisfaction (which there was a decent chunk of with the police funding formula)
It also doesn’t help that the survey has the other option as “someone else”. A known figure with a history is always gonna be seen worse when compared to our “ideal imaginary mayor” which that option essentially is.
It’s pretty common in political polling. “Someone else” always beats out a known quantity, and the numbers don’t change until names get thrown in and the numbers narrow.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Reality check: Sohi was elected with 45% of the vote. Only 35% of voters actually showed up. 45% of 35% is 18% of all eligible voters. In other words, his support level is unchanged from 2021.
Yeggy
Active Member
ok but the city does the majority of its trees and shrub replanting in the cool fall where they have a better survival rate.
Removal of dead trees happens in spring/summer and replacement trees often happen the following year after they have been removed.
There are some gardening practicalities you are overlooking. We had a very dry couple of years married with some extreme cold. There has been a lot of winter die off around the city and replacing the numerous dead or nearly dead trees around the city will take years.
There is no way the city can know, and thusly order replacement product for all the winter kill.
I see city crews out everywhere working in annual spring cleaning of the beds. So I remain confused about some peoples criticism
Yeggy
Active Member
Its also the pollsters, the format of the poll as well as a very active online campign about some unfounded corruption elevated by UCP and Right wing media.
These same right wing actors are also trying to push 15 min city along with other things.
kcantor
Senior Member
Bwaahaahaa….
Do you mean the same right wing actors that have taken over Barcelona, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Milan, Paris and Portland?
trevorhayden
Active Member
Exactly. Those cities are now going to hell in a hand basket. I have heard they are all foolishly trying to bring in free parking downtown. Not good places to emulate.
kcantor
Senior Member
bwaahaahaa...
Going to hell in a hand basket cities?
The only one of those cities not on the resonance list of the World's 100 best cities is Buenos Aires and 2 of the 7 are in the top ten.
World’s Best Cities | The Definitive Power Rankings
The World’s Best Cities rankings are the most credible source of city performance in the eyes of visitors, investors and residents alike.
www.worldsbestcities.com
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
The math only works if everyone that didn't vote would have been voting for Mike Nickel or whomever else.
David A
Senior Member
Usually incumbent mayors here in their first terms poll fairly well and that also tends to discourage more credible candidates running.
IDK if Nickel can help himself so maybe he will run yet again, but I suspect there are several stronger candidates looking at this poll and pondering whether to run now.
There is a lot of dissatisfaction both with the mayor and much of current council, so I would not be surprised if someone picks up on the opportunity and coalesces it.
IDK if Nickel can help himself so maybe he will run yet again, but I suspect there are several stronger candidates looking at this poll and pondering whether to run now.
There is a lot of dissatisfaction both with the mayor and much of current council, so I would not be surprised if someone picks up on the opportunity and coalesces it.