wormwood
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This is a very Trumpian response btw.
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thommyjo
Senior Member
if she’s not voting on that funding and where it is going, and if she’s not actively working for the NPO, what’s the conflict? Also, we’re talking about dollars in the low 5 figures…. This isn’t some massive conspiracy. The city has grants for these sorts of initiatives all the time.
Most councillors stand to gain/lose more on their primary residences through zoning decisions. And those gains aren’t subject to income tax like a grant to a NPO that Ashley’s husband might take a small salary from…
Most councillors stand to gain/lose more on their primary residences through zoning decisions. And those gains aren’t subject to income tax like a grant to a NPO that Ashley’s husband might take a small salary from…
wormwood
Active Member
You're ethically flexible. I'm not the same.
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fjordgard
Active Member
Show us a decision that she took part in that furthered her or her spouse’s interests.
wormwood
Active Member
I'll let you do the digging friend. People warn me not to post here. So I'm quiet now.
However, people need to not blindly follow their party, right or left, which clearly happens here.
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fjordgard
Active Member
I’ve looked. I’ve read the Western Standard article. The article itself admits they did not find any examples of her voting while in a conflict of interest. They made a vague allegation that voting on the full zoning bylaw renewal could have been seen as furthering YEGarden Suites, which is such a stretch.
EVERY councillor has potential conflicts of interest because they are all people with families and private interests. The thing that matters is what happens when those conflicts arise in their work. For Salvador, it appears that she has always acted appropriately.
Gronk!
Senior Member
If we can finally put this Western Standard non-story to bed and move on now... 
Election results:
www.edmonton.ca
There are only 3 members of the Better Edmonton party who are elected to City Council, including Karen Principe; the rest of them are all independent. All incumbents have been re-elected except for Jennifer Rice.
I approve of this new Mayor and City Council!
Election results:
2025 Edmonton Election Results (Unofficial) | City of Edmonton
Election results from the 2025 Edmonton Election, including the City of Edmonton mayor and council and Edmonton Catholic Schools and Edmonton Public Schools trustees.
There are only 3 members of the Better Edmonton party who are elected to City Council, including Karen Principe; the rest of them are all independent. All incumbents have been re-elected except for Jennifer Rice.
I approve of this new Mayor and City Council!
archited
Senior Member
What a dramatic flip... "In Ward sipiwiyiniwak, the initial tally showed just six votes separating Darrell Friesen as the frontrunner from Thu Parmar. On Tuesday night, Edmonton Elections ordered a recount due to the close result. On Wednesday evening, the city's website posted a win for Parmar with 30.36 per cent of the votes over Friesen’s 27.5 per cent. The results showed Parmar finished ahead of Friesen by more than 600 votes." CBC
archited
Senior Member
4 new councillors and the rest of the gang is repeat.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Place your bets early. My conspiracy theory is that either Kotch or Friesen tried to rig the election by having insiders volunteer to become tabulators, then "erroneously" put in some of Thu's votes for Kotch.
I have no evidence, but a recount only moves Kotch (who wasn't well liked in the ward) votes to Thu, who was largely considered the frontrunner? Here's hoping some sort of interference gets proven, and we stop using this stupid manual counting mechanism.
I have no evidence, but a recount only moves Kotch (who wasn't well liked in the ward) votes to Thu, who was largely considered the frontrunner? Here's hoping some sort of interference gets proven, and we stop using this stupid manual counting mechanism.
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fjordgard
Active Member
I think we need to think about Hanlon's razor here: Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. My guess is that someone put all the votes for Parmar at one polling station in the Kotch pile by accident.
Oilers99
Active Member
this is salacious nonsense.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
ChazYEG
Senior Member
People warn you against raising accusations with absolutely nothing to back them up but your own speculations. Very different things, mate.
archited
Senior Member
Interesting to see what the initial agenda for the newly sworn-in Mayor and Council brings about.