[TAS]

Today's 2 polls have got to be deflating for Walters who is running behind Omar Mohammad in both. Omar is not going to win.

Rahim Jaffer is also probably saying why did I even bother. He's been campaigning hard, too. But it's not translating.

Advanced voting is in a few days - time is running out fast.

Based on all the undecided, I'm going to make a prediction that voter turnout is going to be poor and many people who can't decide won't even bother.

 

[johnnyboy]

I'm going to make a prediction that voter turnout is going to be poor and many people who can't decide won't even bother.

Agreed. I think it will be very low as well. No voter cards in the mail won't help.

How to get out the municipal vote? Polls show lots of people are undecided and unfamiliar with who is even running

In 2021, 37.6 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in the municipal election. Will more of us care in 2025?

edmontonjournal.com

 

[Glenco]

Surprisingly high numbers for Mohammed and Caterina.

I have a hard time trusting this poll

 

[thommyjo]

In terms of trying to improve dt, this council approved $45 million for dt park in 2024, and approved the $250 million event centre in 2025. And now the student housing initiative which is a significant initiaitve.

I'd say those are 3 highlights with long lasting impacts. 2022 especially was a bust with covid recovery and no city could anticipate the proliferation of homelessness - even though city spent $91 million on affordable housing this term. Large cuts provincially, too.

Of course major dollars were already committed to lrt expansion making dt more accessible for many - that huge cost will impact the current and next council in terms of money to spend on other things.

Arguably one of the most impactful things was the housing accelerator tax break that got us 6-7 new major projects. Was that 2021/2022?

I also think both valley lines plus the jasper ave renewals are going to be major boosts. They’ve just been a good decade in the making and the true impact still isn’t seen.

 

[The_Cat]

I think the mayor needs to be an advocate for Edmonton. I don’t know if enough candidates think long-term.

 

[thommyjo]

I think Walters got into this race too late.

Two-person race.

I like Walter’s. But there’s too much “vote consolidation” that’ll happen. Moderates considering him will likely feel forced to knack or Cartmell as a compromise. Less of a vote for, and more of a vote against mindset.

 

[EtoV]

 

[David A]

I have a hard time trusting this poll

Likewise, this seems quite suspect to me also. I don't see how Cartmell has rebounded so much and Knack is behind a fair amount, or how Mohammed and Caterina have surged.

The movements do not make much sense, people are not switching from Knack to Mohammed and Caterina and probably not that much to Cartmell either.

 

[wormwood]

We need to require the new mayor to have a lobbyist registry like Iveson. No excuse for Sohi to remove it.

 

[wormwood]

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If she responded to emails, I would vote for her, but she can't handle the simplest part- responding to constituents.

 

[TAS]

I heard that campaign finance info is coming out Tuesday.

Cartmell has 10x the funds of Knack apparently. That's a huge difference.

 

[CplKlinger]

I heard that campaign finance info is coming out Tuesday.

Cartmell has 10x the funds of Knack apparently. That's a huge difference.

It actually came out today!

Westrich broke my heart with their $10,150 donation to Cartmell's campaign ;-; I can't find the disclosures for Better Edmonton, so for all I know they could have donated another $10,150 to them as well. All for a guy who is so disingenuous that he literally claimed on CBC Radio that the city is "building a bike lane along the yelloehead with a 12-foot high concrete divider." [It's just a shared use path with a new noise wall to replace the old noise wall. And he compared it to an example of "good" active transportation development... the shared path along Terwillegar.]

Lots of other big names too - BILD Edmonton, a bunch of greenfield developers, etc.

 

[TAS]

I heard that former mayor Don Iveson can't provide an official endorsement because of his current housing role, but apparently he's donated to Knack campaign.

 

[TAS]

It actually came out today!

Westrich broke my heart with their $10,150 donation to Cartmell's campaign ;-; I can't find the disclosures for Better Edmonton, so for all I know they could have donated another $10,150 to them as well. All for a guy who is so disingenuous that he literally claimed on CBC Radio that the city is "building a bike lane along the yelloehead with a 12-foot high concrete divider." [It's just a shared use path with a new noise wall to replace the old noise wall. And he compared it to an example of "good" active transportation development... the shared path along Terwillegar.]
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Lots of other big names too - BILD Edmonton, a bunch of greenfield developers, etc.

I thought max was $5,000 but I see Westrich management gave 5k and Westrich construction gave 5k and then another donation by Westrich Pacific.

 

[The_Cat]

I think Knack was out at the teachers rally today.