Vote!

Tonight Kyle and I went to the mayoral forum at Harry Ainlay school.
It was very informative and helped me solidify my vote. There were
hecklers of the current mayor Mr. Stephen Mandell and they tried their
best to make him look bad however Mr. Mandell is the only one of the
candidates with a vision for Edmonton's future. Mr. Dowling ran on the
platform of enviromentalism and advised us all to check out David
Susuki's website to see for ourselves blah blah. Three of the other
candidates platform was based on snow removal and free public transit
for seniors. Another blamed public transit for crime in Edmonton. One
wanted to shut down the LRT. Many were for leaving that cossosal waste
of space city centre airport open. What is with these backwards
Luddites who resist progress? And meanwhile most candidates kiss up
to the seniors (the highest voting block) to win.
Then there is the hecklers that call it antidemocratic to not have a
plebiscite. If they had got off there lazy behinds and done something
before this year they would certainly had a chance. But they didn't
and laws are in place so that progress can be made so the council went
through with it in July 2009 and recieved less than ten phone calls.
Now a lobby group gets all the lemmings upset. What a mess.
Anyway I encourage the three people who read this blog to become
informed and to participate in the democratic process and remember:
you have no right to complain if you didn't vote!
October 18, 2010 is voting day in Edmonton. Don't take my word for it,
check out each platform online. Vote!

Ronan