Mayoralty Race
So it's civic election time coming up soon in Ontario. Where we get to decide who will be in charge of whining to the province and the feds about offloading of services.
In Hamilton, in Ward one where I live, there are a few issues.
1. The race will be acclaimed, unless anyone is insane enough to run against the guy. He is really one of two honest, hardworking politicians in all of Hamilton City Hall, and is all but worshipped in the terribly progressive ward where I, and most of the University professors live.
2. The Mayor, is without hesitation, the most corrupt politician serving at his level in Canada. There may be a reeve of some backwater logging town who breaks more rules or takes more kickbacks, but said reeve has probably never PLEAD GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW TO ELECTION FRAUD.
Yes, you read that right. The man is human garbage. And to make matters worse, his punishment was to write an article in a major international Civic Leaders magazine describing how he had learned his lesson, and from now on would run a clean campaign.
HELLO!!! Why don't we just put up a sign at city hall. One qeue for "Peons", and one for "Developpers." And I DON'T mean software.
It's a disgrace.
So I am encouraging our provincial leaders to allow us to write in candidates. They can do it in the States, and I think it's a damn fine system. Does anyone remember just after U2 released Joshua Tree, when Bono was written in on so many Presidential Ballots that he came in third place? See. The people had spoken. Imagine how much more progressive and responsible the U.S. government would have been after a term with Bono at the helm. I wonder if he would have taken off his sunglasses to take the oath of inaguaration. But I digress.
Anyway, I want to be able to write in the candidate of my choice. Specifically, Rex Morgan M.D. I have been following this comic strip on and off for several decades now, and as far as I can tell, the good Dr. is the only one in the comic on a regular basis who is not a lying cheating scumball. And I'm thinking that if that's the type of people he is used to being around, he would be PERFECT for Hamilton's city hall.
So if you are in charge of rewriting the Ontario Municipal Act in the next few years (I honestly have NO idea who is reading this thing these days, so I can hope, can't I?), please consider allowing us to write in candidates.
After all, it's all about the will of the people, isn't it?
So it's civic election time coming up soon in Ontario. Where we get to decide who will be in charge of whining to the province and the feds about offloading of services.
In Hamilton, in Ward one where I live, there are a few issues.
1. The race will be acclaimed, unless anyone is insane enough to run against the guy. He is really one of two honest, hardworking politicians in all of Hamilton City Hall, and is all but worshipped in the terribly progressive ward where I, and most of the University professors live.
2. The Mayor, is without hesitation, the most corrupt politician serving at his level in Canada. There may be a reeve of some backwater logging town who breaks more rules or takes more kickbacks, but said reeve has probably never PLEAD GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW TO ELECTION FRAUD.
Yes, you read that right. The man is human garbage. And to make matters worse, his punishment was to write an article in a major international Civic Leaders magazine describing how he had learned his lesson, and from now on would run a clean campaign.
HELLO!!! Why don't we just put up a sign at city hall. One qeue for "Peons", and one for "Developpers." And I DON'T mean software.
It's a disgrace.
So I am encouraging our provincial leaders to allow us to write in candidates. They can do it in the States, and I think it's a damn fine system. Does anyone remember just after U2 released Joshua Tree, when Bono was written in on so many Presidential Ballots that he came in third place? See. The people had spoken. Imagine how much more progressive and responsible the U.S. government would have been after a term with Bono at the helm. I wonder if he would have taken off his sunglasses to take the oath of inaguaration. But I digress.
Anyway, I want to be able to write in the candidate of my choice. Specifically, Rex Morgan M.D. I have been following this comic strip on and off for several decades now, and as far as I can tell, the good Dr. is the only one in the comic on a regular basis who is not a lying cheating scumball. And I'm thinking that if that's the type of people he is used to being around, he would be PERFECT for Hamilton's city hall.
So if you are in charge of rewriting the Ontario Municipal Act in the next few years (I honestly have NO idea who is reading this thing these days, so I can hope, can't I?), please consider allowing us to write in candidates.
After all, it's all about the will of the people, isn't it?
posted by Jason Allen at 9:07 PM
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