All Entries in the "Pundits" Category
Cullen Switch A Big Flop
The Sun Editorial Board lays the smackdown on mayoral/Bay Ward candidate Alex Cullen: “The voters of Bay ward should think twice before they mark an X beside Cullen’s name. You’ve got to really wonder if Cullen is serious about the important issues to folks in the ward. Let’s face it. He’s looking for a job [...]
Council Needs Business Smarts To Balance Its Odd Ducks
Ottawa voters need to think strategically in this fall’s muncipal vote, as a strong city council requires strong business smarts: “A strong city council, like a good board of directors, requires people with different skills and backgrounds. To get that mix, voters need to consider what council lacks now and whether there is a candidate [...]
Countdown Starts To Election Day
60 days to the October 25th election day and counting! Who’s ahead? Who has the best strategy? Let OEN know what you think in our ‘Recent Comments’ section: “So it’s not a big surprise that the O’Brien campaign announced Monday they will not invest in lawn signs. To quote spokesman Mike Patton: They’re old-fashioned. Or, [...]
A Political Seduction
Citizen Columnist Ken Gray openly wonders why Sean Little would want to re-enter a profession/life which is constantly under the public microscope: “Little has name recognition going for him in Bay ward and many candidates in the fray. In the municipal realm, some politicians have so little profile that if Bullwinkle J. Moose’s name were [...]
Watson Rethinks Borough System
Mayoral Candidate Jim Watson promises, if elected, to appoint a panel of experts to propose just how a borough system should work. “Watson is suggesting a borough system, not just for rural areas, but for the whole city. Watson hasn’t announced his council reform policy yet, but he fleshed it out in an interview this [...]
Candidates Face Big Questions
Election 2010, according to the Sun’s Walter Robinson, is about what type of community we want and how we will pay for it: “To a point, I strongly agree with my friends on the political left that our development community — both commercial and residential — needs to do a better job of giving us [...]
Denley: A New Face To Remember
Citizen Columnist Randall Denley profiles Gloucester-Southgate candidate Lily Obina: “Of those contenders, it is unlikely that any is better suited to the task than Lilly Obina, who is running against veteran Councillor Diane Deans in Gloucester-Southgate.” “Obina’s combination of education, business experience, maturity, personality and common sense make her perhaps the most outstanding new face [...]
What Rural Ottawa Wants
Former community newspaper publisher Joe Banks publicly shares his thoughts on what Ottawa’s mayoral candidates need to remember as the fall municipal election approaches: “The joy of living in this city’s rural wards is in the elegance of simplicity. This sensibility has existed for more than two centuries, from police villages to townships to regional [...]
YouTube Politics
Both candidates and voters deserve better than the recent anonymous video attack on Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien: “The anonymous filmmaker edited together all the stumbles and added some commentary. For example, at one point the mayor says that a camel is a horse designed by “consensus.” It’s an old adage, but the reference is usually [...]
Ken Gray: Wake Up Ottawa — You’re Sleepwalking Toward Transit Disaster
The Bulldog writes that Ottawans need to stop spending big dollars for projects that don’t work; that the biggest problem with the current light-rail plan is that is does nothing to solve the problem of commuting: “The new, badly flawed light-rail plan could run as much as 15 times the city’s startup cost of the Lansdowne project [...]
