All Entries Tagged With: "City Holler"
All Good Things Must Come To An End?
Is OEN now the lone aggregator of Ottawa City Hall happenings? Adios amigo!
Watson: “Dear Toronto Liberals – help me take over Ottawa”
City Holler takes Jim Watson to town on is Toronto-centric fundraising letter (which was forwarded anonymously to OEN): “As we promised our readers yesterday, to the left is a copy of the fundraising letter we discussed from Jim Watson in his efforts to raise money from his Liberal friends in Toronto. As we mentioned – [...]
Mayor Larry O’Brien: “I Just Might …”
In a Rogers 22 interview with Mark Sutcliffe, Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien lays down the latest hint on his electoral intentions: “The host was pushing the mayor to say whether he would run for re-election, but the mayor could only suggest that he was “leaning” toward the possibility. Instead of campaigning, the Mayor apparently wants to see [...]
Mayor Larry O’Brien’s Former Wife Demands End To Watson’s Childish Games
Debbie Green-O’Brien says that she did not give Jim Watson permission to use her name on his list of fans: “As we had suspected, Watson and Green-O’Brien were “Facebook Friends” for a long while (and presumably real friends too). In fact, Mr. Watson had recently been invited to (and attended) Debbie Green O’Brien’s birthday bash (although we [...]
Join Jim Watson’s “Fanbase” – Or He’ll Add You Anyway …
City Holler blogs on how the ‘blogosphere’ has now become the primary source of news on issues that the mainstream media for some reason will not touch: ”No one in the media, for example, has connected the dots between Jim Watson and Tim Tierney (the former webmaster for Terry Kilrea) the way we have – and no media has bothered [...]
Mayor Larry O’Brien Hosts: “How To Crush An incumbent” Workshop … (Jim Watson Not Invited)
City Holler blogs on the irony of veteran Ottawa City Councillors Jan Harder an Marianne Wilkinson hosting a Women in Politics campaign school, considering graduates of the school may in fact run against both Harder and Wilkinson: The next “campaign school” installment should be titled “How to unseat an incumbent in three easy steps” – but [...]
“Remove that name – I don’t want anyone seeing that …”
City Holler blogs on Mayoral Candidate Jim Watson’s changing lists of endorsements: “We noticed a little change to Jim Watson’s list of endorsements recently. We were surprised to see Paul LaBarge’s name on Watson’s list only days ago – and now it has mysteriously disappeared. Who is Paul LaBarge, you ask?” “Well it just so happens [...]
City Holler: Another Watson Slate Candidate?
City Hall insider blog City Holler makes the connection between mayoral candidate Jim Watson and former Kilrea webmaster and current council candidate Tim Tierney: “As we were mulling Jim Watson’s denial of his slate of candidates, we just happened upon this photograph of Watson attending Tim Tierney’s garage sale. And if you’re not already aware [...]
Jim Watson: “Drink This – And Forget Everything …”
City Holler blogs on Ottawa’s new three “Liberal” Amigos”; “Meanwhile, his hatchling Jim Watson was sighted at Scotiabank Place last night pretending to be interested in the Senators (nice win, by the way). ” For more of City Holler, please click here.
Clive Doucet: “Sniff, Sniff, … I Promised Myself I Wouldn’t Cry Today”
City Holler blogs on Capital Ward Councillor Clive Doucet’s ongoing media battle with : “This time, the councillor (infamous for crying) is complaining that fellow councillor Rick Chiarelli slandered him in an on-air interview with CFRA’s Afternoon Edition. ” “Seeking an apology from Chiarelli, Councillor Doucet insisted he was writing to the NCC as a private citizen [...]
