All Entries Tagged With: "Ken Gray"
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 [...]
Speculation Has Shawn Little Announcing Candidacy in Bay Ward
Thanks to Ken Gray for this one: Ottawa City Hall is alive with speculation that controversial former Kitchissippi councillor Shawn Little will announce shortly that he will be a candidate in Bay ward. That councillor post became vacant when Alex Cullen decided to run for mayor. Click here for Ken Gray’s blog. Related: Former Ottawa [...]
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 [...]
Clive Doucet Sets Down Platform
News Release for the Clive Doucet for Mayor Campaign: “I am delighted to tell you that I am running for Mayor of Ottawa in the upcoming municipal election on October 25th. I love this city. I grew up here, raised my family here and want to do my part to make sure that Ottawa remains [...]
Doucet, Cullen Right About Roads
Stop the Presses! The Bulldog agrees with both Clive Doucet and Alex Cullen: “Both mayoral candidates believe Ottawa spends too much money on roads and those thoroughfares are environmentally unsound and expensive. That’s correct. Roads also contribute to urban sprawl which causes long commutes from the suburbs and more pollution and more snow-plowing and more [...]
The Revisionists And Larry O’Brien
The Citizen’s Ken Gray takes issue with recent statements regarding the legacy of Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien: “The O’Brien legacy is much more than the aforementioned so-called accomplishments. There is his alienation of his political peers whose support he has been unable to get on council; a rail plan that is to be completed by 2031 that [...]
City For Sale?
City revival is needed if we want to kick-start Ottawas’ private sector: “Ottawa is perceived as a dull political town. That dated image is difficult to shake. But Ottawans know that the city has a sophisticated, laid-back urban vibe that’s unique in Canada. It’s a community that can support the Ottawa International Jazz Festival in [...]
O’Brien Derides “Scaredy-Cat Watson” and “Chirpy” Cullen
Is Mayor Larry O’Brien gearing up for re-election, or is this just the usual “political speak?” Let OEN know what you think in our ‘Recent Comments Section’: “O’Brien complains about the “chirpings’ of Bay Councillor Alex Cullen and former municipal affairs minister Jim Watson, who’ve both declared for the mayor’s race. We await O’Brien.” “The [...]
Watson’s Got Rail Wrong, Cullen Says
Ottawa mayoral candidate Alex Cullen says mayoral candidate Jim Watson should get his facts right in regard to the Citys’ LRT project: “City Transit Committee Chair Cullen to candidate Watson: “Get your LRT facts right: 1. City’s LRT Project to cost $2.1 billion, not $1.8 billion; 2. City can afford to contribute $900 million without [...]
Put Cullen In The Dog House
How ironic that Ken Gray wants Alex Cullen in a dog house: “Has Cullen ever worked on a chicken farm? And just what we need … more trips by the Ottawa Humane Society to homes where chickens are mistreated. And more work for bylaw officers. And the smell and noise of chicken coops? Charming. More [...]
