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Patton Joins O’Brien Campaign, Slams Hill Remarks
Former Director of Communications to Mayor Larry O’Brien becomes media point-man for O’Brien’s re-election campaign: “Mike Patton said he accepted the role Monday. He’s currently the executive director of the Bells Corners BIA.” “Patton left his communications job with O’Brien in 2007 to pursue the MPP seat in Ottawa West-Nepean as a Tory candidate. He [...]
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 [...]
Watson Takes Case To Rural Electorate
First of four rural-oriented listening sessions help Jim Watson burnish his rural credentials: “We must continue to ensure that the many voices of Ottawa’s rural voices are not only heard at City Hall, but also listened to, Watson told about 40 people who attending the evening meeting in Cumberland. Too often rural communities have a sense [...]
It’s Official: O’Brien To Run Again
Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien cites the need for leadership as the ballot question for this fall’s municipal ballot: “I hope it is about leadership because leadership is about getting things done,” O’Brien said. “If you want milquetoast and calmness and the chief of protocol, then you know who you can vote for.” Although the mayor [...]
Another Summer of Discontent At OC Transpo?
Ottawa mayoral candidates squabble over the cost of light rail, while a significant drop in customer satisfaction is reported in Transit Services’ annual performance report: “This month, the Transit Services Annual Performance Report recorded a significant one-year drop in customer satisfaction. In the fall of 2008, 82 per cent of riders rated the service ‘good’ or [...]
Advocacy Group Pushes For City To Adopt ‘Living Wage’ Policy
Controvercial advocacy group ACORN calls on Ottawa electoral candidates to support a “living wage” policy, increased affordable housing, stronger tenant protection and geared-to-income transit fares: Members of Ottawa ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) on Tuesday released a list of issues they want hopefuls to support during the election campaign, including a “living wage” [...]
Mayoral Candidates Gear Up On Cycling Issues
Mayoral candidate Alex Cullen wants to plough ahead to create a clear route for winter cyclists, while mayoral candidate Jim Watson supports the pilot project approach in order to look at the issue objectively: “I would expect to see at least two, if not more, east-west routes with segregated bike lanes as well as two, [...]
Falling Off The Rails
OEN agreed that Ottawans should think long and hard about value for money when it comes to light rail. What do you think? Please share your thoughts on this another issues in OEN’s ‘Recent Comments’ section: “Mayor Larry O’Brien recently acknowledged that the $2.1-billion figure for the light-rail and tunnel project is likely just a [...]
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 [...]
