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Am I the only one that’s really not impressed by the candidates or have the people of Halifax given up completely that they no longer care?!
Honestly, I have no idea how any of these people are getting elected. —Non-Voter
This article appears in Oct 4-10, 2012.
20 Comments
Much like the presidential election…
you’re really just voting for the lesser of the evils.
Where’s the Dog Father? I thought he was gonna run?
All talk?
vote for the cat
ZZZ I think Dawfather is running for council, not sure what area possible where Sloane is?
He was afraid to debate Tuxedo Stan – he’d lose all his working capital and Stan is more articulate by a country mile. So, it comes down a choice between the ex-cop, the son of the Welsh Windbag who turned the Darkside into a welfare ghetto and Heindlich Rimmler, the chicken farmer. Hay techsavvies – how do I make Stan my write-in candidate on my e-ballot?
Sorry Dawgfather.
ah yes, right. Too many things to vote on these days…
my bad.
Stan also has my vote.
I’m guessing the urban chicken farms would be passed the first day he takes office.
Dawg Father *is* running.
He’s legally changed his name to Dawgfather, PhD.
He’s running in Sue Uteck’s riding.
District 7 represent! …I’ll stop that now. >.>
more like a monty python skit maybe o.p., just as funny, and no one will really win. cept of course those that get the big chair.
given up completely ive given up on all politics
Municipal politics isn’t known for attracting the cream of the crop. More like people who are looking for a bigger challenge than treasurer of the bowling league. Besides, who’d want people calling you up at all hours to tell you their neighbours cat pooped in your peonies again? No thank ya!
Just be thankful there’s no Robert Ford running. Is there?
I vote for Stan.
Robert Ford doesn’t run anywhere… period.
Have you seen that guy?
Our pavement is cracked enough as it is.
To all you fucktards “giving up”, if ya don’t vote than shut the fuck up. You idiots want change but do nothing about it.
I’m voting for Tom Martin
Who’s the dawgfather?
There are many sources of info (the Herald, openfile, twitter, google live debates (in-person and online). You get to vote for mayor, councillor, and school board. If there’s no one I like, I vote for someone I know won’t win because I think that’s better than spoiling my ballot. There are 6 diverse mayoralty candidates. There’s at least one candidate for councillor from the Occupy movement. Remember all the criticism they took for not working within the system? I think all candidates (even the so-called fringe) deserve respect for trying, even if you disagree with their ideas. They raise / broaden the level of debate.
trodon – I had to look him up.
http://www.thedf.ca/
Lol – I always thought that “dawg” was an acronym for Dumb Ass Wanker Git 😉
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adhoc – well said. Too many people vote against a candidate/party, not for. I hear way too much, “I hate so and so, and the candidate that I like can’t win, so I’m voting for the lesser of 2 evils.” That bothers me, if everybody who said stuff like that actually voted for the people who they really wnated, I believe that we’d see a change.
“Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos”
The PHD stands for Pathetic Hot Dogs. Seriously Dawg, invest in some genuine Italian or Polish pork sausages. Infinitely better flavour.
District 5
I’m voting for Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt,he’s a very nice,cool man.Gloria’s gotta go.We need change in dictrict 5 or no matter how many fancy condos they build the people that move into them are still going to have to live in the slums,like me.
well people, i have just returned from the future, and here to tell you. tom martin won by a landslide. and sorry boru, gloria is still the girl to be reckoned with in her riding. oh, and obama is also gone, but i won’t spoil it by telling you who won that fiasco of a race. just get ready for a very major change, stateside. now, i have to go get a beer.