I recently had a very interesting conversation with a high-level supporter of another Sask NDP candidate. I made some comment about the NDP being in a great position to renew itself with all of the great young candidates that are running. He replied something along the lines that “only your candidate is talking renewal.” That […]
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Saturday Snap – Other Than “Being Canadian” and Also “Being Five”, Pace is Totally Voting Obama!
This is the CBC story from the Regina Coronation Park & Democrats Abroad US Election viewing party last Tuesday. (You can also play “spot the Jason” and “spot the Shea” in the background of a few shots.) This is probably also a good place to record some recent Pace cuteness/genius moments: related to the election, […]
@ryanMeili Monday Redux – Punching Above Your Weight as #skndpldr #nyc #manhattan
With Ryan Meili in New York today for the launch of “A Healthy Society” at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan at 7pm (and with him getting some pretty high profile attention via a post by Niki Ashton on Michael Moore’s web site), I thought it might be worth re-posting a link to an earlier blog post […]
Saturday Snap – Some Stammering Bumbler on CTV Morning Live Promoting Assistive Technology
Before I appeared on a local morning TV show to promote some of the new Assistive Technology we have at Regina Public Library earlier this week, I jokingly posted on my Facebook and Twitter that people should tune in if they were fans of “awkward pauses and stammering answers”. Unfortunately, it turned out to be true […]
@Erin_Weir @ryanmeili Or this? #skndpldr
Max FineDay asked the #skndpldr candidates who they were going as for Halloween on Twitter. Ryan Meili replied that Che Guevara was in the lead but he was open to suggestions. Somebody suggested he dress as Tommy Douglas and Erin Weir replied that all candidates could go as the leaders I compared them to in a previous post […]
A Tale of Two Cities: Comparing The Most Recent #yqr & #yyc Mayoral Elections #yqrvotes
You could probably do this for any two cities in Canada but since I lived in Calgary and am now back in Regina, those are the two cities I’m most familiar with. And they truly are two cities that share many similarities – oil & gas-based economies creating boom times, comprised of many people of […]
An Exercise in Responsive Local Democracy #yqrvotes #yqr #tweetocracy
Today’s the municipal election. As I posted yesterday, I’d long ago made my decision about who I would support as Mayor. But I was still undecided about who I would support for my local councillor. My choices aren’t really that different as far as I can see – the current Councillor is Chris Szarka, a […]
“This Is Our City” – Marian Donnelly for #yqr Mayor #yqrvotes
For one reason or another, I haven’t written much about the Regina Civic Election. And now, just like that, it’s here. I’m happy to announce that tomorrow, I will be supporting Marian Donnelly for Mayor of Regina. I hope you will too! I’ve known Marian since my first job with the Sask Publishers Group when […]
@ryanMeili Monday – Will Buyer’s Remorse Play A Role in The #skndpldr Race?
Buyer’s remorse is defined as: the sense of regret [people feel] after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a car or house. It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by […]
Eulogy for Uncle Ken
Shea’s uncle passed away last week, rather suddenly after a year-long battle with cancer (that’s a weird way to describe it but that’s how it went.) Shea and I were honoured to be asked to do the eulogy by his widow and since we happened to be in Weyburn last weekend, we were able to […]