Mis-education Primer for The 2012 Civic Election

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Welcome to a special episode of The YXE where I talk with Jordon Cooper and Dale Zak about the 2012 Civic Election in Saskatoon happening on October 24th. First up I talk with Jordon about the candidates in each ward as well as the mayoral race and then afterwards I chatted with Dale about the technology, websites and apps being used to help people get out and vote.

Intro Music

Late Night Radio by Slow Down, Molasses

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Notes from Discussion

  • Snow day will affect the voter turn out
  • Tweeting the city council
  • Door knocking as a campaign tactic

Ward 1

  • experience outside of civic election
  • Darren is a two time incumbent, fiscal conservative
  • Two very different approaches to Cosmo Industries
  • Bold prediction from Jordon – narrow Darren Hill

Ward 2

  • Fortosky
  • Lorje long term city council, ND MLA, held the seat for 6 years while Fortosky was gone.
  • Close to each other in positions on forums
  • Bold prediction from Jordon – Pat Lorje

Ward 3

  • Ann Iwanchuk is the incumbent
  • Right / left split
  • Kelly Block’s political controversy could affect Mike’s vote?
  • Andy Iwanchuk is Ann’s husband
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Flip a coin. Iwanchuk

Ward 4

  • Sean is outworking, out hustling, door knocking
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Sean Shaw

Ward 5

  • James Ford is a left wing candidate in a right wing ward
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Randy Donauer will win

Ward 6

  • Charlie Clark vs Brandon Snowsell
  • Jordon worked with Charlie on variety of homeless issues
  • Brandon right of center, Charlie is left of center
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Charlie Clark will win with a healthy margin

Ward 7

  • Bi-election a couple of years ago
  • Mairin Loewen incumbent, tremendously popular, innovative use of social media
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Mairin Loewen

Ward 8

  • Ainsley from the center, Karen from the left, Eric & Sharon from the right
  • Momentum swings
  • Comes down to Ainsley and Eric
  • No incumbent
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Eric

Ward 9

  • Tiffany Paulsen is the incumbent
  • She’s very effective in city council – a great communicator
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Tiffany Paulsen

Ward 10

  • North Bridge
  • Horseman ran a paperless campaign, iPhone app
  • Zach ran a traditional campaign
  • Could be a very close race between Dubois and Jefferies
  • Snowstorm could be the deciding factor
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Jefferies

Mayoral Race

  • Inside Circle Drive versus the suburbs
  • Possibly time for a change?
  • Bold Prediction from Jordon – Don Atchison

Conversation with Dale Zak

  • Social media is a conversation happening whether candidates are aware of it or not.
  • Candidates that win will be the ones who engage people online
  • Candidates using video to get their message across
  • Using social media to show and create identity about themselves

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