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As of tonight, I’ve connected meaningfully with voters in every poll in Ward 5, which was a goal of mine from early in the campaign. My other goal was to knock on 10,000 doors, though I’m not sure if I’ve accomplished that since we lost track late in the summer. I think we’re close, but… Read More
We’re almost there. One last weekend of flyering and power-knocking to bring it home. At this point I’m feeling great about all the one-on-one contact this campaign has already made with Edmontonians in Ward 5. I’m proud that we haven’t had to resort to robot dialers to reach people, and that we reached a majority… Read More
This is a nice comment from Susan Ruttan at the Journal, who in blogging about the seven under-30 candidates in the election [link], said of me: Don Iveson, a 28-year-old in Ward 5, is running one of the best campaigns of this election. That’s a vast improvement from “slick,” which was the descriptor she applied… Read More
Today was a splendid day. It started out with a trip out to Earl Buxton elementary in Riverbend to visit a pair of grade six classes. Among the numerous school visits I’ve made during the campaign I’ve enjoyed the grade six visits most as they offer the hardest questions—perhaps because they study municipal elections and… Read More
I am honoured and humbled to add four more endorsements to the list, including former Ward 5 councillor Larry Langley, Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary McPherson, retiring councillor and former Public School Board trustee Janice Melnychuk, and former councillor and city hall architect Gene Dub. It is a compliment of the highest order that… Read More