Comments on: 12 Wards

By: 12 wards for edmonton in 2010. | daveberta.ca

12 wards for edmonton in 2010. | daveberta.ca — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:07:53 +0000

[...] Edmonton: 12 Councillors, 12 Wards: More Than A Dozen Reasons Why…Don Iveson: 12 WardsSEE Magazine: Councillors stake out their [...]

By: Don Iveson :: Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 5

Don Iveson :: Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 5 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:06:22 +0000

[...] It remains an honour to represent all parts of Ward 5 until election day, though it is difficult in a way to think of ‘losing’ those parts of it that will be in the new Wards 8 and 9. I still strongly support the move to the smaller wards, though, and think this will be positive for reasons previously recorded here. [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:20:18 +0000

I guess you’ll have to cross that road when you come to it. Progressive candidates have won federally and provincially across both of those wards, so you shouldn’t have a problem finding support in either.

By: Rob McLauchlin

Rob McLauchlin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:42:46 +0000

In a perfect world this is a better plan than the current system. However, this is not a perfect world and I don’t see any way of getting around the fact that if you end up in a ward with a councillor who is lousy or with whom you don’t see eye-to-eye you are out of luck. You have no other option.
I prefer having two representatives.

By: Michael Janz

Michael Janz — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:00:44 +0000

I think the twelve ward system will be a positive step towards improving democracy in our city. I will be keeping an eye on the twitter play-by-play tomorrow.