Election Talk – Import Stanley
We’re about a month away from Ontario’s municipal election. The most important issues for Port Stanley as a whole seem to be:
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The Rank of Balloting
Monday is municipal election day in Ontario. London is the first municipality in Canada to use ranked ballots. It’s confusing, even to candidates, some of whom are giving their supporters some bad – and self-defeating – advice. …
Be The Change
When you hear someone say, “I’m not going to vote”, please show them this.  …
Provincial Election Day – Just Do It
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” `Winston Churchill
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Leftover Rant II
This is the second and last column I wrote for a magazine that had a change at the helm. You know what that’s like; the new person wants to make their own decisions and hire their own people. It’s all good. But why let a collection of carefully chosen sentences go to waste? And so I ranted:Â …
Voting for Voice-Work
The City of London is considering adopting a different method of voting for the municipal election next year. Instead of first-past-the-post, they’re looking at ranked choice ballots. You rank your first, second and third choices instead of choosing just one and the ones with the fewest votes are eliminated, until a clear winner emerges. …
Meet The Bloc
This is the best and clearest explanation I’ve seen for the millions of people who, inexplicably, support Donald Trump in an election that’s now just a few days away. …
So, How Will You Vote?
I’ll never tell you who I vote for and I’ll never ask you that question. But this excruciatingly long federal election campaign will come to an end before we know it and it will be time to make a choice. …
What a Bunch of Cards
Now that one of the nastiest and most impolite elections is finally over, I can share with you a few of the lower points of the campaign that you didn’t hear or read. Â …
Brandt’s Randt – Wake Up and Smell the Election Campaign!
Honestly, I think it’s our duty in a democracy to give half a hoot about an election campaign. Or shut your pie hole! Â And I randt. Â …
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Political Games People Play
The political developments on Friday were not only fun to cover, but amusing to witness. Â You could tell the age of the person writing the stories by how much they knew about the political process. Â …
What We’ve Learned in the Past Week
If you’re in trouble and you’re getting bad advice, you tuck your tail under and you hide. Â …
US Election
The following is my deep, heartfelt comment on the result of the US Presidential election. …