rubberdinghy Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 (edited) What have you done...Our city is falling apart right before our eyes. Choosing a new mayor to work with all the same councillors has become a disaster.O'Briens new name should be "Flip Flop"Anybody else care about city politics? Edited December 19, 2006 by Guest
Asparagus Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Yes, and he's an idiot. Although you know how I feel about the subway.
ollie Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Yeah, I'm up for some local politics.O'Brien is a bit of a joke, isn't he?"But he's a BUSINESS man!!"Ha ha.I think Light Rail is a bad idea but I hope we don't lose a boatload of cash over nixing the deal.
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted December 16, 2006 Report Posted December 16, 2006 Yeah, I saw this coming from the first things I started hearing about him. Now, it's confirmed: Mel Lastman redux.
phishtaper Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 why did he get elected? why did people vote for him?
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 My guess is because he - reminds people of him - (the difference being that instead of getting elected with the promise of getting the trains to run on time, O'Brien got in having promised to make them not run at all)
rubberdinghy Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Posted December 19, 2006 so...homeowners...get out the checkbooks...zero apparently doesn't mean zero anymore....http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2006/12/19/2876587-sun.html
rubberdinghy Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Posted December 19, 2006 why did he get elected? why did people vote for him? He's not gay.
phorbesie Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 i found him just a little creepy from the start.i was away at election time and was absolutely floored that he won. i guess homophobic ottawa is gonna get what it deserves and have to deal with it.
phishtaper Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 why did he get elected? why did people vote for him? He's not gay.really? im assuming that this means his opponent is gay and that ottawa didnt want a gay mayor? wowser.
phorbesie Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 yeah...the opponent had a substantial lead throughout the campaign...then it was 'discovered' right before the election that he's gay. then he tanked. unbelievable. that's why ottawa has no right to complain about anything the new mayor does.
phishtaper Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 yes, and tragically the city will remain that drab grey devoid of panache and style
ollie Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 yeah...the opponent had a substantial lead throughout the campaign...then it was 'discovered' right before the election that he's gay. then he tanked. unbelievable. that's why ottawa has no right to complain about anything the new mayor does.Alex Munter has been publically gay for years and had no problem getting elected as a councillor, in conservative Kanata, multiple times.I don't think there was any overt homophobia on the campaign trail but I did get that vibe from guys like Terry Kilrea, who ostensibly dropped out of the race to prevent a Munter victory.I don't think the majority of people who voted for O'Brien did so because Munter is gay, but maybe enough of them did to make it the difference.
rubberdinghy Posted December 21, 2006 Author Report Posted December 21, 2006 younger, smarter folks voted Munter.older, stubborn folks voted O'Brien.(especially when he said no tax increase)O'Brien wins...why...not enough youngsters hit the polls. Oh well...not much we can do now...he did just give the Shepards $10000 to build a fence.
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Some of the tipping point in the homophobic vote might have come from this area down south. Kilrea was getting tons and tons of hype in our local papers, which fits in well with the crimson cervical hue of much of the constituency. Then again, I don't think you can now go two pages in either of those papers without seeing a picture of Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre doing some banal thing for a gratuitous photo op. There's one writer in one of those papers that I can actually read without the requisite irony; I always wonder if his job gives him a good daily laugh or drives him crazy (probably a bit of both).
phorbesie Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 ok sorry...i may be misinformed ollie...all i know is i never heard anything about him being gay before...and i was reading the papers during the whole election. i know i personally only 'found out' at the end there, and it was only announced on the radio then. then suddenly he goes from leading to losing. seemed pretty coincidental...?
Freak By Night Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 I know two people who voted for O'Brien because they didn't want a "faggot" running the city.
Asparagus Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 I know two people who voted for O'Brien because they didn't want a "faggot" running the city.Unfortunately, I know of more than that.
SmoothedShredder Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah that's awful. I know "queer eye for the straight guy" has given me the best advice ever for good posture: Lead with your heart and not your head. We definately need more of a feminine touch in Politics. Who better than a gay man?!
timouse Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah that's awful. I know "queer eye for the straight guy" has given me the best advice ever for good posture:Lead with your heart and not your head. We definately need more of a feminine touch in Politics. Who better than a gay man?! a woman in the words of ronin williams, if women ran the world, there would be no more war, just severe negotiations every 28 days.
SmoothedShredder Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 All I know it's not "me"... there's enough of "me" in Politics! It's too bad the closest we've come is Kim Campbell. When will we get our own Ghandi? I'll even settle for a Margret Thatcher.
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted December 22, 2006 Report Posted December 22, 2006 I'll even settle for a Margret Thatcher.Oh no, please don't say that! Thatcher was a scary piece of work. She made John Major look like a hippie in comparison.
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