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Live Charlottetown Election Results
Mayor Lee takes early lead and the plebiscite to change Ward system is lost
Charlottetown Civic Election live results
For live results on the Charlottetown civic election, click here.
Early results in the Mayor’s race have incumbent Mayor Lee ahead 684 to 410 over Philip Brown. McKendrick has 38 votes with 5 of 81 polls reporting at 7:43 pm.
The plebiscite to change Charlottetown’s ward system has lost early in the night – 817 to retain wards and 153 for change.
Stay tuned at here, on Twitter @peimun or @sdpate.
Is Mitch Tweel running scared in Charlottetown
Incumbent from Ward 4 St. Avards has mounted massive sign campaign wherever Michael LeClair’s signs appear
Doubled up signs on Queen Street in Charlottetown (photo S. Pate)
Incumbent councilor Mitch Tweel is turning up the heat on his challenged Michael LeClair in Ward 4.
Not only are LeClair’s signs mysteriously getting knocked over, Tweel has placed two signs alongside every one sign of LeClair’s signs. Along Queen Street the visual litter is striking. Continue reading
Who won the Charlottetown mayor’s debate
CBC pitted Mayor Lee against his challengers Janice McKendrick and Philip Brown, who won?
Mayoralty candidate Philip Brown
CBC had a 20 minute, candidate’s debate on radio this morning at 7:40.
Incumbent Clifford Lee and his challengers Philip Brown and Janice McKendrick squared off on city debt, Tourism Charlottetown and the City’s future.
How do you think the candidates did?
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Lee came off as an old smoothie, which is of course what one could expect after 24 years in municipal politics.
Lee said the City was in fine shape and it’s “net debt” was nothing to worry about. Lee pointed to his achievements in building permits and partnerships with other City organizations.
Brown seemed a little nervous but held his own against Lee. Brown said the City needed to get it’s finances in order. Pointing to the 2009 audited statements he said the pension fund has a $6 million unfunded liability and the capital debt is too high. Continue reading
Gwynne Dyer parking was too far away
Plans fell apart when UPEI’s inaccessible parking met my fatigue
UPEI 2009 accessible parking survey (click for larger image)
I wanted to hear Gwynne Dyer last night lecturing at the AVC building on UPEI campus but I was simply too tired to walk or wheelchair the long distance from the parking lot.
The Atlantic Vet College building is one of the buildings that is more than double the legal distance from the optimistically painted “wheelchair parking.”
The legal limit is 50 meters from the parking to the door. The AVC building is 103 meters.
Most people intuitively understand that people with walking or other disabilities need to be close to the building.
The National Building Code, which is also the law in Charlottetown, stipulates that accessible parking should be as close as possible to the door but not greater than 50 meters.
Frankly, on some days 50 meters is too far to walk for many people with disabilities.
The point is not lost on retailers who want our business like WalMart, Canadian Tire and the SuperStore. Continue reading
Charlottetown sighs relief nothing changes at CBC
Thanks to Charlottetown Firefighters who are retiring
And to all the brave who work and volunteer to save our lives and property
Volunteer and paid firefighters are some of our bravest and noblest public servants. They risk life and limb for our lives and our physical property.
Six of Charlottetown’s finest are retiring Charlottetown fire department loses century of experience
“Six firefighters with more than 100 years of service to the city are leaving Charlottetown’s fire department.
The retirements include the department’s two staff members and members of the volunteer brigade.”
What can we say but thanks. And thanks to those who continue to serve.
Smartest man met the dumbest man on PEI
UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan
Somewhere back in 2003, Wade MacLauchlan President of UPEI made a deal with Clifford Lee the Mayor of Charlottetown to build a swimming pool in Wade’s backyard. We are still paying the price.
“Clifford,” said the smart man “You need a protest free zone to build your swimming pool. Build it in my back yard and no one will be able to protest the zoning.”
“You think so?” said the Mayor. “No more public meetings or people complaining that a pool would ruin their otherwise miserable neighborhoods?”
“That’s right,” said MacLauchlan dreaming of a free building on his campus.
UPEI says PEI building codes don’t apply
UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan opposes access for disabled
Access-Ability Committee misguided attempt to force disabled into power wheelchairs
At Future Shop today I ran into a member of the UPEI accessibility committee who proceeded to berate me for attacking UPEI’s disability policies. A quad himself, he has a power wheel chair and parking distances greater than 50 meters are not an issue for him.
I asked him if he had verified the distances from the blue and non-accessible parking we published and he hadn’t. Asked why, he told me the National Building Code and the City of Charlottetown By-Laws did not apply to UPEI.
Eastern Graphic Takes On Racist Mayor of Charlottetown
Clifford Lee transformed himself into a racist mayor - what next
Must be time to get rid of this political hack
With story from Eastern Graphic
Hats off the the Eastern Graphic for being the first of the “old school” PEI media to call the opposition to the Mi’kmaq what it is – racism.Eastern Graphic City council panders on farm issue
The tug of war over the future of Charlottetown’s experimental farm is sadly following a very predictable script. Last week Charlottetown city council, which has shown an abysmal lack of leadership on the issue, threw its support behind a plan drafted by Friends of the Farm.
The support is not a surprise. Council is taking the easy way out, rather than the right way out. Frankly the whole exercise has ugly undercurrents. Continue reading
Coming soon – Transformers 4 Stop the Mi’kmaq
Mayor Clifford Lee in the title role saving Charlottetown from the Natives
Mayor Clifford Lee in the starring role as Transformer Fire Station Man – stop them at Sherwood Road
We are excited to bring news about the new blockbuster movie that got its blue carpet premiere yesterday in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Transformers 4 – Stop the Mi’kmaq. Coming soon to a movie theatre near you!
Gasp as the super hero Mayor circles the wagons to fend off an attack by marauding Indians. Fort Charlottetown is threatened by land developing Mi’kmaqs waving a federal treaty which they claim gives them first rights to get back land that was stolen from them in the first place. Strong men weep, women scream, children shiver in terror.
Mayor Lee – during the day a timid Tory hack currently holding down an ACOA sinecure – becomes superhero Transformer 4 when he waves his magic gavel – a mighty fire truck capable of quelling multiple Tweel attacks and simultaneously able to spare the blushes of dozens of old ladies by smothering the smutty stories of John Joe Sark. And able to stifle press conference invitations with the stroke of a pen. Continue reading