Advance voting will take place on Tuesday October 12, Wednesday October 13, Thursday October 14 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at City Hall 1 Carden Street, Guelph for all wards. On Saturday October 16 between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. advance Voting will take place at the following locations: Ward 1: Guelph City Hall, […]
Click on here to see Ian Findlay’s responses to questions from Adam Donaldson at guelphpolitico.ca.
A quick email to let you know that the Municipal Election Pages have been created and are now accessible from the front page of the Chamber website – www.guelphchamber.com just click on the radio button on the top right hand side. WB
The following is an exerpt from correspondence sent to me from a current Mayoral candidate, way back in 2007: Mayor and Councillors:Once again the Subject organization is/has been involved in City business(i.e.,twinning) and yet little,if anything,is publicly known about this shadowy lobby group/person(?), other than a Mr Hammill as shown in a City report(Ref.) as the […]
It’s almost ten months into 2010 and the Guelph Civic League has finally released it’s voting record for 2009. Just in time for the October 25 election. In the previous term of Council, GCL members were obliged to attend all meetings of City Council with pen and paper to track every vote Councillors made. Early […]
While it may seem like we are in municipal election season, for candidates it’s survey season. I have just completed the Mercury on line survey. Last week I did the Tribune, Chamber of Commerce, CFRU, Echo Magazine, Guelph Labour Council and the Guelph Wellington Seniors Association surveys. I took a pass on the one from […]
The following letter to the editor appeared in the September 23 edition of the Guelph Mercury: This is the first time in 40 years of voting I’ve seen an entire team of incumbents that absolutely deserve to keep their jobs. It’s amazing. Our mayor and councillors are not only hardworking problem solvers, they are regular […]
The following article appeared in the September 22 edition of the Guelph Mercury: History shows technology can make a political candidate. Most recently, the internet made Barack Obama a virtual god on computer screens from California to Kenya. In Guelph, the power of online electioneering is just dawning on most candidates for municipal office. A […]
I’m Editor of thecannon, the online community for undergraduate students at the University of Guelph. Please find attached an important announcement regarding My Guelph 2010, a non-partisan outreach program intended to increase voter turnout among students in the upcoming municipal election. GB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your city is changing. What do you want to see? On Monday, […]
As Guelph gets ready for the municipal election, and we gear up for another budget season, you may receive requests for financial information and the City of Guelph’s 2010 budget. This is a reminder that Guelph’s Capital, Operating and Water and Wastewater budget documents are available at www.guelph.ca/finance Staff