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11 Nov 2024

Be a friend we're all in this together! One way or another we will beat this, as long as we can stay respectful and united together. If we give in to the chaos of this circus, it will be extraordinarily hard to stop the change. Support each other and endure. #OttawaLRT #Ottawa

seandevine.caSign up for updatesWard 9, Knoxdale-Merivale

Let's all give a warm welcome back to the champ! They came for the king and they missed. I'm looking forward to years ahead 😜

Sean Devine@seandevine9.bsky.social

One thing we heard at the doors was appreciation for our Ward 9 Newsletter, which we couldn't publish during the Election Blackout period. But we're going to try to publish one today! If you don't already subscribe to it, sign up now. www.seandevine.ca/join

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Coffee though: Why does music transmit so poorly on hold. In the olden days I figured it was the connection couldn't maintain full spectrum frequency (like you could hear the hissing) but now it's all digital and it's like the hiss is built into the song 😂

Thought* Coffee haausnt kicked in

bit.lyOttawa’s voter turnout the lowest in 23 yearsJust over 36 per cent of Ottawa voters cast a vote in Monday’s municipal election, the second lowest voter turnout in the City of Ottawa since amalgamation.

Record low, jeeeeeeesus. If that isn't a rebuke of our current people, I don't know what is. Unfortunately, when you don't vote, we almost always get more of the same—hot dog 💩 But I'm preaching to the choir here. You're all good people. It's those others 😂

CTV News Ottawa@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social

Ottawa’s voter turnout the lowest in 23 years

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Bicycle Seen

@frpaul1.bsky.social

10h

You've heard of the Florida Tracksuit drink. I give you the Ottawa Tracksuit. #ottpoli

Chris 🇨🇦☘️@laxatldfwyow.bsky.social

He’s as empty a track suit as he appears. He desperately needs the local wealth to like him.

Oh God, four more years of daily spam. I think I'm going to have to drop the mayor from the Ottawa Sky feed.

mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

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If Ottawa was a packed bus, this is how many people voted. Miss me with that "Transit was the number one issue". We're going to get what we deserve. Unfortunately.

AxeDame@axedame.bsky.social

You know, I find it hard to listen to people bitch about things in this city when I'm looking at voter turnout in various wards, and it's basically about 35-44%

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Spencer Callaghan

@spencercallaghan.ca

Oh look, the thing everyone said would happen, happened. Thanks Neil.

Too close. Thankfully, Toronto didn't vote in the conservative plant character. I always enjoy when the good people win, you know there's tens of millions of dollars that were wasted on the opposition. That's the only thing that hurts them.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

It’s over

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Alex cooks.

alex 🇨🇦🍉@alex-is.online

@neilsara.bsky.social Don’t concede the election yet the results are fake you can still win

College ward is secure 💪 Although it pretty much was a no contest.

Marty Carr is back.

We could have got rid of friggin Mark if we didn't split the vote. God damn.

Stay off the roads in Orleans 😜

Dave@allcaps.bsky.social

On the positive side: looks like Hubley has been bested by Erin Coffin. Chianello in Kitchissippi taking Jeff’s seat; Devine ahead in Knoxdale-Merivale despite an ugly race. Luloff hitting Wendy’s tonight!

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Toying with a story. Petting the cat. Waiting for the polls to close. Could tonight be the night.

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And they frame it like, it's for the people. Cry me a fucking River.

God if I hear another of the old guard, 20 years ago politician former mayor, talk about how great Mark is. I'm going to barf. We don't need to hear any more power brokers talk about their favorite candidate, because they want to be invited to fancy dinners.

#Ottawa #OttCity Orleans - Matt is 34% (+10% lead) at 1/4 the vote. Seemingly unaffected by the DUI.

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Dr. Andrea Chandler 🇨🇦@andreachandler.bsky.social

Dumbest, laziest campaign by an incumbent mayor I have ever seen in my long-ass life. And I'm from Nova Scotia, where they wrote the book on small-minded electoral mediocrity. I hope to leave Ottawa one day. Smart, principled people ruled by used-car salesmen from rural fiefdoms.

Occasional is calling it @seandevine9.bsky.social is back in ♥️ Fk the establishment hit job—and especially you Tim, no scruples ever it seems.

1/4 of the vote in.

They are calling Mark the mayor. Dam. Well. 4 more years of hot garbage thanks to the establishment 🎉

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Toying with a story. Petting the cat. Waiting for the polls to close. Could tonight be the night.

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If I was only going to get like 4-12% I wouldn't be throwing a party. Although credit to Neil for throwing a house party 😁

Jesus. Nothing we don't need to hear less of is old white people talking about old white people. Power brokers backing their favorite person. Because he's the one that does what they need to get done in the city. Which is to say, keep most of their money in their pocket.

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Toying with a story. Petting the cat. Waiting for the polls to close. Could tonight be the night.

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The polls are closed. The count begins. The winner soon.

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They finally realized the audio wasn't transmitting... It's working now

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Gio Petti

@giopetti.bsky.social

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Ottawa, make sure you #VOTE!

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Voting might be tedious, but you got till 8:00 p.m. Just get it done. Make the right choice. Free us from our fresh hell 😁

Dave@allcaps.bsky.social

Reminder to all my Ottawa (and Ontario) people: get out there and vote! Polls are open until 8pm and voting is fast and simple - get all the details from Elections Ottawa: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

ottawa.caottawa.ca

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If you're in line waiting for the 95, stay in line! Political types talk a big game about transit, but the record speaks for itself. We have before us a chance to rebuke the status quo. Give your +1 to a city that doesn't hand all your tax dollars to developers. #Ottawa #OttCity

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Done and dusted. Not splitting the vote. Not setting us back another 4 years. Exercising my right, that untold millions have fought and died, and are currently dying, to have the privilege to vote The selection might not be great, but they're going to have to pry my vote for my cold dead hands 😜

Good riddance #Ottawa. Let's make today the last day of these performative posts. Remind all your non wacko friends to vote after work today. #OttCity

mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

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Kevin Dorse

@kdorse.bsky.social

Ottawa, today we get to vote for Jeff Leiper. We pay a lot in city taxes. In exchange, we have a right to expect a city that works. Jeff has the experience and vision to fix Ottawa. Transit. Housing. Street safety. Ending corporate welfare to Porsche dealerships and OSEG. Join me to vote for Jeff!

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Dave

@allcaps.bsky.social

Municipal Election Day. I hope we crack 30% participation so more than 15% of the population actually decides who runs this joint. Go Leiper!

It's raining lightly. It's election day. It's now officially 60 days till Chrismas. 8 weekends. 44 working days.

New mayor bloggins slogan has just dropped. "Another mediocre vision from a mediocre man"

Toon Dreessen@toondreessen.bsky.social

The mediocre plan for a #BetterByWard was developed pre-pandemic; was approved in 2021 (b4 elected) and languished until an election year and is under-funded; a lack of vision + lack of funding ensures a mediocre result.

cbc.caWhy have so many people died this year on Ottawa's roads? | CBC NewsWith more than a month left in 2026, there have been 32 traffic-related fatalities in Ottawa this year — the highest figure in more than a decade. Police are partly pinning the blame on a rise in stun...

Brutal. What a blunder, and lol to all the no-name parties.

Andrea Woo@andreawoo.bsky.social

99.57% of preliminary results reported

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Daniel Munro

@dkmunro.bsky.social

Every morning I cross a road where drivers run the red. So I wait until I’m sure cars are stopped before I cross. The pause prompts drivers - waiting to turn right - to honk at me. There’s no way for pedestrians to behave that will make car-brained Ottawa drivers happy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Lol. I wonder how long he tried to keep this ace in his sleeve. "Okay, just before the election, I'm going to rush around to a bunch of places. Lowertown is a shitshow from my underfunding but I'll just go visit Jean like a casual drop in, and knock on every door around him that's not gated"

mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social

As the #24in48 tour continues, Ginny and I have been knocking on doors in Rideau-Rockcliffe ward. It was great to visit with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Thank you for all you've done for our country, and for your support in my re-election campaign!

I'm doing some fall cleaning. Does anyone need old charging cables, giant sheets of cardboard? Or if you're at the Bayshore mall, some occasional stickers and business cards for guerilla advertising? 😁

Handy people rejoice Lee's Valley is coming to the Bayshore mall Oct 30th.

It's all the same. There's nothing they can do except give platitudes. This is why I get after even the most progressive candidates. They're good people, but If you've resigned yourself to just throwing up your hands - it's my job to kick you in the pants until you realize there's another way.

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@seandevine9.bsky.social once you are seated again, we should put a dent in traffic and get you the political weight that ensures no one gets the idea of donating daggers again.

Transit and not being killed by traffic are constant election issues, and every political type lies through their teeth that they are a big supporter of either. I'm getting healthier by the week, and I now have money, so I'm going to get back into the ground game over the next 4 years.

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@toondreessen.bsky.social

There's plenty of the city can do, we live in the most technologically advanced era. We can do so much, for so little, so quickly. But do we? Nope. Counselors sit on tens of thousands to millions of dollars of money. 111k salary. Nothing but time. But solutions? Can't find or afford them.

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Toon Dreessen

“Proven can deliver” money to private sports teams form public land; low taxes while our infra crumbles; new ways to (cut) bus service and make transit worse; promises to plant 1m trees (that didn’t happen) while destroying farmland, making storm impacts worse. We can’t afford 4 more years of Mark

mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social

I have a plan, I’ve proven I can deliver, and I’m ready to do it again. #24in48

#Ottawa make the right choice. We can't afford 4 more years of someone whose best skill is smiling in video blog posts. We have been stagnant for decades. Not that our choices are great here, but let's at least roll the dice on a city that grows.

City of Ottawa@en.ottawa.ca

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