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Originally Posted by Cage
Questions
(1) What wards work best to Turner's strengths?
(2) What wards are likely to have vacancies?
(3) What wards would Turner most likely want to represent?
(4) What current Alderman would SSPers most likely see unseated by Turner?
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Answers:
(1) My viewpoint is inner city wards - 7, 8, 9. Alternates are wards where the LRT/BRT is early stages of maturit - 6 (
there will be a lot of work over the next 5 years to get WLRT ridership to capacity, thisn includes stick handling complaints from people who preferred previous bus network, PnR users, and road users who might need to be inconvenienced and persuaded onto LRT), 9 and 12 (
SELRT and SETWAY), 7 and 4 (
NCLRT and busy BRT line).
(2) Hodges and Lowe are ready for retirement. Chabot has repeatedly been on lists of wanting to do other jobs (like mayor). Colley-Urquhart has tried to get into other things.
(3) Don't know the man, perhaps others could provide a better viewpoint.
(4) I would like Turner to give the boots to Farrell, Pootmans, or Pincott.
That said if Turner got the right desire and platform to represent ward 2 (lowe), I would vote for him and volunteer extensively on his team. I just don't know if Turner wants to represent a suburb riding, I think he is an urbanist at heart.