[durandy]

I was reviewing the candidates and it seems to me that ward 7 is looking like the most unpredictable, just as it was last time around. There are 11 candidates but that's only half of what they got in 2014. Esther Pauls ran in Hamilton Mountain in the summer for the PCs, but the municipal campaign looks like an afterthought for her. It seems like it will be between Pauls, Geraldine McMullen, who ran in 2014, and Karen Grice Uggenti, but there's definitely an opportunity for a highly organized dark horse candidate. I wouldn't be surprised if Pauls takes it, since it looks like there are a number of union affiliated minor candidates who will split the labour vote, whereas Pauls should get 2000 easy votes due purely to name recognition.

I wonder if John Paul Danko, who finished second to Skelly in ward 7 last time around, is questioning whether hopping to ward 8 was a good idea now that he has to face Steve Ruddick.