Winnipeg | 2026 Civic Election & City Affairs - Page 20

thurmas · #**381** Posted **Jul 20, 2022, 1:33 AM**

Motkaluks campaign so far has been abysmal much much worse than her 2018 campaign. No policy proposals whatsoever and zero campaign energy or social media presence other than a terrible Twitter page with a tiny following of 850 people and very little content whatsoever. If her campaign is this bad Klein should consider giving it a shot as the right wing candidate.

pspeid · #**382** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 1:47 PM**

Proposal from Gillingham re: Portage Place

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-election-portage-place-mall-1.6533816

IMO nice to see a candidate specifically talking about PP. Gillingham has surprised me with some of his recent announcements. My first impressions were that he was just another caretaker Mayor wannabe, content to just keep promising to fix a few potholes and hope Winnipeg's problems resolve themselves.

I don't know if his proposals are all workable, or even preferable, but he seems to be the candidate most serious about addressing a variety of issues. I suppose i'd say he looks the most "mayor-ish", if that's a word.

Conversely, I've been really disappointed by Glen Murray so far. IMO he hasn't really set out any kind of vision for the city as I'd hoped he would.

thurmas · #**383** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by pspeid

Proposal from Gillingham re: Portage Place

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-election-portage-place-mall-1.6533816

IMO nice to see a candidate specifically talking about PP. Gillingham has surprised me with some of his recent announcements. My first impressions were that he was just another caretaker Mayor wannabe, content to just keep promising to fix a few potholes and hope Winnipeg's problems resolve themselves.

I don't know if his proposals are all workable, or even preferable, but he seems to be the candidate most serious about addressing a variety of issues. I suppose i'd say he looks the most "mayor-ish", if that's a word.

Conversely, I've been really disappointed by Glen Murray so far. IMO he hasn't really set out any kind of vision for the city as I'd hoped he would.

He has been running a good campaign so far but I still have reservations with him being so buddy buddy with Bowman and city council after how abysmal they have been.

peg · #**384** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 3:28 PM**

From the FREEP article talking about Gillinghams's housing plan. This line had me cackling:

Jenny Motkaluk called it “unrealistic” and “unproductive.”

“His approach sounds an awful lot like central planning, which the Soviets taught us is a bad idea,” Motkaluk said.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2022/07/27/gillinghams-housing-plan-moving-on-up

thurmas · #**385** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by peg

From the FREEP article talking about Gillinghams's housing plan. This line had me cackling:

Jenny Motkaluk called it “unrealistic” and “unproductive.”

“His approach sounds an awful lot like central planning, which the Soviets taught us is a bad idea,” Motkaluk said.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2022/07/27/gillinghams-housing-plan-moving-on-up

Oy her campaign is such a dumpster fire right now its amazing she got 35% of the vote last time

Danny D Oh · #**386** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 5:38 PM**

Motkaluk's is a campaign in bad faith.

She can't even give a somewhat coherent answer to the question of "why?"

Why do you want to be mayor? What do you want to do for Winnipeg?

Even the fringest of fringe candidates have some ideas and want a better city. She's just a proxy of the provincial PC's trying to break government and line her own pockets in the short and long-term.

pspeid · #**387** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by peg

From the FREEP article talking about Gillinghams's housing plan. This line had me cackling:

Jenny Motkaluk called it “unrealistic” and “unproductive.”

“His approach sounds an awful lot like central planning, which the Soviets taught us is a bad idea,” Motkaluk said.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2022/07/27/gillinghams-housing-plan-moving-on-up

Hilarious. With her political trajectory I'm waiting for her to drop "Let's go Brandon" in her next speech. Hopefully she'll lose big-time and we can hear her ranting about rigged elections, fake news and witch hunts.

thurmas · #**388** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 7:02 PM**

Probe research poll just out Murray 44% Gillingham 16% Ouellette 13% Motkaluk 8%. Obviously voters go by name recognition in this town and most people i think barely would know who anyone on city council is.

drew · #**389** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 7:16 PM**

^ in this case, I am happy that name recognition is apparently the key factor.

thurmas · #**390** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 8:45 PM**

I guess if Mike O'shea ran for mayor he would get 85% or more of the vote.

pspeid · #**391** Posted **Jul 28, 2022, 8:57 PM**

From CBC website:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-mayoral-poll-july-2022-1.6535025

This is interesting. As I said before I've been disappointed by Murray's lack of policy statements so far. I don't doubt his polling has shown similar numbers. He's always been quite progressive in the past; is he holding back on too many specifics to avoid scaring away too many voters?

On the plus side, Motkaluk is a distant 4th place in this poll.

1ajs · #**392** Posted **Jul 29, 2022, 2:23 AM**

now not time to let up for him

trueviking · #**393** Posted **Jul 29, 2022, 5:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by thurmas

Probe research poll just out Murray 44% Gillingham 16% Ouellette 13% Motkaluk 8%. Obviously voters go by name recognition in this town and most people i think barely would know who anyone on city council is.

Name recognition is hugely important but to be fair, he was also the best mayor the city has had in a generation.

trueviking · #**394** Posted **Jul 29, 2022, 5:23 AM**

I wonder if this commanding lead will make Klein to think twice about risking his councillor job.

thurmas · #**395** Posted **Jul 29, 2022, 2:13 PM**

Kevin Klein said he's going to enter the mayoral race. He must see Motkaluk has zero chance as the right wing candidate in this race.

zalf · #**396** Posted **Jul 29, 2022, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

I wonder if this commanding lead will make Klein to think twice about risking his councillor job.

Not that I have any love for Klein, but is there anything preventing a candidate from running for both mayor and council simultaneously, and having a by-election if you win both?

trueviking · #**397** Posted **Jul 30, 2022, 1:17 AM**

Yeah. You aren’t allowed to run for both. Tough choice to pass up a good job for the brass ring.

rrskylar · #**398** Posted **Jul 30, 2022, 4:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by thurmas

Kevin Klein said he's going to enter the mayoral race. He must see Motkaluk has zero chance as the right wing candidate in this race.

If anything Klein enters the race as the only serious candidate in the mayors race!

Quitter Murray, Clueless Gillingham, Robert Clown Ouellette, Jenny Mutt-don't-look and a host of loonie tunes and nut jobs round out the rest!

Can't believe the grifter lazy, do nothing Schreyer is running unopposed, at least Lukes, Browaty, Chambers and Mayes (also all unopposed) actually work for their salary!

trueviking · #**399** Posted **Jul 30, 2022, 6:08 AM**

Best part of Klein running is that he will lose his job as councillor. I was hoping a few others would jump in too. Gillingham is actually a decent councillor. I wish he’d bail and be in Murray’s EPC.

Hecate · #**400** Posted **Jul 30, 2022, 1:43 PM**

Klein is done… someone released a bunch of pics of him partying with nygard on Twitter. Lol.