2022 Ottawa Municipal Election

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Originally Posted by SidetrackedSue

At the beginning McKenney was my choice, not because I supported even close to half of their positions I was aware of but because they were obviously hard working, had a ton of energy (as opposed to Chiarelli) and to me they really were committed to this city to make it better for residents, not for their own reputation.

Then Sutcliffe entered the race and, as a fiscal conservative myself, I thought I'd have to check out their platform because I might support more than half of their positions.

Uhhhm. Nope. It isn't just the positions, it is the tone.

McKenney remains the clear winner of my vote, for all the reasons I had to begin with. They could still disappoint me, and they will need a large number of councilors willing to work with them, but I trust my first impression that this is a good person who works well with others and leads by action and rolling up their sleeves.

I truly hope that they will inspire both city management and the new council to rise to the challenges we face as we come out of this pandemic severely beaten down by the isolation and events of the past 2.5 years.

Agree voting strictly on personal characteristics McKenney seems like a solid choice. Policy wise I personally prefer Chiarelli and I'm not sure I won't vote for him just because he's old and has no energy. I really don't need someone dynamic and cool as mayor. I think it's hard to argue that Sutcliffe isn't a developer candidate. That's not always a bad thing as most of us even those on the left here tend to be pro development but for many this is a deal breaker and rightly so.