The city clerk’s office oversees municipal elections, but they also oversee the orientation of the new council, teaching them the procedural ropes as they prepare to sit for the new term. So as we look to the inaugural meeting of council in a couple of weeks, we put the spotlight on the City Clerk who in just 20 days has to take five incumbents, seven newcomers, and a councillor turned mayor into a cohesive legislating unit. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #557 – Election Wrap Up and Building the New Council (feat. Dylan McMahon)”
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GUELPH POLITICAST #525 – Election Skullduggery Already? (feat. Dylan McMahon)
On Friday, Guelph Politico received a video of someone accessing the website “michellebowman.ca”. Michelle Bowman is a candidate running in Ward 2 in this fall’s municipal election, so one would think that if you typed in her name with the domain extension “.ca” that it would lead to her website. It doesn’t. Barely three weeks into this election, do we already need to have a conservation about the rules and ethics of running for local office? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #525 – Election Skullduggery Already? (feat. Dylan McMahon)”

