Democracy is alive and well in the Crowsnest Pass

Well the political Forum came and went last night, was very surprised and impressed with the turn out, especially when I read about a number of communities that can not even get enough people to run.

The Chamber did a very good job and I was impressed with the way the moderator (Val Danielson) controlled the meeting.

The down side was that we tried to learn about candidates, their positions, and get a sense of their abilities to lead this community in a span of less than three hours.
Very difficult to say the least some people impressed me some did not, but then we only had four opportunities to speak basically four and a half minutes.
Its really tough because there was five people there that I have never met before or heard speak.
Its really hard to judge what if somebody was having a off night?

Anyway irregardless its going to be an interesting campaign for the next three weeks.

Common misconception on municipal voting Day

Well now the race as began I have an issue that as been brought up to me the last two elections and was brought up with me again yesterday before the ink was even dry on the nomination forms.
The misconception is that when you are voting for councilors you have to vote for six.
This is not true you can vote for any number between 1 and 6.

The danger with this misconception is that I have had people tell me that they knew three people that they wanted to choice and then filled out the other three spots with names that were familiar to them.
By taking this approach especially when you have a lot of candidates running and the vote being spilt many ways, you could be helping to defeat the candidates that are important to you.

So please keep in mind if there are six candidates that you think will do a good job for you vote for six, but if you think there is only two then vote for two.

Last election there was only ten votes between the top four candidates, a few mistaken votes here and there could make a difference.
Imagine if a candidate you were really pushing for lost by 1 or 2 votes to a candidate that you picked just to get to six.

Election 2010 Crowsnest Pass

Well the election will be here before you know it.
Already there is ten candidates running for seven positions with ten days to go, I'm sure that number will double by the deadline.
Starting to hear what candidates have to say regarding the "issues" in this coming election.
I am interested in seeing what my readers see as the "issues", please take a moment go to the side of my blog and make your choices you can vote for more than one.
Feel free to leave comments all opinions are fair.