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The kind of political consulting Blackridge, which also is managing a website for mayoral candidate Ed Holder, offers its clients is common in elections at all levels.

But seeing the work of one company in so many campaigns is unusual in London and suggests at least ties between groups with shared opposition to the city’s largest-ever infrastructure project, one expert said.

“There obviously seems to be some kind of behind-the-scenes links going on, and people of a particular bent are aware of them and are taking advantage of them,” Joseph Lyons, the head of Western University’s local government program, said of Blackridge.

He suggested it could be a way to advertise and mobilize against BRT.

“You think of the logic behind a third-party advertiser: You have a clear position on an issue that you want to get out there, to get publicized, but you can’t have direct connections with campaigns. It’s kind of a back-door way of doing that, creating a political consultancy firm that can co-ordinate between candidates as a function of the service that they provide.”

There’s little information available about Blackridge online, and the company’s website contains no details about its services or staff.

Six candidates and another source say one or the other or both of Amir Farahi, a one-time council candidate, and school board trustee Jake Skinner, who’s running for re-election, are at the helm of their municipal campaign work through Blackridge.