myboytheriotgirl Votes 2010

myboytheriotgirl loves music, but we also love politics, especially the local, democratic kind. We studied people and politics at university, and we got pretty good at researching both. We now spend our days hunting down data for dollars, but we asked ourselves, “What else can we do with brains full of book-learnin’, a passion for civics, and hardly any free time?”

We live in Ward 2, and with 20 19 candidates, it sure makes it hard to make an informed decision. Fortunately, there is a lot of free, publicly available information out there. We’d like to thank better, more organized people than us for collecting and publishing their primary research. Without their hard work, we could have never performed the proud, time-honoured academic tradition of appropriating the products of other peoples' labour, doing minimal analysis, and passing it off as our own.



So here is a handy table that includes all the information we think a Ward 2 resident/taxpayer/citizen needs to pick the right person on October 25th. Print it out and study it, give it to your dog for eating, tape it to a wall and shoot darts at it, or crumple it into a ball and throw it at the first candidate you see. All are legitimate ways of making this important decision.



And since myboytheriotgirl likes choosing favourites, in music and in politics, we’ll spend a few more days computing variables and regressing coefficients, and we'll tell you who we think is the best candidate in Ward 2.



Because the computer took almost no time at all to determine best mayoral candidate, we can safely tell you that myboytheriotgirl supports four more years for Mayor Fred Eisenberger. Small quibbles on policy aside, we believe Mayor Fred offers the strong, reasoned and consistent leadership that our city needs.



If you're a candidate and wish to add/correct any information about yourself you can email us at megan@myboytheriotgirl.com.

No matter where you live, make sure you do your civic duty on October 25th: Vote early, vote often, and if you are so inclined, make use of the poll on this page to broadcast your support for the Ward 2 candidate of your choice. Good luck to all the candidates, and we’ll see you on the other side!



Sincerely,



Megan and Mike

UPDATE 25 October 2010: myboytheriotgirl has crunched the numbers and is endorsing Matt Jelly for Ward 2 Councillor. Matt has demonstrated his bona fide commitment to Ward 2 over the past few years, and through events like Bylaw Crawl and Garbage Crawl, has been no slouch in creating opportunities to affect change in our community. Among a list of candidates that is overwhelmingly old, white and male, the newest generation of candidates stand out. Though he has a lot of solid competition on the ballot, we hope that Matt Jelly will bring new energy and ideas to City Hall on behalf of Ward 2 constituents. And that's why he has our vote.