I didn’t comment on the campaign through the blog, though I have much respect for the Medicine Hat candidates that threw their hat in the ring, but now that it is over I have a few thoughts on what I think it all means. Media Coverage and Polling Data Why is all the polling data [...]
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One of our own in the running for Spokester.
Savanna Alicia Local Medhatblog participant and social media maven is looking to be named the Servus Credit Union spokesperson for the 17-25 age customer. I personally cant think of anyone more connected via twitter, facebook, and online presence, but I do wonder how well bank executives can figure out which applicant has the online presence [...]
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Boucher makes it a Race!
Adding Norm Boucher to the local ticket for the Federal election suddenly makes things interesting for federal representation. To me its interesting and here is the Dangermouse quick fix for how close this will really be. To do this lets take a look at the protagonists. Political Experience: Even though Lavar Payne is the incumbent [...]
A Challenging Democracy
As 2011 rolls on the world is again witness to the struggle and management of a Democratic society. From Miramar to Egypt, Alberta to Zaire people must contemplate the role of the community and their place in it. As I watch these events unfold I am challenged to think of how we strike the balance [...]
Canada Has No Notion Of Justice
Here in Medicine Hat we have the sad and dubious distinction of being home to the youngest mass murderer in Canadian History. A 12 year old girl, convicted of the heinous crime of murdering her mother, father and little brother. The facts of the case showed that she was a willing conspirator, an active participant [...]
Mayoral thoughts
Norm Boucher Dangermouse: yes KJ: yes Skeet: yes Dangermouse Comments I thought the mayor’s race was not much of a race at all. Norm Boucher represents an open and democratic council. He campaigned on it last time and followed through with it. Under his leadership the city became open and approachable. Compare the lack of [...]
Medicine Hat Finance 101 & The Events Center
As someone who likes to keep up on the affairs of our community and a part time blogger. I have often watched with some fascination how foreign our financial information seems to the average Hatter. I have heard financial analysts in the energy sector refer to the City of Medicine Hat as an “Energy company [...]
Medhatblog Grades Council
I was trying to think of a metric that I could use to measure my satisfaction with last council. On certain issues I was pleased with their leadership; on other issues …well I am left disappointed. I decided yesterday to mine our old archives to see what my biggest concerns were heading into the 2007 [...]
2010 Medicine Hat Election Blog
Calling all candidates! As a service to Hatters we are once again offering this Blog Space to candidates for the Municipal Election of 2010. Like the 07 format every candidate will be given unlimited space to explain why we citizens should cast a vote their way this election term. Rules of the Game We will [...]
Bye-XL
When we were thinking about the look and feel of Medhatblog’s makeover this past summer …we wanted to capture the “history and culture” of our community. Something to tie together our past to today. Everywhere we looked, from pictures of historic downtown, to futuristic drawings of the proposed events center it was obvious how IXL’s [...]
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