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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 [...]

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The Results are In

Wow.  I would not have predicted tonights results.  Julie within 450 votes of Norm?  As for the Alderman, a bit surprising, but understandable.  What do you think?  Are you happy with the results? For the Office of Mayor Preliminary Results Percentage BOUCHER, Normand 7366 44.75% FRIESEN, Julie 6923 42.06% COWAN, Scott 2171 13.19% For the [...]

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Where do I Vote?

Well, I normally applaud the City using advanced technologies on there website, but the “where do I vote” iMap is both clunky and  not working.  As we are getting many website hits this morning from people looking to find out where to vote, I would suggest calling the City Clerks office if you have any questions: 403-502-8027 [...]

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Election Posters

If you haven’t been to the this webpage yet, you should check out all the posters for the Mayoral and Aldermanic Candidates.  Very well done. http://www.medicinehatelection.info/ via http://www.medicinehatmedia.com/ Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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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 [...]

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Medhatblog’s Election Suggestions with Guest Kim Johnston

After the smashing success of our suggestions for the 2007 election, we thought we would give it another go. We have also bribed Kim Johnston (MY96 DJ for those that do not own radio’s) into giving us his list of picks.  We would love to hear who you will be voting for and the reasons [...]

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Post debate interview video

Below is a video from the Mayoral forums last night for your viewing pleasure.  Provided by comtv.ca Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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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 [...]

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Cathy Smith’s email puts some spark in the election

Just when we thought the most exciting thing in this election would be a mayoral candidate getting kicked off the mall parking lot, an email written by former Alderman Cathy Smith goes viral. As lawyers are now involved according the Medicine Hat news article this morning (http://www.medicinehatnews.com/story/viral-email-stirs-race) I am not going to post the email [...]

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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 [...]

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