The absolute easiest endorsement I can make this election season is for @ashleysalvador.bsky.social Truly, Ashley is one of the best councillors we've seen in decades. She's incredibly intelligent, but personable and doesn't condescend. She deftly builds consensus. We need her back.

Darren had an exceptional talent for egging people on, and convincing ordinary people to do extraordinary things. His greatest trick was convincing everyone that he was just an ordinary guy too. And he wasn't. He was exceptional. Join @yegbike.bsky.social tomorrow at Ezio park, 7-9.

When a shooter opened fire in City Hall, Michael Elliott cracked jokes about it on Twitter. Now, he's running to be a councillor in Tim Cartmell's party. This defender of the Thin Blue Line wants to bring that ideology to city hall this October #yegvote

Success! Peace officers have started tearing down some of the many, many illegal Better Edmonton signs. The candidate in papastew was pretty mad about it and slid into my DMs lol

I'm getting so sick of @saveonfoods.bsky.social maple-washing their goods. Putting a "Shop Canadian" sign on your "Product of USA" cereals should be illegal. It's clear our grocers are not willing to behave in good faith. We need to legislate and fine this practice out of existence

Tim Cartmell and Better Edmonton are cheating. They're intentionally breaking election signage rules, and they're happy to use their large corporate donations to make any fines go away. They believe in a city where rules do not apply to the rich and powerful #yegvote

Tim Cartmell skipping work, but it's Alexander Hamilton sneaking out a window

Everything old is new again. I made this video originally in 2017. A shocking amount of it still holds up two elections later. The housing forms may have changed, but all the same arguments about infill remain. #yegvote

Your #yegvote mayoral debate recap: - @andrewknack.bsky.social is the clear choice for mayor - Omar Mohammed and Rahim Jaffer don't live in reality, and don't understand cost of services - Walters and Cartmell think if only we would be nicer to Danielle Smith, our problems would be solved

There are 13 simple rules for sign placement on public property. But do candidates have enough basic literacy to read and follow them? Let's find out!

Jennifer Rice, the most incompetent, toxic city councilor we've seen in a generation is running for re-election. And she might not lose.

Ashborne used to be a non-profit seniors centre. Now, it's "Alliance", a for-profit REIT. And look whose massive signs showed up out front. This is exactly what Tim and his big donors that have contributed hundreds of thousands to his campaign want everywhere.

Edmonton mayoral candidates but it's the Parks and Recreation opening

Meet @andrewknack.bsky.social, my pick for Mayor of Edmonton. I caught up with him as he was walking across the ENTIRE CITY (!) and chatted about his plans to make Edmonton more affordable #yegvote

We've got mayoral polling data! @andrewknack.bsky.social has taken an early lead over Tim Cartmell who keeps losing support as people learn more about him (lol) And despite the media really strongly pushing infill as an issue, it doesn't seem to be a chief concern to voters in this poll

Cracks have formed into fissures in Tim Cartmell's party, with two major candidates within his party openly questioning his leadership last week and distancing themselves from his policy He was supposed to be the unbeatable candidate. But now people are looking for the lifeboats

The #yegfringe show I'm in is selling out! One of my three dates for Edmontask has already sold out! If you've been hemming and hawwing about getting tickets, now is the time to do it

Danielle Smith is a separatist. I'm only a separatist when it comes to traffic.

Mayor of Fort Saksatchewan "Gale Katchur the Cat Killer" is running again (this time as a councillor) We go live to my cats for their reaction

Want to save money on rent in Edmonton? I've been living rent-free for months in mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell's head! All you have to do is point out that he doesn't show up to work and he'll continually stumble over himself torpedoing the best-financed campaign in the city

With Michael Walters officially in the mayoral race we've got quite the mayoral stew cookin'

This weekend at the cabin: Finished the "kitchen" area with insulation, vapour barrier, wiring and mounting cabinets 🥵

BIG Edmonton Mayoral news: Michael Walters, former two-term councillor, intends to run for mayor. I have heard this rumour from enough separate trustworthy sources that I'm comfortable running with it. This is a huge shakeup. #yegvote troypavlek.ca/posts/michae...

Sarah Hamilton is Big Mad Enough (ft. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis, Jimmy Barnes)

YouTube comments are still incredible

In the funniest result ever, this motion to "keep maximum number of midblock infill units at 8 instead of reducing it to 6" passes. Ties fail. If Vacation Timmy had shown up to work, then he would have helped materially restrict infill development. But he didn't.

Tim Cartmell skipped the infill debate at City Hall today, continuing his pattern of not showing up for important votes.

Things got tense yesterday at Edmonton City Council with Sarah Hamilton screaming at her colleague - in the middle of the meeting - "Fuck you, Jo-Anne Wright. Fuck you"

Tim Cartmell was supposed to launch his municipal party six days ago (in a Freson Bros parking lot, lol) But he hasn't, because he still short the required signatures to even start a party.

The cabin has a bed

The federal election is over, so it's your friendly, neighbourhood municipal politics wonk here to let you know that I'm STILL tracking everything going on in the race this October. In this update: Sohi's back in the chair, and Cartmell has 8/13 of his Timbits troypavlek.ca/posts/sohi-r...

Relaxing Friday off

Waking up, seeing four "close" races with Liberals in second and sitting at 168 leading seats is the Canadian version of "Bernie can still win this"

Only NDP leading seat in the country is... Leduc lol

HELP #cdnpoli: people are currently enroute to my election party and I'm about to print the guessing game sheets. Any fun things to add? I have time of call, leaders holding seats, seat counts, all Edmonton ridings - anything else fun to guess at?

If you want more bike lanes installed you have to do your part and skew the stats

“I don’t know what this is about, to be writing a letter as the minister of the province to one city councilor,” Janz said after the meeting. “We don’t tell them where to buy their Tylenol. I don’t know why they’re telling us how to build our roads.” www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

I say this with every ounce of respect the minister deserves: Devin Dreeshen has no fucking idea what he's talking about #ableg #abpoli #yeg #yegvote #yegbike

This is the power of the new RS zone in Edmonton - a lot that has been an empty pit on a hugely desirable corridor for nearly a decade is finally going to be developed –– with ~5 units! When your default zone is flexible, permissive and allows density, developers BUILD.

Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.

Screw the rules, I'm the UCP! Bill 50 is being proposed by the UCP and one of the big changes is: the UCP is doing away with all codes of conduct for municipal councillors. Any current complaint or sanction under a code of conduct is terminated.

Was short an egg for banana bread so I walked next door to my neighbour's chicken coop and grabbed one. I live smack dab in the centre of Edmonton. This would have been illegal a decade ago.

Candidates have identified Jennifer Rice as the most vulnerable incumbent, with many signing up to run against her. Plus a mayoral candidate drops a sick beat to get his message out - it's another #yegvote update! troypavlek.ca/posts/rappin...

We keep hearing how transparent and open municipal government is, but me and @mastermaq.bsky.social can't help but notice so many reports being discussed in private, without details being released.

when Pierre Poilievre sees @rachelgilmore.bsky.social on CTV

Earlier today Karen Principe revived her dead Twitter account to... Say she's running for Mayor, when she's not. She still hasn't announced whether she's going to continue her ACTUAL job as a councillor and just lost to Kerry Diotte trying to be an MP. I am baffled.

Karen Principe going with the absolute WEIRDEST April Fools joke. It... it is a joke, right? Can someone explain the joke to me?

my friends are trying to have an intervention, but i don't have a problem so there's nothing to intervene in