tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post116355053570054457..comments2007-03-22T19:06:15.152-04:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-1163616651635954102006-11-15T13:50:00.000-05:002006-11-15T13:50:00.000-05:00Ben,<BR/>We just saw the tape of your COGECO interviews last night and enjoyed them immensely. Poor Gil got quite flustered, and so easily too. His lack of meaningful substance showed and gave the viewers a taste of what's to come. Perhaps our mayor will have to hold those strings much tighter than he would have thought. My loss occured in the voting on-line and by phone. My poll numbers were rather encouraging, beating him in 3 and losing in the "institutional poll" by 11 votes. During my campaign I did get comments like "I wish you had been here sooner, but good luck anyway". That tells me I cwould have swung that vote if it had been at the box. Considering the final votes cast, the voter participation was not significantly affected by the alternative methods other than in "how" they chose to vote. I have my theories on that but that will come later. Most anything I say right now will likely be construed as "sour grapes" anyway. But, it is quite clear that winning glazes the eyes or at least that may be the desired effect. As for any "messages" sent by the voters, those "messages" have already been the victim of the ol' "delete" button. It really doesn't matter to them since they won and have the power to do just exactly as they please for the next 44 months or about 190 open meetings. It may be quite a show at that.Manfred Schumannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971203876339557828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-1163609905618261572006-11-15T11:58:00.000-05:002006-11-15T11:58:00.000-05:00Thank you for those kind words, I will try to post whenever the mood or circumstance strikes me. I have also been pleased by the reaction to the Channel 10 show that Dave Glover and I were on. It appears that some of my comments and hard hitting questions took a couple of interviewees by surprise much to the amusement of the audience!Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-1163602465065081692006-11-15T09:54:00.000-05:002006-11-15T09:54:00.000-05:00It is us, the readers of your blog, who should thank YOU.<BR/><BR/>After all, this is the only source of independent and alternative opinion available to us. <BR/><BR/>Without you there would only be David Craig!<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much Ben. Will be looking forward to reading whatever items you have time to post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com