Well, we voted. The experience was, to put it mildly, a complete clown show. Let’s break down what happened, shall we? The nice fellow at the registration table had no idea what an audio voting machine was or even if they had one. This in spite of the fact that it was clearly stated in …
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Kitchener Municipal Voting Info
So the municipal election is coming up soon. I’m a big loser and am writing this post now, as opposed to earlier so it could be more helpful. But I guess today is still an advance voting day, so if you like to vote in advance…run! You can either vote today, or on Election day, …
Who Are These People? The 2022 Waterloo City Council And School Board Candidates. There’s Also A Suggestion For What To Vote Against
Carrying on with the series, here are your Waterloo Council and school board candidates. I don’t always pay the closest attention to the goings on out in Waterloo, but rest assured I will be actively rooting against the idea of this George Schmidt fellow having a say in how future generations are educated. Priorities: Parental …
Who Are These People? Cambridge And Kitchener Council And School Board Candidates
We posted Regional Council a couple weeks ago, and now here are council and school board candidate roundups for Kitchener and Cambridge. My ward is guaranteed to have a new Councillor for the first time in a couple of decades. This is nice since I haven’t always been the biggest fan of the current one …
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Who Are These People? The 2022 Waterloo Regional Council Candidates Edition
For myself, Carin and anyone else who needs it, here is a rundown of who exactly is running for Regional Council in Waterloo Region in the upcoming municipal election courtesy of Melissa Bowman of Citified. With so many current Councillors choosing not to run again, there won’t be a lot of parking votes in familiar …
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Extinguish This Foolishness
I’ve been meaning to say something about The Tyre Extinguishers for a while now. In case you don’t know who that is, it’s a group of vandals disguised as protesters who pop up in neighbourhoods around the world including several right here in KW and slash the tires on people’s vehicles, particularly SUVs. It’s a …
Video Of CKCO In 1986
I was hoping there would be more announcements for shows that the station was broadcasting at the time (especially the locally produced ones), but this 15 minutes worth of commercials and clips from Ontario Report A.K.A. the 11:30 news from CKCO circa 1986 is still kind of a neat watch for nostalgia’s sake. One of …
Making Poor Word Choices On The Popular
I don’t know who they have writing the copy for the anchors at CTV Kitchener these days, but that person needs a serious tune up. There has been an increasing number of questionable word choices lately, but last night took the cake…at least so far. To introduce a story about the baby formula shortage, the …
Bernie, Bernie, Bernie The Computer Doctor…
I don’t know why this song appears in my head when I have to call these guys, but it does. I’m realizing that we have lived in this town for nearly ten years, and have used the services of Bernie the Computer Doctor, and I have never given them a plug, and that’s a shame. …
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Must Be A Lot Of People Not Paying On Time
Today’s badly written headline: Large power outage in Kitchener restored “We’re sorry we turned it back on for a while there. All fixed now,” said a spokesperson I invented in my head upon reading this mess.