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This is a nice comment from Susan Ruttan at the Journal, who in blogging about the seven under-30 candidates in the election [link], said of me: Don Iveson, a 28-year-old in Ward 5, is running one of the best campaigns of this election. That’s a vast improvement from “slick,” which was the descriptor she applied… Read More
Today was a splendid day. It started out with a trip out to Earl Buxton elementary in Riverbend to visit a pair of grade six classes. Among the numerous school visits I’ve made during the campaign I’ve enjoyed the grade six visits most as they offer the hardest questions—perhaps because they study municipal elections and… Read More
I am honoured and humbled to add four more endorsements to the list, including former Ward 5 councillor Larry Langley, Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary McPherson, retiring councillor and former Public School Board trustee Janice Melnychuk, and former councillor and city hall architect Gene Dub. It is a compliment of the highest order that… Read More
I think I’m over the cold now. And it’s a good thing, too, as there’s no time to lose in the last week of the campaign. We have a number of exciting things planned, and I’m quite hopeful that if most of it goes off without a hitch then we’ll climb into position to upset… Read More
The campaign trail has been tumultuous these last couple of days. Great highs and a few lows—here’s hoping they come in threes. The highs have included reading to a grade six class at Mill Creek School as part of Read-In Week, and a grade three class at Mount Pleasant. The students sat attentively and politely… Read More