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Flyering with our get out the vote piece is finally done, but for a couple hundred here and there that people will finish today. We sent out about 22,000, each specific to the neighbourhood with reflections on the main issue heard on the doors and specific information about where to vote tomorrow. With this done,… Read More
As of tonight, I’ve connected meaningfully with voters in every poll in Ward 5, which was a goal of mine from early in the campaign. My other goal was to knock on 10,000 doors, though I’m not sure if I’ve accomplished that since we lost track late in the summer. I think we’re close, but… Read More
We’re almost there. One last weekend of flyering and power-knocking to bring it home. At this point I’m feeling great about all the one-on-one contact this campaign has already made with Edmontonians in Ward 5. I’m proud that we haven’t had to resort to robot dialers to reach people, and that we reached a majority… Read More
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