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[VicHockeyFan]

City of Victoria Councillor Sonya Chandler has announced that she will leave her position as City Councillor effective September 1, 2010. Sonya has been awarded a full scholarship to pursue a Masters Degree in Sustainable Health Systems in the European Union. A by-election will be held this year to fill the vacancy.

http://www.victoria..../1005282_mr.pdf

Rob Randall, you are needed at City Hall immediately.

[Baro]

Team randal! Assemble!!

[piltdownman]

Here is his thread from the last election.

[VicHockeyFan]

Why doesn't a candidate step forward that is absolutely, positively pro-amalgamation? Surely they'd win.

[piltdownman]

Can this By-election and the bridge referendum be combined? Or is the city prohibited from saving money?

[VicHockeyFan]

Can this By-election and the bridge referendum be combined?

Yes, that is the plan.

Robert Randall will be on CFAX with Dave Dickson at 1:35pm today.

LISTEN

[Bob Fugger]

What a shame that I, too, will be embarking on a Masters program in September; or you would all be pledging fealty to Councillor Fugger.

[rjag]

Do you think she could take Madoff and Luton with her?

[CharlieFoxtrot]

Do you think she could take Madoff and Luton with her?

She was granted a scholarship, not sainthood...

[VicHockeyFan]

What a shame that I, too, will be embarking on a Masters program in September; or you would all be pledging fealty to Councillor Fugger.

Is the EU giving you a full scholarship, or are my taxes and car insurance premiums paying for your program?

[Bob Fugger]

Is the EU giving you a full scholarship, or are my taxes and car insurance premiums paying for your program?

What do you think?

[Ms. B. Havin]

Yes, that is the plan.

Robert Randall will be on CFAX with Dave Dickson at 1:35pm today.

LISTEN

Just clicked through and it's Wayne Hollohan's turn. Asked by the host what his reaction to the announcement was, he said, "here we go again."

He's right - I forgot that she stepped away from the job for quite some time to take maternity leave.

[Baro]

Ah damn it, I even wrote a sticky to listen at 1:30 but I got stuck WORKING at work and forgot

[VicHockeyFan]

Neither guest was even close to throwing their hat into the ring.

[LJ]

Why doesn't a candidate step forward that is absolutely, positively pro-amalgamation? Surely they'd win.

Not hard finding pro-am candidates in Victoria, the problem is nobody else in the CRD wants to.

[mat]

The CFAX poll is interesting with 74% saying a by-election is not worth the expense. In fact the CoV has no choice under the Local Government Act. Once a resignation is tendered the act kicks in.

What is interesting is that 274 people consider democracy too expensive. Maybe they should be asked their preferences for alternatives.

[Baro]

Just ask the person with the next highest amount of votes to step in, seems pretty democratic and fair.

[spanky123]

The CFAX poll is interesting with 74% saying a by-election is not worth the expense. In fact the CoV has no choice under the Local Government Act. Once a resignation is tendered the act kicks in.

What is interesting is that 274 people consider democracy too expensive. Maybe they should be asked their preferences for alternatives.

I think that 274 people are saying that it is too expensive to have an election for 1 person when the bias/slant of council will not change.

[AnonAnnie2]

....... I forgot that she stepped away from the job for quite some time to take maternity leave.

Did she cause a bi-election at the time she took maternity leave?

[G-Man]

Maternity leave is different than quitting.