politics

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/watsoncommandvehicle.jpg) _ _ Ottawa _ _ The Mayor of Ottawa will now be able to triple his appearances at various events throughout the city using a new Mobile Command Vehicle. Enabling the mayor and his staff to efficiently plan and execute appearances by the Mayor, the 3. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jim-watson-rain-barrels.png) _ (One of the Mayor Watson 3000 TM clone units, surrounded by autograph-seeking rain barrels. Photo from Jim Watson's Twitter feed, used without his permission but I don't think he'll mind.) _ Seriously, I think that Mayor Jim Watson has been cloned. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2004-06-18-justvote3.jpg) * Election Day is on Monday, May 2, 2011. Polls we be open from 9:30am-9:30pm. * Advance polling takes place on Friday, April 22, Saturday, April 23 and Monday, April 25 between 12:00pm and 8:00pm. You can find more info about advance polling at [ elections. ...

It’s here . And yesterday he posted a video about the budget. ** Related: ** Ottawa Politics Guide

The Ryerson Review of Journalism has a good article about how blogs, twitter, social media, and BlackBerrys are affecting political coverage in Ottawa. And it includes this great line: In an Ottawa where BlackBerrys are unholstered and placed on tables like guns in a spaghetti western, the ubiquity of smartphones has changed how the news is produced, consumed and digested. ...

On Tuesday October 5, Ottawa mayoral candidates Jim Watson, Larry O’Brien, Clive Doucet and Andrew Haydon will go head-to-head in Debate 2.0 – Envisioning Ottawa’s Future . It’s a 90-minute, web-enabled event during which citizens of Ottawa will be encouraged to participate both online or in-person at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage. ...

David Reevely has a good rant today titled " A council that trusts nobody, including itself “. (I’d post an excerpt but there’s a hockey game to watch.) ** Related: ** Ottawa Politics Guide

If Larry O’Brien is found guilty of the influence-peddling charges against him, he’ll have to step down as mayor of Ottawa . Justice Douglas Cunningham is expected to deliver his verdict on August 12 , so we thought that in the meantime we should start talking about how we should pick the new mayor, just in case it comes to that. ...

The Larry O’Brien trial is keeping Ottawa court sketch artists busy. With cameras banned from the courtroom, we’ve seen at least three different sketch artists providing images from the trial for various media outlets in the city. CBC ’s artist ...

Susan Delacourt, an Ottawa-based political writer for the Toronto Star, posted a great pick of NDP leader Jack Layton, dressed up in a Star Trek uniform. A screen cap is below - for all the details click here . ** ...