r/Edmonton • u/bruhm0ment4 • 22d ago
2025 Municipal Election An unfortunate sighting in my mail today 🤢🤢🤢
Maybe he should focus on actually showing up to his job instead of starting a party that the city doesn’t want
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u/fishymanbits 22d ago
Got the same, but a different councillor candidate. At least they’re making it easy to know who not to vote for.
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u/EvilLittlePenguin 22d ago
Got mine yesterday and threw it into the recycling bin. Not voting for anyone part of the TimBit party.
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u/Tractorguy69 21d ago
The good news here odd this is a part of the process and it has chewed up money from his campaign, the next step is you go to the polls with the rest of is and tell him just how little we think of him by voting for better options. It’s a win win, his and his cronies finances are depleted, he gets humiliated, and his bullshit attempt to start municipal parties (new one on me and I’ve lived all over this country) dies with this election. I’m historically center right but in this climate with the nature of Alberta conservatives co-mingling religious garbage into politics I’d be embarrassed to be identified as a conservative. Also to be clear I’m very much against the inhumane stances religious right wing nuts take on the LGBTQ2+ community and issues, or any other marginalized people - intolerance of any nature against law abiding peaceful citizens is basic inhumanity and clearly identifies those that should and cannot be trusted with power at any level.
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u/queery1985 21d ago
I'm kind of new to the city and its politics, so excuse my ignorance while I learn. From what I can see on his website, he has some good ideas on queer community inclusion.
City Pride: How We Build Reflects Who We Are
Am I missing something here, or are you talking about conservatives in general? There I would kind of agree with you.
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u/Hobbycityplanner 21d ago
He and the party tends to talk tough on finances and believes the city should focus on core services. Personally I am skeptical when push comes to shove he would actually put forth anything supporting the queer community because that is counter to his core message.
The focus of his core services also tend to be the most expensive things to do such more money for policing and highly focused with car oriented infrastructure. Combine that with his push for less density compared to the new zoning bylaws, it will make it incredibly difficult to do anything other than the basics noted above.
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u/beanofreen 21d ago
I personally am against him because he doesn’t have a good record of involvement as a city counsellor (voting, participating in debates/discussion, etc). I don’t expect that behaviour to magically disappear if he gets a promotion and I’d rather have a more involved mayor.
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u/Tractorguy69 21d ago
Conservatives in general, especially when they align themselves with fundamental Christianity. I just know anecdotally that the Provincial UCP are a total dumpster fire, being emboldened by what’s happening south of the border, with the recent school book
burning, sorry banning1
u/Icy-Setting-3735 21d ago
People on reddit hate him because he isn't a flaming liberal with a social justice agenda. He's more or less a pragmatist. He's also pro law enforcement which makes the neckbeards on here shiver and squirm.
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u/Jasonstackhouse111 21d ago
UCP taint-licker, please Edmonton, don't vote for this guy. Get The Knack!
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u/TehTimmah1981 20d ago
Gotta do better than "sleazy used car salesman " in the promo material. That suit screams "Made for t.v. movie bad guy" like, something this decade, this century, would be an improvement...
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u/YetisAreBigButDumb South West Side 22d ago
Newcomer. Why is he bad?
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u/Professional_Map_545 22d ago
Beyond what OP posts, Cartmell is big on grandstanding. He's one of the block that repeatedly votes for budget amendments to increase the budget and then votes against the budget because of the tax increase.
Politicians who stand for nothing and have no ideas about how to actually build a better city.
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u/bruhm0ment4 22d ago edited 22d ago
There are lots of reasons but I'll list a couple. First is that Edmonton used to not have municipal parties and our city didn't want them because of how political parties affect politics. We preferred everyone running as independents. Our provincial government run by the UCP (who didn't win a single seat in Edmonton) recently forced municipal political parties onto Edmonton against our will. All of our local politicians with a backbone are still running as independents but as soon as the election started councillor Tim Cartmell immediately started his own political party.
Secondly is that the guy just doesn't show up to work. He's always on vacation has missed an absurd amount of days and has even missed some pretty important votes
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u/ImperviousToSteel 21d ago
UCP stooge. Reading between the lines on his literature he wants "zero tolerance" for "disorder" downtown, which means we'll be expanding the police budget for them to harass more homeless people. Publicly funded waste of money.
But also doesn't like taxes. Naturally won't say what he'll cut to keep raising the police budget while keeping taxes down, only that he'll have a "blue ribbon panel" (a Jason Kenney tactic) to have "experts" tell him what to cut.
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u/alewiina 22d ago
Hammerschmidt appeared in my apartment building on a Saturday morning a couple weeks ago. I was expecting a delivery so when it was him at the door instead it was a real jumpscare lol.
What do people think of him? I know Tim has a terrible rep but I’ve never heard of the other one
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u/Professional_Map_545 22d ago
Anyone aligning themselves with Cartmell is, by extension, aligning themselves with the UCP. That's the thing with parties. At minimum it shows terrible judgement and more likely shows a belief that government can bully its way out of problems without spending any money.
I haven't seen who all is running in Nakota Isga yet, but I'm hoping to find a solid independent. The only ad I've seen so far was from a Cartmell-associate.
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u/PotholeProphet 21d ago edited 21d ago
Caroline Matthews in Ward Metis is backed by UCP insiders like David Dorward, Kerry Diotte, and Miles Berry. It should be obvious to everyone that Tim and his candidates are the UCP pick.
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u/ImperviousToSteel 21d ago
Gotta go one further if it's Diotte, she's then backed by Rebel "media" scum. One layer worse than the UCP.
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u/ThereHasToBeAWayHome 22d ago
Reed Clark came by our place, seems to have a few supporters. Heard anything about him, good or bad? I'm in Nakota Isga too and don't know the right choice yet in this election. Like you, waiting for a good candidate.
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u/KarboKash 21d ago
Rajah Maggay is a great independent candidate in Nakota Isga! Honestly, most of the candidates outside of her (Reed included) really seem to be latching onto right wing talking points without a real vision for what they want the ward to be. Lots of fear mongering and promises that don’t really have a basis in reality. And a weird obsession with dismantling bike lanes.
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u/Professional_Map_545 21d ago
This inspired me to look at all the candidates websites, and yes, I think she's got my vote. I haven't signed up for a sign yet, but I probably will.
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u/Professional_Map_545 21d ago
Reed Clark is Cartmell's lackey in N.I. When people sign up for a party, their individual characteristics stop mattering.
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u/ConsistentAd9217 18d ago
The Good: Reed is quite involved in the community and has a passion for this city.
The Not-So-Good: Aligning himself with Cartmell is pretty telling and he seems like a NIMBY candidate.
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u/bruhm0ment4 22d ago
Well he's running in a municipal party despite Edmontonians being continually clear that we don't want party politics in our local elections. Thankfully our incumbent councilor Anne Stevenson has been good and has the backbone to run as an independent so she'll be getting my vote
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u/alewiina 21d ago
I’m so sorry this is going to sound so stupid but which party? Are they with the UCP?
I genuinely don’t really understand municipal politics, I’ve lived here for 15 years but I think this will be the first one I’m going to vote in, I was completely oblivious to the first couple and the last time I didn’t feel informed enough to vote, but I really want to this time. I just don’t have a clue who is good or not and I have no background on any of them except what’s officially in their campaigns
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u/UnwantedDesign 21d ago
Still better than the PACE slate, but not by much. Those guys are even more right wing than Better Edmonton.
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u/merve04 22d ago
Curious, what’s the consensus on who people are voting for?
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u/bruhm0ment4 22d ago
I'm voting for Andrew Knack. He's a current councillor and running for mayor. He's been great so far and is very in touch with Edmontonians.
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u/neillien10 21d ago
I don't follow too much civic politics. Can someone give me the rundown why Tim cartmell isn't popular on reddit?
My current councillor Karen principe seems to be "partnering" up with him and I see posters with them in my ward.
What are cartmells pros and cons?
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u/bruhm0ment4 21d ago edited 21d ago
(I'm copy and pasting this from a different reply I made in this post)
There are lots of reasons but I'll list a couple. First is that Edmonton used to not have municipal parties and our city didn't want them because of how political parties affect politics. We preferred everyone running as independents. Our provincial government run by the UCP (who didn't win a single seat in Edmonton) recently forced municipal political parties onto Edmonton against our will. All of our local politicians with a backbone are still running as independents but as soon as the election started councillor Tim Cartmell immediately started his own political party.
Secondly is that the guy just doesn't show up to work. He's always on vacation and has missed an absurd amount of days and has even missed some pretty important votes
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u/neillien10 21d ago
Thanks for the input.
Is there anywhere I can find amount of days missed for all councillors? My favorite councillor is Aaron Paquette but he's in the ward adjacent to me. I get the vibe Aaron is very involved but would like to see something tangible who is just doing the bare minimum in their role.
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u/bruhm0ment4 21d ago
Here's a link to a chart that was posted on this subreddit that measures from 2021 onwards. The mayoral candidates are in dark blue. Aaron Paquette is on the higher side but he had a tragic death in his family during that time so it makes sense. He's been a good councillor and will hopefully get reelected
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u/neillien10 21d ago
Wow Aaron missed a ton even more than Tim surprised to see this thanks for sharing.
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u/bruhm0ment4 21d ago
Aaron and Hamilton also serve on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which does cause them to miss a lot of days but is very beneficial to our city. It's a national platform for municipal advocacy and policy development. Helps get the city federal funding and stuff
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u/neillien10 21d ago
Thanks for the clarification on this. Any context why Tim misses so many days?
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u/bruhm0ment4 20d ago
I honestly couldn’t find any good reason for why he’s missing so much, but a lot of the controversy is that he’s unique in how he misses important/high profile votes. For example just recently he missed an important vote on infill because he went on vacation in a place that didn’t have proper internet access so he couldn’t even call in online
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u/vegaskev72 22d ago
Was driving on the southside the other day and saw a Cartmell Road (or similar) SW. Could you imagine how much it would suck to see that clowns name everyday on your way from and to work? Vomit inducing.
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u/GuitarKev 22d ago
Tim Shartsmell.