If there is one nominated candidate who's run at city council is puzzling, it would be Mr. Dan BIOCCHI running in Ward 19. BIOCCHI if you recall (or care) ran as a Green Party candidate in Ottawa-Orleans in 2004. Lost. Then in an ironic twist in 2005 joined sitting MP Marc GODBOUT in a last ditch attempt to fend off the
scary hidden agenda of Stephen Harper and his gang of thugs (
please note the irony, we happen to like Stephen).
BIOCCHI and Crystal LEBLANC (running in Ward 3) both competed in the federal election of 2004- why do defeated candidates from provincial and federal levels think they can win again at the municipal level? Voters can identify this type of cheap opportunism-and speak with their pencils on voting day.
The Hall Monitor will be following these two candidates with interest to discover their real motivation for running municipally.