Podunkian Pick Ems' Part two

Last week we gave our fine Podunk readership the opportunity to match up the candidate with the slogan. Today we'll give you the answer key so you can check to see how you fared.

THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR SLOGANS

Kathy Bedard-
Experienced, Committed, Concerned, Caring

Marty Bowles-
No more secrets at City Hall

Tony Briglio-
Leadership that does not drive our community by looking at the rear view mirror

Mario Castelli-
For a responsible open City Council

Brenda Cook-
(No sign or slogan provided thus far)

Ken Cote -
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (or) For a Yes city

Danielle Dalton-
A History of service to the community

Frank DeBartolo-
Business, First Nations, Labour –Lets Pull together

Steve Fitzpatrick-
Your voice at city hall

Sheila Gordon-Payne-
Leadership for a positive future

Nelson Kinney-
Your city, your future

Gabe McLean-
Your Issues are my Issues

Mitch Myers-
Effective representation for the people and Sustainable Development

Erika Rolston-
To bridge the gaps in this community and move forward together

Jack Rudolph-
(No sign or slogan provided thus far)

Lothar Schiese-
(No sign or slogan provided thus far)

Joy Thorkelson-
For Balance on city council

It's interesting to note that Rudolph, Cook and Schiese don't have any positioning statement. Rudolph has put signs up but they basically just say re-elect Jack Rudolph. Schiese and Cook don't even have signs up anywhere.

Tony Briglio's slogans seem a bit strange to follow, looking in rear view mirrors? Yikes then again who wants to revisit the past I guess. Especially this council which has been busy meeting in secret meetings for a fair amount of the term, something that seems to have caught the attention of Bowles and Castelli.

Cote trots out his signs from the last election promising jobs, jobs, jobs (a theme recently picked up by the mayor in his campaign). Interesting strategy that is considering the lack of said jobs around Podunk and the fact a fair amount of the population has left town in the last three years. Perhaps a better slogan might have been those jobs are coming, yes they are, we can see them on the horizon.

Bedard touches those heart strings with the concerned and caring approach. A nice safe place to sit that doesn't offend nor really inform one of a position, and strangely one that has been rewarded year after year.

DeBartolo touches all the demographics with his sign, though to really cover his bases he should have mentioned seniors and school kids then he could have been the all inclusive candidate.

Thorkelson suggests that a fair balance is needed on council, a little bit capitalist, a little bit labour. One guesses she'll be looking to gain some balance from the second category not the first.

The rest offer us up the chance to make our issues their issues, look for effective representation, live in our city and work for our future, seek out leadership, seek out a voice or take advantage of a history of service.

While there's not much to be read into a short positioning statement, they all get to flesh out their thoughts on Thursday night at the PAC when there is an all candidates debate. With James Vassallo withdrawing last week, there will only be 17 contenders looking for a platform to outline their platforms!

For most of them, Thursday offers the one and only chance to make an impression that will carry through until election day. Make a mistake or a mis-statement and it could all be over before the voting even starts.