http://saintjohnshawn.com Views from Saint John, New Brunswick Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=181 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2012/05/01/saint-john-2012-municipal-election-dec-candidates-email-answers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-john-2012-municipal-election-dec-candidates-email-answers http://saintjohnshawn.com/2012/05/01/saint-john-2012-municipal-election-dec-candidates-email-answers/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 23:19:28 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=3500 After receiving such great feedback from citizens after providing Municipal candidate’s email answers, Sarah Ingalls (@s_ingalls) decided to reach out to the Saint John District Education Council candidates with a set of questions to collect their responses: Dear DEC candidates, As the election approaches, I have some questions regarding education that I would like to seek your opinion on.  I have also contacted

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Read More…]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2012/04/27/municipal-election-voting-in-saint-john-explained/feed/ 6 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2012/04/18/the-5-questions-we-need-to-askto-get-the-politicians-we-deserve/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-5-questions-we-need-to-askto-get-the-politicians-we-deserve http://saintjohnshawn.com/2012/04/18/the-5-questions-we-need-to-askto-get-the-politicians-we-deserve/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:44 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=3311 Lisa Hrabluk posted a great article today listing important questions that we need to be asking our candidates during the NB 2012 Municipal Election: This election let’s chose to take the bridge. Municipal elections in New Brunswick’s eight cities, 27 towns and 66 villages are May 14th. Go to Elections NB to find out how and where to

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