Comments on: D250 Inspiring you to Vote, or not? http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan Deschamps http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Ryan Deschamps Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:32:45 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=76#comment-207 They could have given me about $25,000 of that money and I would have increased voter turn-out simply by printing out reminders for voters not to forget their identification cards. They could have given me about $25,000 of that money and I would have increased voter turn-out simply by printing out reminders for voters not to forget their identification cards.

]]> By: Michael Collins http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Michael Collins Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:21:39 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=76#comment-212 Let's add to that a mayor with no vision who's anti-development, provincial government spin-offs that stop local businesses from doing things, vehicle leasing program changes that cost tax-payers more than before, a minority government that has no effective opposition, a premier lining up a cozy fed position (Senate perhaps?) by cowtowing to the biggest spending PM in Canadian history, spending 90% of the tourism budget to tell people here how they're spending money marketing the province, focusing economic trade with an economy in decline rather than Europe where there's money and opportunity, immigration programs that end up costing twice as much as original and end up screwing the immigrants...OK, one could go on...this place is worse than Ireland! Let’s add to that a mayor with no vision who’s anti-development, provincial government spin-offs that stop local businesses from doing things, vehicle leasing program changes that cost tax-payers more than before, a minority government that has no effective opposition, a premier lining up a cozy fed position (Senate perhaps?) by cowtowing to the biggest spending PM in Canadian history, spending 90% of the tourism budget to tell people here how they’re spending money marketing the province, focusing economic trade with an economy in decline rather than Europe where there’s money and opportunity, immigration programs that end up costing twice as much as original and end up screwing the immigrants…OK, one could go on…this place is worse than Ireland!

]]> By: william wallace http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-211 william wallace Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:31:22 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=76#comment-211 Hey I just Landed in Nova Scotia and it seems like I'm in the Bizzaro World. Witness drunk driving Cabinet Ministers, Drunk Driving RCMP Constables, $300,000 non existent phones, carbon copy tourism campaigns, 9 million to encourage non voters to vote, ripping off immigrants, no VC funding, limited govt contracts....I could go on. It's amazing the populus stands for it. I guess when all the lemmings fall off the cliff they by pass Newfoundland and make shore in Nova Scotia. Ironic, can't see that happening in the old scotia , then again they have embraced vegetarian Haggis.... What is my point? Grab a soapbox and shout, shout out loud, stand up and make a difference, pretty soon it will be to late. Hey I just Landed in Nova Scotia and it seems like I’m in the Bizzaro World.

Witness drunk driving Cabinet Ministers, Drunk Driving RCMP Constables, $300,000 non existent phones, carbon copy tourism campaigns, 9 million to encourage non voters to vote, ripping off immigrants, no VC funding, limited govt contracts….I could go on. It’s amazing the populus stands for it. I guess when all the lemmings fall off the cliff they by pass Newfoundland and make shore in Nova Scotia.

Ironic, can’t see that happening in the old scotia , then again they have embraced vegetarian Haggis….

What is my point? Grab a soapbox and shout, shout out loud, stand up and make a difference, pretty soon it will be to late.

]]> By: Webconomist http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Webconomist Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:21:52 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=76#comment-210 Shouldn't the D250 campaign also engaged adults who feel voter apathy? to inspire us? Strikes me really funny (sadly) that the D250 campaign was very old-style and autocratic? Isn't democracy about the voice of the people? Why didn't they use Social Media to create a conversation? Why not hold town halls integrated with social media? Instead we got a wasted $9M one-way campaign that didn't engage anyone...thinking like Microsoft; throw more ad dollars at something instead of focusing on the product. Yup, that's democratic! Shouldn’t the D250 campaign also engaged adults who feel voter apathy? to inspire us?

Strikes me really funny (sadly) that the D250 campaign was very old-style and autocratic? Isn’t democracy about the voice of the people? Why didn’t they use Social Media to create a conversation? Why not hold town halls integrated with social media?

Instead we got a wasted $9M one-way campaign that didn’t engage anyone…thinking like Microsoft; throw more ad dollars at something instead of focusing on the product. Yup, that’s democratic!

]]> By: Robert http://www.snell.ca/d250-inspiring-you-to-vote-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Robert Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:12:40 +0000 http://blog.snell.ca/?p=76#comment-209 Interesting to say the least ... If it was targeted at that audience why were they running a campaign targeted at the younger crowd (www.d250.ca) and a separate one for the older folks (www.democracy250.ca)? I guess when something doesn't go right you need to find an answer that gives the appearance of potential success. Interesting to say the least … If it was targeted at that audience why were they running a campaign targeted at the younger crowd (www.d250.ca) and a separate one for the older folks (www.democracy250.ca)? I guess when something doesn’t go right you need to find an answer that gives the appearance of potential success.

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