{"id":8461,"date":"2010-10-16T06:18:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T11:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:35","slug":"spacing-saturday-election-clutter-transit-culture-and-a-lack-of-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/10\/16\/spacing-saturday-election-clutter-transit-culture-and-a-lack-of-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Election Clutter, Transit Culture and a lack of Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/146\/394405074_2f9da890e3_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vicky Smallman checks in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/10\/14\/misty-eyes-phone-bots-modest-promises-its-character-time-in-the-mayors-race\/\">Ottawa mayoral race<\/a>, profiling the character positioning of the five main candidates as the campaign heads into the home stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Thornton rejoices in the latest example of Ottawa&#8217;s emerging Transit Culture: the Hinton Cafe&#8217;s O&#8217;Train special <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/10\/12\/transit-culture-at-last-o-train-inspires-monster-dog\/\">grilled chili dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joshua Biggley reports on the troubling <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/10\/12\/where-have-all-the-politicians-gone\/\">electoral climate in Charlottetown<\/a>,  where only seven of the ten wards even have challengers running and  speculates on the troubles democratic stagnation could cause the city.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Simmonds profiles <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/10\/14\/events-guide-halifax-housing-week\/\">Halifax Housing week<\/a> which aims to celebrate successes and highlight needs of homelessness in Halifax.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Lorinc delves into the long and tumultuous history between <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/10\/12\/lorinc-on-grinding-axes-and-alternative-futures\/\">George Smitherman and David Miller<\/a> and speculates on how this affected Miller&#8217;s Pantalone endorsement and  what would have happened had someone with a similar resume run in place  of Smitherman.<\/p>\n<p>As opposed to many of its suburbs which are littered with <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/10\/09\/election-public-space-invaders\/\">campaign signs<\/a>,  Toronto has very tight rules regulating when and where candidates can  put up signs. Sean Marshall looks at Toronto&#8217;s regulations and at the  merits of the practice in general.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Devin Alfro highlights the pluses and minuses of the newly restored <a href=\"..\/2010\/10\/12\/marche-saint-jacques-slowly-coming-back-to-life\/\">March\u00e9 Saint-Jacques<\/a>.   While definitely positive that building has been restored from   municipal offices back to its original function, there are questions of   how the new market fits into the existing neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9mile  Thomas\u00a0 gives an excellent profile of the Verdun neighbourhood;  a  bridge between many aspects of the city and a home to the most   enlightened hipsters.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Brian Ridgway <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Vicky Smallman checks in on the Ottawa mayoral race, profiling the character positioning of the five main candidates as the campaign heads into the home stretch. 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