By Pepper Parr
October 2, 2014
BURLINGTON, ON.
Word is that there are some professional pollsters taking the temperature of the voters in Burlington.
We weren`t one of the people called but a number of city hall staff were on the list of those automatic calls – sometimes referred to as Robo-calls – where you are asked a question and told to press a specific key on your telephone
City Clerk Angela Morgan oversees the municipal election. She signs the document that makes the winners official.
City hall became concerned that people would think it was the city doing the polling – Not us said the city Clerk. “In the City Clerk’s office, our goal is to run a fair and open election” said Angela Morgan, city clerk, and election lead for the city. “We would never ask voters to identify who they are supporting in the upcoming election.”
Some Burlington residents, including several city employees, have received a telephone call asking who they are voting for and asking them to identify issues.
Someone out there has money to spend – we might be able to identify who they are when the financial returns are filed.
One need only think about who could be in trouble and would want to test the waters. It isn`t in ward one or ward two – that`s for certain.
Care to guess who might be doing the polling?
I was called again last night. I voted on Friday online. Now we just need to get rid of all these ugly, environmentally disgusting election signs.
I got called too, Ward 1. I hung up on them.
I got a call in Ward 5 as well. One question asking about what issues are important to you, one asking which of the 3 mayoral candidates I support.
I got a call.
It was obvious this was arranged to help Blair Lancaster. The first question was about the MAIN issue to vote, the last choice was about the air park disaster.
The second was who will you vote for. The company was CNIP.
No questions about any other issues.
It looks like the incumbents are spending money they should not!
Its starting to really smell here in Ward 6.
In which ward were these bogus calls received?
I was called and decided to answer the questions as long as none bothered me. The two last questions regarded the vote for mayor and one of those two questions asked me if I was voting for the current mayor (sorry I can’t recall his name).