Mayor's Debate

Regina's only mayor debate took place yesterday at the Centre of the Arts. The event was put on by the Regina Chamber of Commerce as a breakfast-luncheon style. The three candidates were there, incumbent mayor Pat Fiacco, Jim Elliott and Linda White.

No real debate actually took place as the event took the style of question and answer - no reply to others comments. So it was not overly eventful, I found Linda White's flip-flopping as the event's highlight. I'm still not sure what White is running on, first she blasted the city for its lack of housing and opportunities, forcing her to live in a hotel on social assistance. Later, she became a cheerleader for the city, saying Regina being the most amazing city in the world. "Ten years ago I was homeless and now I'm running for mayor." Fiacco followed up with an "I Love Regina, too."

Fiacco had a couple flashes of his showmanship. Jim Elliott proved to be consistent with his message about the community coming together to help their neighbors and being more sustainable environmentally. He also appeared to be against the way in which the city is intent on building in a business-first manner. But Elliott is almost bland in the way Fiacco is a showman, and it seems many are too scared of his bushy beard to view him as serious opposition to Fiacco.

Editorial team this issue

For this past issue of Ink I was part of the editorial team, my duties included laying out the 4th and 5th pages of the paper as well as doing streeters.

Streeters is basically getting public input in a particular topic. I took the assignment because talking to random strangers is not my strong suit. I had been dreading the streeters, but thankful my roommate loved the excuse to talk to strangers. So he came along and I thought we did good job. We must have circled the university twice and were able to gather mixed opinions on the Halloween question as a question for the radio program.

Borlase Story

So my first Ink story was on the death of Spenser Borlase and how it affected his team - the U of R Rams. Got some breaking news That the Rams are honouring Borlase with a locker-for-life and dedicating this season to his memory, which came from their Welcome(rookie) supper this week.

Some interesting points from the story:
-Borlase was a guy with a future with the Rams, he was being redshirted but so were 20 out of 24 newcomers, including former junior stars like Busby and Yausie (both ex-Saskatoon Hilltops and now starters with the Rams).

- Coach McCrystal is a busy guy. yeah apparently. Because when I asked the rams secretary to talk to him for a few minutes about Borlase, his reply was "does it have to be me?"

Atleast D coordinator Paul Dawson talked to me, but when I asked to take a picture of Borlase's locker there was some hesitancy, so I settle for a picture of a player's helmet with the Borlase decal on it. And Dawson also mentioned that Frank was a busy man but a good guy. So there's hope for the next story, maybe if the topic isn't so serious.

-McConkey and Bennett were good guys to talk to. Bennett brought out some good quotes. And man is he ever a big kid, I say kid because he's got the face of a 14-year-old but he's definitely over 300 lbs. While McConkey had some good stories to tell about the team, none of which I will repeat of course. They're both very good players. Both started as redshirt freshman last year. McConkey is currently leading the team in receiving with 236 yards.