<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Good for you Susan -- I hope you do well. <div><br></div><div>Jake -- and others -- would be wise to realize that being a municipal politician should not be a lifetime job. New IDEAS need to be injected into the system by new IDEA-rich candidates winning! But running alone can get new IDEAS out to the public and other candidates.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Maybe some other GREN's will run also.<div><br></div><div>Robert M.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S.: As I said in a recent email title, "New IDEAS Rule the World". But perhaps I should have also added, "And new good IDEAS can save the World -- or the Region -- from old bad IDEAS." (<b>I hope nobody suspects what I have particularly in mind here: the constructive criticism that the Region's current LRT system design is in great need of enhancement via new IDEAS -- and greater political will to do so!)</b></div><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 24-Aug-10, at 5:46 PM, Susan Koswan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hey GRENers,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I filed my papers today for Ward 7 Kitchener City Council, running against Jake Smola and a Michael Windley…so far…<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The ward is bounded by Trussler, Hwy 7/8, Fischer-Hallman and Glasgow, so please let me know of anyone in the ward who may be interested in delivering cards on their street and generally helping out. Did I mention sending money? hahahaha<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thanks so much! Let the fun begin! Woo-hoo!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Susan K<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:susan@gren.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">susan@gren.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>519-578-8508<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span><image003.jpg></span><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0); ">2080: The Return of Pareto<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0); ">by Susan Koswan<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(51, 102, 0); ">Treehuggers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(51, 102, 0); ">The 80/20 Rule.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(51, 102, 0); ">One long weekend...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); "><a href="http://www.volumesdirect.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); ">www.volumesdirect.com</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:dandelion@gto.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); ">dandelion@gto.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); ">Now on Kindle!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); ">www.amazon.com</span></a></span></i><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(29, 58, 0); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">All@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>