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		<title>2014 Voting Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, tomorrow is municipal voting day here in BC. We all know it&#8217;s important, but most people usually don&#8217;t bother to vote. This voting guide will explain why, then offer some suggestions on who to vote for. These are my perspectives as a KPU psychology student and former White Rock City Councillor. Why don&#8217;t most [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=1197</link>
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		<title>2011 KSA election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am offering my services to KPU students again this year – this time, as Director of Operations. Over the last year as Director of External Affairs, I got a lot of good things done: Negotiated the U-Pass BC contract on behalf of KPU students. Got student union building (SUB) negotiations back on track. Started [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=1030</link>
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		<title>U-Pass accountability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My competitor in the KSA election has done a great job on messaging. He has some strong sounding claims. I do not intend to discount his successes over the past years. They are worthy. However, my question is, sooo&#8230; is that it? There are no tangible results. It appears that there have been more bridges [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=1022</link>
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		<title>ksa profile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my candidate profile for the upcoming Kwantlen Student Association election: I am studying psychology and economics toward a masters degree in community planning.  I offer a lot of practical experience to the role of External Affairs. For example: served on White Rock City Council for 6 years successfully lobbied for new bylaws across [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=999</link>
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		<title>Kwantlen Upass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am seeking the role of Director External Affairs for the Kwantlen Student Association. The main reason is because I think Kwantlen should have the U-Pass. It appears to me as though Kwantlen has fumbled its opportunities in the past and continues to do so now. The Student Association needs to develop a more cooperative [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=995</link>
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		<title>like Soylent Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Government is people! Unlike Soylent Green, we already know this, yet the inevitable reaction to humanness in government is horror and outrage. There is an obscene expectation that those who are elected suddenly become infallible, more knowledgeable and more intelligent&#8230; in their agreement with our own assumptions. With each passing month, this current city council [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=993</link>
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		<title>maturity deficiency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a message I received earlier today. From: mseedwards@shaw.ca Subject: Date: June 12, 2009 4:54:10 PM PDT (CA) To: WriteToMe@MattTodd.ca You Suck &#8230;.You act like a child that got no icecream &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..i wish i never heard of you &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;GO away&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; signed ..happy you lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=990</link>
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		<title>under a microscope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the NOW newspaper last week, when asked whether I would be seeking a councillor seat in the coming by-election, I replied that “I don’t want to work with most of the people on this council. It’s not a team I could work with.” Yesterday on this website, I elaborated on that statement with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=974</link>
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		<title>public opinion irrelevant?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[White Rock was the subject of another monumental Supreme Court decision last week. City Council&#8217;s decision to deny the Yearsley&#8217;s a development permit a few years ago for a six storey tower on the beach was overturned by the courts; the City has been ordered to allow the development to proceed. The judge explained that [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=927</link>
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		<title>politicians are human too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems a lot of people assume that most politicians are compulsive liars. Unfortunately, my successful petition to have a lying politician ousted from office may reinforce that belief. While the behaviour of James Coleridge was certainly deceitful, he is a very rare exception. The problem with politicians isn&#8217;t that they&#8217;re dishonest; it&#8217;s that they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://matttodd.ca/?p=922</link>
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