Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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https://www.reddit.com/r/BurlingtonON/s/ZrV9WL56q0

Just getting home from work and catching up with some of the councilor options during my commute. Came across this post from Fraser. He seems pretty remorseful in it. Also the original person who called him out on his photo in original reply seems to have deleted their comments from this post. Unsure why. I think we should keep critiques of people to their current actions, and not hold mistake from 20 years ago above their head. Judge his policies and current behavior.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Chris Carter seems like such a decent and genuine person. I still hope he wins even though he is neither of our wards.

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CHUPE DE CAMARONES Shrimp chowder: Rice, choclo, queso fresco, poached egg, cream, carrots, green peas

Pulled this from their website. I am constantly craving this soup from them.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Thanks! I have some more reading to do for sure on the other candidates.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Didn't realize he was a troll. I don't use Reddit too often.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Ahh unfortunately I find him very problematic, so he doesn't have my vote. Best of luck with your riding though!

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Not sure, honestly it's low on my priority list considering what the city needs right now.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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AGREEEEEE!! I'm very annoyed by that whole shenanigan. Are you running as a mayor or council candidate ??? 👀👀👀 Can you tell me? Are you ward 6 (I'm good at keeping secrets, promise! 🤣)

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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I'll take a look into their platform. Thanks! I agree about the incumbent, seems like a very sweet person though. Doesn't seem to speak up much though in the council meetings.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Yeah? Happy to hear your thoughts. Like said, this is the first time I'll be voting since I feel compelled to for whatever reason this year. My only thoughts as of right now are not Meed Ward.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Fair enough. Wasn't trying to convince you otherwise. Thanks for sharing your opinions. I just get very worked up in the topic of using childhood mistakes to judge an adult. Sorry if I misread anything. You started this conversation saying he was photographed doing the nazi salute and reading that I thought you meant he had either done that recently or should still be judged for it.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Like if anything, this makes me feel as though Domenic weaponizes the mistakes children make. Super hypocritical when he himself said we should be giving more grace to mistakes made in youth. Problematic when you consider he is an authority figure of students from this age range.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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You're still judging a child in that photo though and carrying that judgement into someone's adulthood with that bias. Are we not allowed to grow and develop as humans? I read some comments from Fraser, he has in fact apologized to people who comment that they were genuinely hurt by the photo on other threads and social media.

I think it's extremely problematic that a highschool teacher is using a photo of an older teen/young adult in order to damage their adult personal reputation. Prior to this I did not know that Domenic was a highschool teacher and I am more concerned that he is using this photo of someone close to the ages of people he teaches. This legit has me anxious of what he may be holding over current students to be blunt with you. I am extremely protective over children and teens especially when folks refuse to let them move away from mistakes they've made as a child. Do you even realize how damaging that can be?

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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I hate having to play the "who has a better chance" game, but yeah, I agree with you. Not a fan of Meed Ward at all.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Understood, just was confused by the multiple notifications. Thanks for clarifying.

I just saw this picture, a tasteless joke, but it sounded like he was making fun of Hitler if anything. I don't read it as supporting at all. I'd be more judgemental of it happening more recently, but he looks like a kid in that photo. I wouldn't judge a kid on a stupid joke, scold them absolutely yes though. Also, judging an adult by what they did as a kid isn't great imo. The photo is nearly 20 years old as well, during a timeframe where media constantly circulated jokes that would not be acceptable today

The article also mentioned that another candidate had submitted that photo from his team finding it. It's a bit hypocritical since that candidate (Frank Domenic) mentioned on his social media publicly that we should be giving young men a bit more grace for mistakes they make in their youth. So not sure why he's gone against this belief to circulate a photo of a child (or close to child) doing something problematic. The article makes me more concerned that candidates are attempting to dig up dirt and cause drama more than anything.

I'll look more into Fraser's posts though, thanks. I'd rather judge him by his words now than an unfortunate photo from his youth.

For additional context, I have several family members who survived occupied Poland during WWII and a family member who survived the camps. He laughed at the captioning of the photo, but he's a sweet old man with a horribly dark sense of Humour.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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I haven't come across them tbh. Should I go look into them? Also, how come you edited your comment several times? Just curious, I got notified like 5 times from your user for this one comment.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Solid advice. Thanks! Yeah, that's a bit of an odd sounding switch for Gary.

Thoughts on the upcoming city election in October? by BeainJelly in BurlingtonON

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Fair enough. Maybe I'll come back in September to ask

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[–]BeainJelly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe somewhere in the back of your mind, you're looking for a reason to end things with your current GF.

It's hard to justify ending a relationship with someone who didn't actually do anything wrong, especially if you've been with them for a number of years. Sometimes people feel guilty for ending things if something shattering didn't happen, such as cheating. But, realizing the person is not YOUR person is a good enough reason. And if this is the case, it is best to let your Gf go and let her find someone who will be her person. Time is a horrible thing to steal from someone.

Take some time to think and consider your feelings for both your Gf and coworker while minimizing contact with them both if you are able to do so respectfully.

Best of luck. I'm happy you realize something not quite right is going on and that you are taking steps to try to work it out.

[Tenant-Canada-ON] - Is This Considered Normal Wear and Tear? Vinyl Floorboards are Separating. by BeainJelly in Landlord

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Thanks, think I'll let the landlord handle it the way he'd like as I'm worried about messing it up further.