forestineNew podcast as the civic election approaches, Ballot Babes hosted by Patty Wiens (Winnipeg's Bicycle Mayor) and Sam Beiko
https://www.pattybikes.com/ballot-babes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPNQ_xT-QM
Episode 2 of Ballot Babes is up
"We’re dropping a somewhat urgent episode in light of the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works meeting, taking place March 4, 9:30am at City Hall. We’re going to tell you all about what this committee does, who is on the committee, and why you should care about this upcoming meeting! If you can go in person, we highly recommend it; if you can write in comments or delegate at this meeting, we walk you through why engaging with these processes matter when it comes to influencing the fabric of our local democracy.
We’ll be particularly focusing on the scrapping of the temporary bike lane infrastructure hard fought for since 2024, and the motion for city-wide speed limit reduction."
Ballot Babes Episode 2 - Urgent Call! Will you come to Winnipeg City Hall on March 4?
Episode 3 of Ballot Babes debriefing the public works meeting last week (and one councilor accuses one of the hosts of lying in her podcast)
Episode 3 - Who Holds Power in Winnipeg Politics and No Bike Lane for You!
New episode of Ballot Babes, this time about the new Winnipeg Transit system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIJpRS2MfT0
#winnipeg #wpgpoli
Ballot Babes - Episode 4 - Let's Talk About Winnipeg Transit, Babe!
Ballot Babes ep 5 | What did Scott Gillingham say about Seniors?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8Pf3bYFEM
Ballot Babes - Episode 5 - What did Scott Gillingham say about Seniors?
i think this series is great for demystifying what happens at city council and making it more accessible to get involved. they're not on fedi which is why i'm making an effort to post it every week
Jeff Browaty: why do we pay for active transportation routes to be cleared in the winter? people should be driving or taking the bus in the winter and only riding their bikes in the summer
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so it's pretty recent that i realized they livestream the local city council meetings thanks to Ballot Babes. They are meeting right now.
Winnipeg City Council Meeting - 2026 03 26
did they just entirely skip the stuff about the wellington bike lane that all of the people went to the meeting for? and now they're in recess until 1:30...
times like this it's hard not being on twitter
i respect anyone who does an in person or zoom delegation because i am the kind of person who would immediately start crying
they called a corner by my house a "death trap" and i'm hooting and hollering like someone at a rock concert that just heard "hello (your town)"
rob jenner was a cyclist killed by a car on wellington crescent where people are showing up to try and have a bike lane put in
did he just say people will not be able to "participate in the economy" if they make wellington 40kmph
councilors constantly invoking these phantom drivers trying to get their kids to soccer practice
they are trying RIGHT NOW
if you listen on the wind you can hear them to this day, trying to get their kids to soccer practice
Wyatt says he tried driving 40kmph and he couldn't look at the road and it stressed out his poor truck
also something to do with cars being too quiet when they drive slower will cause it to be more dangerous (what about school zones where it's 30???)
also gotta mention this. Councillor Gilroy has turned her back while Wyatt was speaking for the whole meeting
my takeway is several councillors derail everything by being totally incomprehensible and arguing for multiple opposite things at the same time
and now it's recess
also having trouble understanding what they are voting on, like they will vote down an amendment, but vote for the main motion, or like vote for a motion to be the motion but not....
i'll have to find something about it later
Process "Tedious" Parsnip@ProcessParsnip it's incomprehensible
@forestine does their argument imply that cars must be driven as fast as possible, for safety
because I think we're headed in a very MarioKart direction here
because I think we're headed in a very MarioKart direction here
@ProcessParsnip it seems that way
and also because of soccer practice and the economy
Matthew Dockrey@forestine ...that is such counterfactual bullshit, flying in the face of everything we know about traffic safety.
@attoparsec yeah this is a grim meeting
Faith, Purple haired feminist 🧋 
@forestine Clearly, you shouldn't be allowed to drive anything but a Ferrari under 40 mph.
Ballot Babes episode 6 demystifying last week's city council meeting #winnipeg #wpgpoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyhCkSnLKjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyhCkSnLKjo
