With lawn signs popping up across the city and political momentum building, former mayor Stephen Mandel has thrown his support behind Michael Walters as the city’s next mayor.
“I think if you look at the last four years of this council, and it’s been very fractured, and it seems there’s been an awful lot of problems getting things done — moving things forward,” said Mandel. “And we need someone who’s a conciliator, who can get things done.”
Recent polls have shown that the race for Edmonton’s next mayor is still has a wide open.
Mandel told CityNews that Edmontonians will have a lot of issues on their minds as they cast their vote in October, but he has already made his pick with former councillor Walters.
“There’s some areas that are really frustrated about development and zoning — pe