neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Mark Surcliffe wasn’t doing well on transit so the media had to turn the spin back to affordability and property taxes to give Mark a fighting chance against his own record. 010
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mark Surcliffe’s Ottawa. Lower taxes and less money for infrastructure. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Awesome. Let’s cut the hundreds of millions we spend on roads and billions we spend on Police. Let’s wait even longer for an ambulance When we have an emergency. Let’s enjoy being put on hold when we call 911. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Everyone forgot Larry O’Brien real quick. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wait, why did you cut the Housing Innovation Task Force in the first place? 140
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Having European spec vehicles in Canada would be amazing. Please can I haz a VW ID Golf. These massive SUVs are dumb. 140
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This will make suburbanites so happy. And it might even pull some votes away from Mark. Splitting the vote between Mark and Alex would be incredibly beneficial for other candidates. 151
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I dunno brah, housing feels hella unaffordable right now. Maybe before you toot your own horn, look around the room or take a pulse check. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Mark Sutcliffe will fix transit! (This time). 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Can’t await for these bad boys to come out again 150
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026To be clear, the first half of that was sarcasm, though, sadly, the second half is not. 001
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My understanding is that the real problem is e-bikes and e-scooters and that is why the Ottawa Police Service is currently doing an enforcement blitz on them. 100
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026You invested $500m in a “free” arena for OSEG. Not sure how this matters most, but okay. 0100
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I’m excited for the inevitable tweet from Councillor Hill arguing that spending money to fix sidewalks is part of the radical agenda. 030
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Everything you’ve said is 💯 percent accurate 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It’s unfortunate Lisa didn’t run. A three split on the right would have been very helpful. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is a really good video. Really cuts through Marc’s bs. Icing on the cake would be a montage of riding right past traffic in a bike lane. 110
Reposted by @neilmispelaar.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/07/2026Air quality has reached unhealthy levels in parts of NYC due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Poor air quality affects everyone, but some people are more sensitive to it than others, including people with heart or lung conditions, older adults, pregnant New Yorkers, and infants and children.on.nyc.govAir Quality Guidance: Fire, Smoke, and High Ozone - NYC Health 1073059691
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We don’t know what the building was doing right before this happened. Was the building antagonizing the driver? Did the building signal to let the driver go? Was the building on their phone and not looking? Let‘s wait until there is a full investigation here before blaming the innocent driver. 250
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026What is the point of planners and city planning and design and all of the bureaucracy if we can’t even think ahead about loading and unloading supplies properly? 230
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Portions of Wellington. And allow vendors to setup on the closed street. Make the closure like a regular Saturday morning thing through the Summer. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Aren’t the trains supposed to be automated? 110
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This is just wild. Why aren‘t they using made in Canada snow? 110
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I love how he’s now like “it was the previous term of councils fault” meanwhile forgetting the whole “New ways to bus” was his signature policy. 010
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Dude, your last election campaign slogan was “Fix Tansit, not Free Transit.” You have four years to fix it, and instead you actually made it worse. 050
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Unnecessary - yes. Costly - also yes. Kinda cool - absolutely. 100
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 10/05/2026💯 correct. It’s like the Party actually wants another 4 years of Doug Ford. 020
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Okay, this is awesome. How did you reply? 110
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We’re going to need whole new trainsets at this point. What an absolute joke. And Watson was awarded the Order of Ottawa. 110
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“which has led to fuel savings of 930,000 litres of diesel” A million litres of diesel at even a 1.50 / L is a say 1.5 million dollars. Thats roughly about what 333 homes pay in property taxes a year. Great stuff. Excited for this number to get even higher. 030
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026This bus is not impacted by the global shortage of oil and the spike in oil and gas prices. More of these please. And, they’re pretty darn quiet when they drive around. 011
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Genuinely curious - how much would cost to fix this. I know nothing about commercial / heavy duty landscaping. Is this like a $20k job or like a $40k job. Either way it’s like one newer triplex or quadplex worth of yearly property tax in Hintonburg. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I mean, you aren't wrong, but this has to be cheaper in the longer term than a gas guzzling Ford Explorer. Better for the environment as well as it's an EV. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I totally get where you are coming from, and it's just abhorrent that cars are so expensive that you have to spread payments out for 7 years just to make them even remotely attainable. Hopefully they are at least offering 0% loans here on these. 130
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Will / can the City also release a Markdown file version of this document that can be easily uploaded to Claude (or other AI tool)? Just drop in the city's GitHub repo, please and thanks. 001
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Please tell me they got George Darouze in this PSA! 001
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Ford just forget about Walkerton? 002
Reposted by @neilmispelaar.bsky.socialArzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The award for best press release goes to.... #canpoli #chillax 7411152
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026“Cars over people“ should be our city motto. 120
Reposted by @neilmispelaar.bsky.socialdaniel r(ooooooh) 👻 @danielroe.dev · 12/03/2026hire willow 04810
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Will the vehicle be sent to jail? 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Dude needs to resign. How do we just keep people on council that break the law. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026This looks awesome. My feedback would be to severely limit the amount of private vehicle parking spots and boosting bike parking while adding even more bike infrastructure. We provide the developer with a 'social license' to build up because it's close to transit. So they shouldn't need parking. 000
Reposted by @neilmispelaar.bsky.socialJeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I'm looking forward to hosting pop-up office hours tomorrow from 11-2 at the Second Cup at the corner of Holland and Wellington. Hope to see you there!media.tenor.coma cartoon raccoon with a flower on its head says can 't wait see you soon .ALT: a cartoon raccoon with a flower on its head says can 't wait see you soon . 251
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Mark Sutcliffe’s previous chief of staff’s (also a policy director for Jim Watson) brother was the head of Boxfish (led the LRT Phase I and Phase II consultations on the city’s behalf). Oh, and Robyn Guests husband, Chris Swail, was the director of O-Train planning who oversaw LRT Stage 2. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The Mayor is completely out of touch. How can you talk about how affordable Ottawa is and the. ignore the massive increases in OCTranspo fares, water bills, hydro bills, auto insurance, organized sports and field rentals, ice time rentals, commercial rents, development taxes, and more. 020
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Does this train work in the snow and cold weather? Asking for the City of Ottawa. 100
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I think you‘re absolutely right, but also, if no one has jobs who do they think will buy the things they are selling? And, they did not read about the French Revolution? The whole “let the eat cake“ hasn’t worked out well in the past. 000
neilmispelaar.bsky.social @neilmispelaar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026“Mayor visits Stittsville” lol what even is this? Next up: Mayor drives down Greenbank. You know your city needs to desperately de-amalgamate when we get headlines like this. 000
