Former Edmonton city councillor Tony Caterina running for mayor

After losing his spot connected Edmonton’s assembly successful 2021, seasoned person Tony Caterina is making a comeback — this time, he’s hoping to go mayor.

“We request a caller direction, a 180-degree turn,” Caterina said.

Caterina was Ward 7’s councillor from 2007 until 2021.

In 2021, Caterina changed wards and ran successful ward O-day’min, wherever helium mislaid to Anne Stevenson.

Caterina says his fiscal level volition get him the votes helium couldn’t unafraid past election.

“Someone has to beryllium capable to accidental nary and marque pugnacious decisions connected spending,” Caterina said.

“One of the areas I’d ore connected is nary caller spending, strictly (spend) connected renewal — fixing things we already have.”

Former Edmonton councillor Kim Krushell, who besides ran for politician past clip around, said a municipal way grounds volition assistance Caterina.

But his clip distant from bureau could besides wounded him, particularly if existent assembly members articulation the race.

“They are the astir caller councillors, truthful truly they’ll person much sanction recognition,” Krushell said.

Krushell says candidates who aren’t connected assembly close present volition person to merchantability voters connected a antithetic direction.

This predetermination volition besides see governmental parties astatine the municipal level for the archetypal clip since the state introduced legislation. That’s 1 alteration Caterina doesn’t program to embrace.

“I don’t judge enactment slates are the mode to go, oregon parties successful municipal politics,” Caterina said.