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rules at the time, Reimer voluntarily refused to accept donations of more than $ 3,750, and disclosed all donations above $ 375. She chose $ 375, the requirement in provincial elections, rather than $ 100, the requirement in federal elections, in the hopes that it would be more likely to entice her
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during one heated dispute; McKay later blamed her actions in part on Reimer's failure to censure Mason (who later was an NDP MLA and provincial cabinet minister) for telling her to "shut up".
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a "blatant attempt to muscle votes for an opponent," and suggested that Reimer harboured a "socialist hidden agenda" and that the city would become known as "Redmonton" if she was elected.
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and proclaiming after the meeting that competition between the cities, while inevitable, "should be healthy and based on cities' strengths instead of...running down the other city."
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status as a member of every standing committee to show up and vote for her preferred candidate, but ultimately decided that "it was best they try to sort it out among themselves."
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