Manitoba announced 184 new cases of #COVID19 and three more deaths on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.
Active cases: 2,238
Total caseload: 4,532
Recovered: 2,236
Deaths: 58
Manitoba #COVID19 patients in hospital: 83 (up three)
In ICU: 15 (unchanged)
Five-day Manitoba #COVID19 test-positivity rate: 7.5 per cent (new record)
Tests completed Monday: 1,721
The three latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19:
- A woman in her 60s Parkview Place, where 19 have now died.
- A man in his 80s at St. Boniface Hospital, site of another outbreak
- A woman in her 80s at St. Boniface Hospital
Regional breakdown of new Manitoba #COVID19 cases:
• Lots of responsibility, minimal powers
• Manage corporations where expense growth exceeds revenue growth
• All plans subject to whimsy of provincial govts
• Public expects performance, regardless
Few people aware of this would want the job.
The immense difficulty - some would say impossibility - of being a good mayor prevents qualified candidates from wanting the gig.
This is why idealists often run for office.
This is also why narcissists often run for office.
Mayor Bowman’s announcement today can be viewed as an honourable move.
He has given prospective mayoral candidates more than ample time to think about the job, put together an organization and unofficially campaign behind the scenes.