Saskatoon mayoral race sees first candidate in Cary Tarasoff [Video]

Saskatoon has its first mayoral candidate.

Former candidate Cary Tarasoff announced his intentions to run in November’s civic election in an online video posted on Monday morning.

“Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day morning and I’m releasing this. Why? Because we’ve been a fool for seven and a half years,” he said.

“The taxpayers of Saskatoon are just a bottomless pit of money for endless projects that don’t really benefit your lives, do they?”

In 2020, Tarasoff finished fourth out of six candidates with less than 3,000 votes.

Mayor Charlie Clark had more than 27,000 votes on the ballot that year.

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Since the 2020 election, Tarasoff has been a vocal critic of city hall, scowling into the camera in a series of online videos scrutinizing city spending and taking aim at the Saskatoon Tribal Council and its emergency wellness centre.

He could find …