Thin crowd greets mayoral hopefuls trying to bump off Don Iveson

A thin crowd greeted Edmonton’s 13 mayoral candidates at their lunch hour introduction Tuesday, with about 120 people in the audience including candidates’ friends and families. 
“I thought it would be a lot bigger,” said Ellison Phan, 18, who came downtown to check out the candidates only to feel surrounded by thousands of empty chairs. She’s wavering between challenger Mike Butler, incumbent Don Iveson and challenger Taz Bouchier, trying to weigh their experi