Riding health check: Independent's land

Plus: Pre-election barbs...More patio hints...A well-liked staffer bids adieu

Good Thursday morning. This is Queen’s Park Observer.

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RIDING HEALTH CHECK: With a year to go until the June 2 election, I’m gauging how the leading political parties are doing when it comes to their riding-level finances. Today’s batch features ridings where erstwhile PCs were turfed or defected, perhaps enabling those incumbents to give …