lemongrab
Active Member
Ooph, that's a kick to the nethers to see both 1 and 12 likely flip back to conservatives. That puts things 8-6 the other way.
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Calgary Municipal Politics
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adamyyc
Senior Member
Two Wongs don’t make a right.
I was hopeful for a while there, but ward 1 went to Kim Tyers, who's very conservative. In the end we are pretty much where we were before the election, is tat correct? 8 conservative councilors to the 6 progressive councilors, but with the change of a progressive mayor to a conservative mayor.
I'm guessing repealing the blanket zoning will be the first thing that comes up.
lemongrab
Active Member
I think it was more like 8 prog vs 6 cons before:
Conservatives: McLean Chu Chabot Sharp Wong Wyness*
Moderates who could go either way but seemed more often progressive than not: Pootmans Spencer Dhaliwal Demong
Generally Progressive: Mian Penner Walcott Carra
Of course plenty of exceptions to this, and one could argue that Wyness belongs in the middle group (but she didn't seem to have any qualms about being grouped in with the
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
There is a split here on the right too. Farkas has shown no love for what the UCP have done which separates him from the Communities First group that have clear UCP backing. We might actually see him vote more moderately depending on the circumstances. Or at least that's the hope.
O-tac
Active Member
30 frickin’ votes! That’s what Jamieson is ahead by! When it’s that tight is there any recourse to re-do it? Vote I mean.
Albertasaurus
Senior Member
I think an opponent can ask for a recount if the difference is less than 0.5%, as Sharp has done. Certainly applies in the Ward 12 case, not sure if the gap is narrow enough for a recount to be on the table in Ward 1. But I think the defeated candidate has to ask for the recount, and so far she has not.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
We're saying council has gone conservative majority. Meanwhile, this foghorn cannot stop whining. Sorry for linking a bell article.
calgaryherald.com
Bell: Calgary election — Calgarians did not rise up against city hall. Again
Calgary election ends, Sonya Sharp loses mayor's race, voter turnout lousy, conservatives disappoint, Calgarians fail to shake up city hall
calgaryherald.com
O-tac
Active Member
We're saying council has gone conservative majority. Meanwhile, this foghorn cannot stop whining. Sorry for linking a bell article.
Bell: Calgary election — Calgarians did not rise up against city hall. Again
Calgary election ends, Sonya Sharp loses mayor's race, voter turnout lousy, conservatives disappoint, Calgarians fail to shake up city hall
Bell being upset makes me happy. It means the city didn’t just roll out the red carpet to the UCP’s interference.
100% I'll sleep much better knowing Bell is losing sleep
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
I love that Bell is the epitome of the Principal Skinner meme...
" Is it me who is wrong? No, it is them."
Dude, this isn't a Conservative city. I'd say Calgary is pretty split down the middle. This council looks like it is going to reflect that.
" Is it me who is wrong? No, it is them."
Dude, this isn't a Conservative city. I'd say Calgary is pretty split down the middle. This council looks like it is going to reflect that.
O-tac
Active Member
Yep. He's also of the same mindset as the KKKonvoy, TBA, MAGA, populist conservative crowd. They think they are the "silent majority" and that they're the ones with "Common sense", when in fact they're just the loudest, whiniest snowflakes who don't see a lot of pushback to their infantile meltdowns in person because sane people don't want to engage with them.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
From the article:
I get that it's 2025 and hyper-partisan hyperbole is the name of the game.... but we need to remember that we are talking about things like the minutiae of townhome development processes and if utility rates to have drinking water increase a bit above or below inflation. Obviously there are some people really impacted or really passionate for or against any municipal issue... but let's be real, most people find all this very boring and eye-glazingly boring incremental answers (e.g. we just need a little bit more oversight here, a simpler process there, a bit more accountability here ....
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I really think it's hard for any municipal issues to stir up a "full-blown revolt" or righteous rebellion" as much as RB seems to want to for whatever reason. Having kids out of school right now is about 10,000x more important and immediate issue to many households than whether the developer two blocks away has to notify me of something happening in 30 or 45 days or whatever.
I get that it's 2025 and hyper-partisan hyperbole is the name of the game.... but we need to remember that we are talking about things like the minutiae of townhome development processes and if utility rates to have drinking water increase a bit above or below inflation. Obviously there are some people really impacted or really passionate for or against any municipal issue... but let's be real, most people find all this very boring and eye-glazingly boring incremental answers (e.g. we just need a little bit more oversight here, a simpler process there, a bit more accountability here ....
)I really think it's hard for any municipal issues to stir up a "full-blown revolt" or righteous rebellion" as much as RB seems to want to for whatever reason. Having kids out of school right now is about 10,000x more important and immediate issue to many households than whether the developer two blocks away has to notify me of something happening in 30 or 45 days or whatever.
darwink
Senior Member
There has been talk of/yearning for a municipal tax revolt since at least the Duerr years. Rick Bell even ran against Duerr.
zagox
Active Member
We're saying council has gone conservative majority. Meanwhile, this foghorn cannot stop whining. Sorry for linking a bell article.
Bell: Calgary election — Calgarians did not rise up against city hall. Again
Calgary election ends, Sonya Sharp loses mayor's race, voter turnout lousy, conservatives disappoint, Calgarians fail to shake up city hall
Bell often sounds pretty knowledgeable and reasonable when he's a CBC panelist, it's the Herald columns where his most moronic tendencies come out. I guess he plays to the audience.