darwink
Senior Member
Erin Waite or Heather McRae -- both would be pretty good imo.
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Calgary Municipal Politics
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GoVertical
Senior Member
Almost 20,000 Calgarians so far cast ballots each day in advance polls for the civic election
There have only been three days of advance polling in this month's municipal election, but the City of Calgary says the number of votes cast is expected to push past those set in previous years.
I'm kind of surprised by this, wonder how it will affect the results
Sambo
New Member
The assessment was from the data available and assessed by the office of the Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health. You will get your union friendly Mayor and city council though. Union money buys a lot of lawn signs.
Urban Outdoorsman
Active Member
Got a pamphlet from election Alberta the other day. I was flipping through it and man I gotta say, the Senate appointment process is BS. It just gives you a list of candidates, all of whom are either conservatives, independents, or PPC.
I have a funny feeling that in a month from now we're going to end up with some PPC hack voted into the Senate on our behalf.
I have a funny feeling that in a month from now we're going to end up with some PPC hack voted into the Senate on our behalf.
zagox
Active Member
The bigger the joke this senate “election” is, the easier it is for Trudeau to ignore it and appoint whoever he likes. Looking at this list, looks like a pretty big joke.
Nimbus
Active Member
Trudeau should do the right thing and appoint Jett Thunders.
MichaelS
Senior Member
I voted Jett Thunders. I encourage all of you to do the same!
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
So far as I know, he's the only candidate who has raised the issue of public transit! Gotta get him to Ottawa to protect that sweet Greenline funding!
darwink
Senior Member
The week is wrapping up, and as people plan to vote this weekend, one thing is clear: only two candidates have a shot of winning this. The choice between Farkas and Gondek isn't a hard one to make for me, even if both are flawed candidates in their own ways. But what I do know is that freezing taxes will serverely undermine the ability of the city to invest in services, and trying to increasing funding to some services while maintaining a tax freeze is a recipe for service cuts.
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
To the craziness of freezing taxes, add the extra craziness of doing it without touching - and potentially growing - the city's largest budget line (the police). And yet more craziness of reducing the tax base by freezing development in single family home neighbourhoods.
It's the kind of fairy tale policy agenda you'd expect from someone who spent his career working for a think tank without ever having to actually accomplish or manage anything. His absence of any accomplishments on council is more confirmation of this.
That sums it up. Whatever the flaws are of Gondek or other candidates, Farkas is completely flawed, so it's an easy decision.
Tarsus
Active Member
Centre right? Centre maybe, but I'd say more left of centre. I've read through her campaign literature and there isn't much that gives me a centre right feeling. Just curious why you'd think she is centre right?
FCC1982
Active Member
I’m voting for the leader - Undecided 29%
Seriously though - please please please - No Farkass
Patrick.1980
Active Member
Agree with you. I don't see her as centre right at all, but one could make an argument that she's in the middle.
IMHO
| left end of spectrum | centre left | centre | centre right | right end of spectrum |
| Jan Damery | Jyoti Gondek | Jeff Davison and Brad Field | Jeromy Farkas |
darwink
Senior Member
I guess if it depends on what you're trying to represent. Sure, relative positioning, that may be correct. But for what the various promises are? Jamery ends up in the centre, maybe a bit centre left, and the rest end up further right.