Calgary Municipal Politics

[lemongrab]

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.

 

[adamyyc]

We could have ended up with 2 Wongs on council this time around, and I'm glad neither got in

Two Wongs don’t make a right.

 

[Surrealplaces]

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.

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]

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.

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 Sane Six Silly Six)

 

[Roaring Flames]

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.