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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I seriously hope not everyone is going to blame the Mayor for the almost unheard of growth we have experienced.
Hopefully people will realize that the City of Calgary (as a corporation) is having the same staffing problems that every other company in this city is having. It's not like we don't have a major road other than Deerfoot because we have Bronconnier as our Mayor... We could have had Rudy himself as our Mayor and that still wouldn't change the fact that there just aren't enough people to do all the work that needs to be done, as fast as it needs to get done.
Do people want to fire the CEO of Burger King just because some of the Calgary locations can't find enough employees to keep their drive-thrus open?
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Well it’s not about the growth that is making me go and vote against Dave B. (and against every other "re-Elect" candidate...) I want new blood this Monday, I don't normally bother with Civic elections but I will this year. I am taking an interest for two reasons mainly. The most important being that this council and Mayor have done nothing to make parking in the core better and continue to allow new developments to pay them a cash lump sums in lieu of the developers building the required parking spots for the new high rises etc… this is a mistake that will haunt us for years… parking is a renewable resource that would benefit us for years… what does a lump sum cash settlement do long term that could possibly out weigh the benefit of more parking... that to me is unacceptable and plain stupid.
Secondly the fact that Dave has an issue with the “Support Our Troops” stickers... it was an unbelievably stupid stance to take, why city council should care if a city employee wants to put a magnet on their work truck is beyond me... instead valuable time and money is wasted in city hall discussing and repeatedly going over an issue that simply never should have been an issue in the first place... the unbelievably obvious answer of leave it up to each employee with a vehicle to decide if they want to have a magnet is so obvious to me and the fact that it was turned into this huge embarrassing ordeal and has been argued repeatedly in council meetings and is on the agenda still instead of real issues that need attention is enough to prove to me that the current administration is way too F%^$#ing dumb to run this city.
I appreciate that this city has grown but Dave and most of the Existing council members have done plenty of stupid far and above the constraints of a growing city to warrant all there a$$es being tossed into the street… I hope every goes out like I plan to on Monday and ensure they do get the message loud and clear. It sickens me that my ward has no competition and the idiot won by acclamation… probably because someone didn’t make the 3 hour nomination window.