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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
If I want change I will have to play a more active role the next electoral cycle and hope that people from the city that elected Conservative MPs nationally with a whopping majority of votes in each case do not re-elect Brian Pincott (former NDP candidate) types civically.
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Not that I'd miss Brian Pincott, but a Council of 14 Conservatives scares the crap out of me. While I don't agree with everything he says, I'm glad there's a liberal-minded representative to push for more than mere functionality of this city.
The last eight years have seen wild growth, an influx of large numbers of people, and a strain on City services every year. I don't think it's hard to recognize that Calgary is an exception to the rule for most rates of growth. That's not an excuse by any means, but budgeting for a city like this is much...MUCH more difficult than most people here would ever know.