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Originally Posted by Muta
If McIvor becomes mayor, I will have to sit down and seriously consider moving out of this city permanently. Given his political grandstanding, his refusal to do anything that actually advances this city in any sort of way (unless you call urban sprawl 'advancement'), and his extremely conservative political leanings, I'd have a more cultural experience sitting inside a cement box.
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Oh the melodrama! You sound like those John Kerry supporters back in '04:
"If Bush wins again I'm going to seriously consider moving to Canada."
I think our lack of culture in this city has more to do with the nature of employment in the oil patch (Engineers, accountants, and finance people) than whether or not our city council shuts down Memorial drive for a day in the summer, buys out the Cecil for $11 million, or builds an expensive pedestrian bridge.
All that said I do agree with the general sentiment that Rick Mcivor would be a terrible mayor. Anyone that pops up on a google search of Chris Chandler should be considered with great caution. Rick was a valuble member in city council because he was often one of the only council members that raised the issue of fiscal restraint, zero-based budgeting, et al. Problem is as many have pointed out, he would probably run the city with little regard to building a liveable city and would cater to subburbanite shut-ins.