I'm liking Naheed Nenshi's platform as well, he seems to be passionate about municipal politics, and whether you agree with him or not, you can't be Mayor if you don't love your city enough to suggest new directions and changes.
That said, I am a little weary about what seems to be his spending ideas. His ideas for Calgary Transit (expansion into the North-Central route, GPS, Smart Cards, removal of the Park 'n Ride fee, better performance measures), his advocation of building the Airport Tunnel and contracting private services for snow removal seem noble. But these sorts of things can quickly spiral out of control in terms of logistics, technology, manpower, etc. . . . It seems like he's planning to do alot of spending while concurrently calling for better transparency at City Hall.
At some point, his call for more spending coupled with public support and transparency will likely contradict themselves. I sure hope he has a master plan for this all to work cohesively.
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