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Originally Posted by kipperfan
I am stunned Barb Higgins has 10 votes already, I guess name recognition really is all you need to win political office. I mean come on, what in bloody hell qualifies a lifetime news anchor to run one of the largest cities in the country?
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Make that 11. Mine. For now. So your question is "what in bloody hell qualifies a lifetime news anchor to run one of the largest cities in the country"? I suppose I'd say that the fact that she's done it here in Calgary for 21 years - at the same station shows me that she's professional, solid, stable, and definitely in the know about what issues Calgary has historically and is currently facing. I'm also liking the fact that she's not a career politician. Being a news anchor means that you're basically not allowed to voice an opinion, so I'm (at this point) assuming that she's not in anyone's pocket.
Things have lots of time to change, however. In the first poll I voted for Kent Hehr, but I have to admit that that was a strategic vote, both civic and provincially.
Nenshi is also a very interesting candidate that just may win my vote. We'll see how it works out once candidates start actively campaigning. But for now, for the sake of this poll, I'm going with Higgins because AFAIC, she's the non-politician. Not McIver, not Hawkesworth, not Connely not Burrows. Jon Lord coming out of the woodwork after losing his provincial seat a few years ago is a bit interesting, but IIRC (and I very well could be wrong), he won that seat while he was an alderman. He just seems a little opportunistic.
Kassam has too much shady history for my liking. He denies all that stuff, but there sure seems to be a lot of smoke around the guy.
So anyway, there's my reason for voting for Higgins in this poll.