[kipperfan]

Originally Posted by Muta

I would never vote for Barb Higgins.

Simply put, she is unqualified to run an organization like the City of Calgary. Under what experience does she have? Reading in this thread that she knows city issues well is laughable. So do I. I watch the news, and I watch Barb Higgins. Therefore, I know what she knows.

This, however, doesn't make me qualified to run for mayor.

Higgins has no business clout, experience or know-how. She does have name value, atleast, and some decent ideas. Nenshi, atleast, has a background that understands the root issues that this city needs to address more than Higgins does.

Someone is going to have to explain to me again why giving your vote to Barb Higgins is a wise decision. Nenshi is far more engaged in the issues that really matter. He's an open-minded thinker, and would actually have the balls (no pun intended) to implement social projects and other projects that this city needs.

Bringing Calgary into the next tier of world-class cities is something that a person like Nenshi sees; whether he follows through remains to be proven. But the point is, alteast he has the vision. Higgins and McIver wouldn't know how what to do if that vision slapped them across the face and peed in their corn flakes.

Yeah I don't get it at all. There have still been no reasonable responses to most of the points I (and others) have made about her lack of relevant experience.

To me, it basically sounds like: "I know her name, she knows the city very well (she has to, she has been the local news anchor for 20+ years!!) so clearly she is a better candidate then these other dudes whom I have never heard of".