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Originally Posted by Wormius
What about Farkas would resonate in others? I don’t see the appeal at all.
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He’s a populist.
See the bike lane snow plowing example. It’s not a solution to anything. It feeds into what people believe is true, regardless of whether it’s right. “No wonder snow removal sucks, they’re prioritizing clearing bike lanes!” Stop plowing bike lanes and streets aren’t going to be plowed any sooner. It’s not going to save any money. It would cost the same, not do anything for roads, and make the bike lanes worse. But it feels like it’s true, it feels like common sense, and if you try to tell me otherwise you’re just one of those know-it-all’s who’s disconnected from your constituents. It’s truthiness.
Policing and budgeting: province rips up city charter, pulls infrastructure funding, refunds police, Farkas is there talking about the great idea getting more money into political elections is, supporting the Justice minister and Municipal Affairs minister. Then back on ‘how dare we defund the police, supporting the police union (but not the municipal one), dip into reserves, etc.
But Farkas as mayor would need friends to be effective, and it’s hard for a guy like Farkas to have friends on a city council (though we’ll see what the provincial election funding rules do to change that).