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Originally Posted by Ashartus
...Combined with the big money that will be behind him, his chances are probably way better than I'd like.
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This opinion is widely shared but is completely wrong. Developers will always prefer candidates who support major capital spending on municipal infrastructure and help the city grow employment. Gondek is going to be by a long mile ahead of Farkas in gaining developers' , consultants', contractors' and O&G industry's support, because she is very openly and publicly supportive of whatever makes Calgary grow. Farkas got a reputation for being a mini-McIver "Mr.No"; his only public stance is to limit spending and limit government's meddling in where it shouldn't meddle - both decent goals, but very narrow-minded without sensible economic policy behind them. The only group who generally likes Farkas is the seniors. If the race is down to Gondek vs. Farkas as two major candidates, my money would be on Gondek without a doubt.
P.S. I still don't believe that Nenshi is not gonna run though. He enjoys being a mayor immensely and got literally nothing else to do.