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Originally Posted by RedHot25

Well, to bring this thread somewhat full circle, kudos to Farkas in his reflections: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...iser-1.6554569

He was on The Eyeopener this morning (https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio...s-walk-charity):

ROB BROWN: ... I don't want to retrace your history on City Council, but you were known as a maverick, and someone who didn't necessarily have a lot of support on Council, so is this experience having you look back and reconsider the things that you did on Council with an eye to maybe entering politics again with a new brand, a new way of going about things?

JEROMY FARKAS: You know, I don't know if it's about politics going forward, but I could really in some situations look back and realize that, you know, being an ideological jackass doesn't get you very far in life, it doesn't get you up the mountain, and getting to learn from other people—and particularly travel other places and see how things are done in other places—it really, really does give perspective, but I know going forward I want to be able to use my platform, that support base, to support local causes and things that I'm passionate about. But for me it's just about getting up the mountain and being able to survive a trip through sandstorms, through blizzards, through frostbite, even through Covid-19—

Good for him for showing some contrition.