Calgarians are hypocrites

[Flame On]

Maybe Calgary should annex from Alberta.
The republic of Calgary!

[BaronInEdmonton]

Uhh, annex from Alberta?

[Thunderball]

To be fair, for any mayor, Liberal or Conservative, Socialist or Fascist... more money is always a plus. If I was mayor, I would probably take note that we need the money, and we all know how anti-liberal I am.

[browna]

Someone more familar with US politics can help me with this, but I know US Mayors run and campagin under one party or another (Repubs or Demos).

Can a party only have one candidate ? Or several?

How closely aligned are they with the state/federal senators and congressman/parties..in a similar fashion to the Provincial PC/Liberals to the Federal PC's/Liberals here (ie just in name alone) or are they tied closer to the parties on the national level as far as campaign funds?
I am assuming its the former, as I don't see a lot of attack ads for mayorship, more on the state level.

Spokane news that we get here on cable is always a little short on the details, and heavy on the sizzle (like the fact that thier mayor was punted from office from asking for sexual favours from male city employees (himself being on the anti-gay side of the political spectrum)).

Plus, with all the Meth labs busts just off Sprague, and the other goings on in Spokane (which sounds like it has the poblems of a 2 million person city as opposed to 500,000), I don't tune in that much.

Point being, if Bronconnier had to run as a Liberal Member for mayor (even if it is just the name) would he be the mayor? Or, would he run as a Conservative (unlikely..he was nominated as MP a few years back for the Libs, no?)

Whats stopping from making the apporpriate amendemnts to have mayors across Canada in major cities run as party nominees as opposed to all being indepedants?

[JBR]

Originally posted by Flame On@May 21 2005, 04:01 AM
Maybe Calgary should annex from Alberta.
The republic of Calgary!

"Lord Hodges.."

"Yes, my Master"

"RIIIIIZZZZZZZEEEEEEEE!!!!"

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Bronco is so focused on his plan of roads and bridges that I'm sure he'd support any fringe party that coughed up an extra interchange or two.

[REDVAN]

Bronco ran a few years back as a Liberal. He is all about raising taxes and spending money on useless things. The only thing he does right is roads. Otherwise he's just useless.

Oh and his mom phones people to threaten them to drop out of the mayor race or else. He's a liberal, of course he has no morals.

[Claeren]

The brutal thing for Cities in Canada is that they have no power to self-raise money other then property taxes, and it is the one form of tax that does not rise automatically with inflation.

Your provincial and federal tax quietly went up FAR more this year then property taxes, and those monies paid for things less important to you then roads, transit, police, fire, ambulance/ER services, 911, parks, leisure, schools, etc.

Assuming modest HOUSEHOLD earnings of $60,000/yr going up 3%:
Provincial taxes went up ~$180/yr
Federal Taxes went up ~$250/yr
Property Taxes went up ~$45/yr


The city also gets hit because inflation in fuel, labour, land, and materials (their primary costs) went up a LOT more in Calgary then normal inflation.



Claeren.

[Calgary Flames]

fata politics...

that is all I have to add to this coversation, deep huh?

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

We have come to expect it Jordon.

EDIT: Way to go fotze

[Resolute 14]

We're hypocrites becuase the feds are giving Calgary a whopping $40 million?

Would be be less of a hypocrite if the mayor turned the money down?

[Bend it like Bourgeois]

Originally posted by fotze@May 20 2005, 08:28 PM
The ultra right wing calgarians show their hycrocracy with every municipal election.

Where Calgarians hate the feds, they elect a mayor with a landslide who is of the same ilk.

He may be right in some aspects but Calgarians seem goofy with their local politicians.

No kidding.

If there ever was a government with a spending problem, not a revenue problem, it's city hall.

Yet our allegedly conservative city just keeps shelling out the dough.

I've always chalked this one up to lack of information. I dare anyone to try and make sense of city hall finances. A clever guy like bronco can a game of 3 card monty and get us betting every time.

[Calgary Flames]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@May 21 2005, 05:34 PM
We have come to expect it Jordon.

EDIT: Way to go fotze

hypocracy at it's best, but thanks.

[Thunderball]

Originally posted by Bend it like Bourgeois+May 21 2005, 09:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bend it like Bourgeois @ May 21 2005, 09:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-fotze@May 20 2005, 08:28 PM
The ultra right wing calgarians show their hycrocracy with every municipal election.

Where Calgarians hate the feds, they elect a mayor with a landslide who is of the same ilk.

He may be right in some aspects but Calgarians seem goofy with their local politicians.

No kidding.

If there ever was a government with a spending problem, not a revenue problem, it's city hall.

Yet our allegedly conservative city just keeps shelling out the dough.

I've always chalked this one up to lack of information. I dare anyone to try and make sense of city hall finances. A clever guy like bronco can a game of 3 card monty and get us betting every time. [/b][/quote]
I think the problem here is that people aren't that bright when it comes to politics, that, and/or the mayoral candidates around here usually really, really suck.

As much as I hate Bronco, he was probably the only candidate I would consider mayor worthy.

Also, people see the colors white, black, blue and green and assume that person is conservative.