Calgary Civic Election Discussion

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Draug

Because getting less people to drive downtown is NOT a solution. You need more roads into downtown and more parking for when people get there.

The alternative is transit, which is already over full, and doesnt service enough people. Transit is not a solution for some people, especially in this city where it is horrible.

Providing two terrible options is not a solution to a problem. How about they City's Administration provide at least ONE good solution?

And how do you propose to do that? Plow over Beltline, Inglewood, Kensington and Mount Royal with Elevated freeways?

The alternative is in your response. Transit is horrible for a lot of residents. Well, improve transit service (particularly capacity - which is much easier to increase compared to roads), design communities that are more conducive to transit use, create Bridges-style TODs around LRT stations, and voila!

[Hemi-Cuda]

what i'd like to know is as a resident of Chestermere, why am i getting Calgary election flyers in my mail? this is in addition to the local Chestermere election stuff, and it's quite annoying, since as far as i know i can't vote in any of the Calgary stuff

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

what i'd like to know is as a resident of Chestermere, why am i getting Calgary election flyers in my mail? this is in addition to the local Chestermere election stuff, and it's quite annoying, since as far as i know i can't vote in any of the Calgary stuff

Preparing you for future annexation.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Bean

Question from somebody who is obviously ignorant:

Under Alnoors' write up, why does it claim that he is an international criminal?
"Alnoor Kassam is a local businessman, entrepreneur and international criminal."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary...on,_2007#Mayor

According to the Herald on Sunday, he stands accused of stealing about $24 million on his way out of Kenya. The article also said he left Kenya under a death threat.

Definitely will not be voting for him after reading that article.

[North East Goon]

Originally Posted by someguy51

I'm leaning towards George Chahal myself. I'm going to be voting for the candidate that will work hard to improve city transit in our area. I won't be voting for Helen Larocque due to all the negative things I've been hearing about her. Jim Stevenson seems to be more concerned with building more roads instead improving public transit. That leaves me with George!

He is campaigning for a northbound C-Train to what I am assuming is the Country Hills etc. area of town. www.votejim.ca

Sorry to the mods if inserting this website was a bad idea - okay to delete.

[skins]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

According to the Herald on Sunday, he stands accused of stealing about $24 million on his way out of Kenya. The article also said he left Kenya under a death threat.

Definitely will not be voting for him after reading that article.

I found a Herald article dated Sept 18:

There's a much longer history to Kassam, who fled Kenya in 1993 with the law at his heels for his involvement in the country's greatest banking scandal. He was a principal of Trade Bank, as well as Diner's Club. A huge inquiry over government subsidy of exports focused on the fate of the bank. Kenyan officials have said he's welcome to return, as long as he coughs up $23 million Cdn he's alleged to have taken with him. Kassam insists he didn't take a penny, noting that a Canadian immigration tribunal ruled in his favour. He has freely told me, though, that he used to leave briefcases full of cash behind when he visited government ministers, and engaged in illegal currency trading. Kassam is disarming when he's asked about all this. "Oh yes, I did that," he said last last October, referring to the bribery. "We all did. We had to. That was the political culture, entirely without ethics or honesty. "It's not excusable, some of the things I did, but now I can sit back and reflect on what I did wrong and try to make it right."

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by josh white

And how do you propose to do that? Plow over Beltline, Inglewood, Kensington and Mount Royal with Elevated freeways?

The alternative is in your response. Transit is horrible for a lot of residents. Well, improve transit service (particularly capacity - which is much easier to increase compared to roads), design communities that are more conducive to transit use, create Bridges-style TODs around LRT stations, and voila!

The fix for downtown driving chaos and parking are are combination of better transit and toll booths.

MYK

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by skins

I found a Herald article dated Sept 18:

Holy crap!

Not that I was going to vote for him before, but now there's no way I'd vote for him. And his excuse is laughable- "I may have been corrupt, but so was everybody else, so that makes it OK."

[sclitheroe]

In Ward 3, I saw some signs with a URL to a website on why NOT to vote for Helene Laroque...can't remember the URL though, does anyone here know? I get a cheap kick out of smear campaigns.

-Scott

[Slava]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

The fix for downtown driving chaos and parking are are combination of better transit and toll booths.

MYK

Actually they have a perfect plan that is in place now. Any place that currently has parking will be turned into an office tower. With no possible parking then no one will drive downtown. Problem solved.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

In Ward 3, I saw some signs with a URL to a website on why NOT to vote for Helene Laroque...can't remember the URL though, does anyone here know? I get a cheap kick out of smear campaigns.

-Scott

It is list here.... and being discussed as well....


http://www.projectalberta.com/board/...er=asc&start=0

[someguy51]

Originally Posted by North East Goon

He is campaigning for a northbound C-Train to what I am assuming is the Country Hills etc. area of town. www.votejim.ca

Sorry to the mods if inserting this website was a bad idea - okay to delete.

Someone posted a link to "The Better Calgary" website. (http://bettercalgary.ca/endorsements.php#ward3) After reading that I am even more in favor of Chahal. Check out his answers to the survey, I think they are really good. He wants the C-Train extended to Saddleridge immediately. (that would be awesome for me!). He says there is a need for mass transit to the northern hills communities as well.

[foofighter15]

So, I don't want to read all the stuff from before, because we all know how easily we go OT on this stuff. Could one of you point out some key posts in this thread to read?
I have no clue who to vote for. I have a couple issues with Noor, and can't really find issues with Dave because all the info I can find on him is very vague

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by foofighter15

So, I don't want to read all the stuff from before, because we all know how easily we go OT on this stuff. Could one of you point out some key posts in this thread to read?
I have no clue who to vote for. I have a couple issues with Noor, and can't really find issues with Dave because all the info I can find on him is very vague

Originally Posted by fredr123

Better Calgary releases it's endorsements.

I don't know anything about "Better Calgary" but they do have summaries of all the candidates platforms.

[foofighter15]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I don't know anything about "Better Calgary" but they do have summaries of all the candidates platforms.

Thanks bud. Good stuff on that page

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Slava

Actually they have a perfect plan that is in place now. Any place that currently has parking will be turned into an office tower. With no possible parking then no one will drive downtown. Problem solved.

Fine with me. The less pimped trucks, SUV's the better.

MYK

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

According to the Herald on Sunday, he stands accused of stealing about $24 million on his way out of Kenya. The article also said he left Kenya under a death threat.

Definitely will not be voting for him after reading that article.

Hmmmm that must be the guy who keeps on emailing me. Question: is he royalty, and does he need to borrow $5 grand to help move his funds out of the country?

Anyone else keep getting candidates knocking on your door Saturday mornings? Don't these people know Saturday is a sleep day? The last guy got me with no shirt, a pair of shorts, and my hair all matted up because I was in bed. He kept asking if he was interrupting something.....yeah, MY SLEEP JACKASS.

[North East Goon]

Originally Posted by someguy51

Someone posted a link to "The Better Calgary" website. (http://bettercalgary.ca/endorsements.php#ward3) After reading that I am even more in favor of Chahal. Check out his answers to the survey, I think they are really good. He wants the C-Train extended to Saddleridge immediately. (that would be awesome for me!). He says there is a need for mass transit to the northern hills communities as well.

I just cannot vote for someone in favour of legalized basement suites. It's just not feasible for my community. And since you are from Saddleridge, I bet the parking crunch in your neighborhood is just as bad?

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by North East Goon

I just cannot vote for someone in favour of legalized basement suites. It's just not feasible for my community. And since you are from Saddleridge, I bet the parking crunch in your neighborhood is just as bad?

How is it not feasible? Are there no basements in your neighbourhood?

[someguy51]

Originally Posted by North East Goon

I just cannot vote for someone in favour of legalized basement suites. It's just not feasible for my community. And since you are from Saddleridge, I bet the parking crunch in your neighborhood is just as bad?

I live in a townhouse complex and the parking is already terrible. The road inside our complex is skinny and when people park on the side of the road it is very difficult to maneuver between the parked cars. I am sure that if there was an emergency a fire truck would not fit. But that doesn't really have anything to do with the basement suite issue...

I'm actually for legalized basement suites. There is a severe lack of affordable housing in this town. If its gets the working homeless into a suite they can afford then I can live with the inconvenience. If the average family only owned one or two cars it probably wouldn't be a big deal.