Save Calgary

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

I posted something like the below in another thread a few months ago:

Druh is a latte-sipping urbanist who tirelessly advocates for the interests of the latte-sipping urbanists who live in her inner city ward. I'm not surprised that many people who choose to live in the suburbs have different priorities and values than her and the citizens of her ward and are therefore opposed to her goals for the city. One wonders, however, why Druh seems to be targeted for so much more hate and vitriol than other members of council with similar views, like Woolley, Carra, and Pincott. Excluding Nenshi, Farrell receives more threats of violence than all other members of council combined.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ncil-1.4259271

weird how the Councillors that whose constituents are "latte sippers" are the ones getting all the death threats...?

appears to me its the non-latte sippers that are actually the threat to governance and democratic process...

would not be shocked whatsoever if this "Save Calgary" drivel attracts the same fanatics who wail on 'wasted tax dollars' for 500k on public art but do not bat an eye at 78 million dollar interchanges or billion dollar ring roads...

but, but... PEACE BRIDGE!

[Fuzz]

Well they embed a Rebel video on their site in attempt to show Nenshi "throwing a hissy fit". So their credibility drops pretty much to zero right there.

They also went out of their way to be anonymous, hiding their DNS registration. If you stand for something, why so anonymous? Someone with more time than me could probably figure out who is behind it by going back to the creation of their social media and seeing if there is any consistency behind who liked and re-tweeted their first posts.

[Fuzz]

They also completely copy news stories without so much as a link to them.

This
http://www.savecalgary.com/calgary_c...awsuit_alleges

is this:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...gton-1.4127870

Wait...I know, Dion is behind this!


just kidding Dion, couldn't resist.

[PsYcNeT]

[kermitology]

I bet the people behind this website are the people behind that lawsuit.

Note the councillors who voted against their condo project:

Voting against the project was Farrell, Evan Woolley, Gian-Carlo Carra, Diane Colley-Urquhart, Richard Pootmans, Jim Stevenson, Brian Pincott and Naheed Nenshi.

Pootmans, Stevenson, and Pincott aren't running again. But everyone else named by save calgary....

[Itse]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

One wonders, however, why Druh seems to be targeted for so much more hate and vitriol than other members of council with similar views, like Woolley, Carra, and Pincott. Excluding Nenshi, Farrell receives more threats of violence than all other members of council combined.

Left-leaning / liberal women in politics. They always get a ton of threats.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Itse

Left-leaning / liberal women in politics. They always get a ton of threats.

Druh also supports a lot of dumb things like closing down memorial drive for no reason on a weekend in the summer.

She is disliked because in general she is the furthest from the general populace and is an outspoken leader of her position. She becomes the face of controversial issues rather than the rest of the group that supports him.

In short she is disliked because she is good at her job.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by kermitology

So, I need to understand this sentiment. There are few councillors who work as hard for and care as much for the community as Druh. Why do so many people have a problem with Druh? She's accurately represents a good portion of the city (particularly her ward). What's so bad about her?

Maybe, just maybe, some of us who live in her ward don't really agree with her positions?

I mean not every single person is going to love every councilor.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Maybe, just maybe, some of us who live in her ward don't really agree with her positions?

I mean not every single person is going to love every councilor.

I can respect that if you've got a reasoning behind your dislike. For example, I can't stand my councillor, Carra. I'm biased, I don't like the way he treats city staff (which formerly included my wife). I don't like his personality and how combative he can be, but one thing I do think is that he represents my values as a citizen of this city (as does Farrell).

[Red Slinger]

What a bunch of sleazy cowards.

[wireframe]

These Save Calgary bozos are spending a lot on advertising and I doubt they do anything but rile up people who already hate Nenshi, Farrell, etc. No votes are going to change from this dumb campaign.

I, for one, am still voting for Druh Farrell in my ward because she represents my interests and helps my community. Plus, I've liked her every time we met. This website did nothing to change my mind by telling me that property tax went up since she was elected.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Backed by the Ready to Engage cranks? Seems like a similar mindset.

[Resolute 14]

Or Manning Foundation.

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I can respect that if you've got a reasoning behind your dislike. For example, I can't stand my councillor, Carra. I'm biased, I don't like the way he treats city staff (which formerly included my wife). I don't like his personality and how combative he can be, but one thing I do think is that he represents my values as a citizen of this city (as does Farrell).

Carra is a dolt. He used to live across the street from me in Inglewood. I had to confiscate his frisbee because he kept hitting my house with it and hopping my fence, breaking the little hats off the top of the posts, to retrieve it. And for the record, he's older than me. I actually had to talk to his parents who he was living with before giving him back his toy.

[Wormius]

I am kind of happy that Chu is out of my ward; the new Ward 3 candidates don't seem too awful, but I prefer somebody more like Farrell who is more tenacious at getting things for their constituents rather than trying to kibosh what is going on in the other wards. For the life of me, I cannot think of what Chu has accomplished for his constituents. All he seemed to do was worry about what was going on in the inner city wards, and managed to do nothing anyway - things still moved ahead despite whatever grievances he had, and he did nothing for Ward 3/4.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

I posted something like the below in another thread a few months ago:

Druh is a latte-sipping urbanist who tirelessly advocates for the interests of the latte-sipping urbanists who live in her inner city ward. I'm not surprised that many people who choose to live in the suburbs have different priorities and values than her and the citizens of her ward and are therefore opposed to her goals for the city. One wonders, however, why Druh seems to be targeted for so much more hate and vitriol than other members of council with similar views, like Woolley, Carra, and Pincott. Excluding Nenshi, Farrell receives more threats of violence than all other members of council combined.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ncil-1.4259271

Looks like almost all of those are from 2013, reaction to the 2 floods in Kensington (2nd one caused by backup) or the bike track?

Pretty big thread against Druh in 2013 on beyond at the time

https://forums.beyond.ca/archive/ind.../t-373877.html

This guy in particular seems to really hate her.

http://corymorgan.com/tag/druh-farrell/

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I am kind of happy that Chu is out of my ward; the new Ward 3 candidates don't seem too awful, but I prefer somebody more like Farrell who is more tenacious at getting things for their constituents rather than trying to kibosh what is going on in the other wards. For the life of me, I cannot think of what Chu has accomplished for his constituents. All he seemed to do was worry about what was going on in the inner city wards, and managed to do nothing anyway - things still moved ahead despite whatever grievances he had, and he did nothing for Ward 3/4.

I think you should take a good look at Jyoti Gondek: http://www.jyotigondek.ca/

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Wormius

rather than trying to kibosh what is going on in the other wards.

Oh, Farrell does that too. But since she always has to be the centre of everything, things like her suggesting that the SWRR be axed and the money spent instead on her own pet projects gets lost in the shuffle.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

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That's disgusting.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by kermitology

So, I need to understand this sentiment. There are few councillors who work as hard for and care as much for the community as Druh. Why do so many people have a problem with Druh? She's accurately represents a good portion of the city (particularly her ward). What's so bad about her?

I don't need to answer seeing someone else already did;

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Druh is a latte-sipping urbanist who tirelessly advocates for the interests of the latte-sipping urbanists who live in her inner city ward.

Great for her ward (even at that she's not overly popular as it seems the reason she keeps her post is that the majority of voters are "anybody but Druh" voters that split their votes on other candidates enough for her to win by small margins). Not so great for the city to which latte-sipping urbanists are a minority.

She's getting dangerously close to two decades of service. It's time for her to go on with the rest of her life and let Calgarians do the same without her influence.