Calgary Civic Election: Mayoralty Poll #4 - The Heat is On

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Zee

He has no other similarity to Al Noor Kassam other than color and you associated Nenshi with Kassam. Racist is your word, not mine. I'm just calling you out on it. Like I said, every candidate drives voters to the polls. There is even a section on it on the election website (buried in there) specifying the rules around it.

Nenshi is better qualified than the other two, but he's no saviour. He gets his chance, if he doesn't turn things around, he gets turfed.

My apologies for making a parallel between the last election and this one. If you remember there was a huge push by Kassam to get people out to the polls by offering to driving them, similar to Neshi's offer.

Better qualified is a stretch, but to each their own.

[c.t.ner]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I have to wait until I'm off work before I get to a polling station to vote. I hope it's not superbusy by then. I really should have opened the voting booths at 7am so I could have just swung by and voted before starting work.

From what I'm hearing, as long as you get there by 8pm you will be able to vote. But the cut off is 8pm on the dot.

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by c.t.ner

The bigger question for Nenshi, in particular, is how many of those followers were able to convert others to Nenshi's cause.

One friend of mine, who has never voted in her life, has not only voted but convinced at least 5 other people to vote for Nenshi. If those 5 only convince one other person each, that's 10 votes.

This all started with her seeing my pro Nenshi posts on facebook .

[albertGQ]

I know who I'm voting for

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by fotze

Well to pull the race card as a positive. I want someone tight with the cash, and the brown folk I have met over the years tell me that pinching pennies is what they are best at. Saying that, we need some more asian aldermen.

No way man. My dad always taught me never to do business with an Asian. They always try to rip you off

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by Madman

"Good afternoon, JJ Gallow at your service."

LOL. Oh my.

[Zee]

Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

No way man. My dad always taught me never to do business with an Asian. They always try to rip you off

It's the brown people like me that I don't trust...

(yes, nenshi got extra scrutiny)

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by Trojan97

So is the youth vote going to show up for Nenshi today or he just the facebook flavour of the week.

I think a lot will end up showing up. 10 of my friends who didn't have any interest in civic politics are actually going out and voting now. Probably cuz we have have a decent candidate now and we all started paying property taxes.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Madman

"Good afternoon, JJ Gallow at your service."

I suspect that's not the demographic of volunteer you'll get if you call the Nenshi campaign for a ride. Higgins on the other hand...

[algernon]

I volunteered as a Scrutineer this morning.
There was a cute girl with hot pink hair, neck tatoos, face piercings and a gigantic set of breasts barely contained in a low cut shirt working the table where they give you the ballot. It was interesting to see her having a lineup, while the other, older people were wide open.

The returning officer was telling me that you'd see a lot of ethnic people being bussed in in the afternoon, as some candidates use "block voting". I gathered that that wasn't looked very highly upon by the system.
Despite the bukakke of Nenshi around here, I voted for him, as he may reign in the sprawl. But, if that fecher raises taxes, I'll be pissed.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by algernon

But, if that fecher raises taxes, I'll be pissed.

My taxes went up 33% this year. I don't think he will do much worse

[The Goon]

Originally Posted by algernon

bukakke of Nenshi

This was not a phrase I ever needed to read.

[Zee]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

My apologies for making a parallel between the last election and this one. If you remember there was a huge push by Kassam to get people out to the polls by offering to driving them, similar to Neshi's offer.

So are Mciver and Higgins, why not compare them to Kassam? And for what little it's worth, Kassam backed Higgins.

getting the vote out is standard practice. Bronco didn't do it because he was a shoe in.

http://www.660news.com/news/local/ar...g-the-vote-out

"Mount Royal University political scientist Duane Bratt tells 660News not only will campaign volunteers be busy working the phones, but they will also be co-coordinating transportation for those who don't have a ride on October 18th."

[getbak]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Its true, if people want a true fiscal conservative elect an older asian fellow. He'll treat the money as if he earned it.

Unless he's at a casino.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Zee

So are Mciver and Higgins, why not compare them to Kassam? And for what little it's worth, Kassam backed Higgins.

getting the vote out is standard practice. Bronco didn't do it because he was a shoe in.

http://www.660news.com/news/local/ar...g-the-vote-out

"Mount Royal University political scientist Duane Bratt tells 660News not only will campaign volunteers be busy working the phones, but they will also be co-coordinating transportation for those who don't have a ride on October 18th."

It probably had to do with the fact there was a Nenshi youtube video above my original post. The Nenshi lovefest is getting tough to stomach. I can't even make a crappy joke without the zealots going off.

[kermitology]

If you're on the fence about Nenshi and his lack of council experience, remember that this guy has been going to council sessions since 2001. He reads many of the reports that are given to council before voting on issues, contrary to some alderman, and has been heavily involved in the civic volunteer driven initiatives like Plan-It.

Personally, I don't see him stumbling around at all as mayor.

[Gondi Stylez]

Even though I advanced polled last week I've been working on the people I know and only had one turn me down (approx. 40) because he felt that the mayor didn't do anything. He wanted to vote Higgins because he recognizes her. He's 25. What a sad friend I have!!

[firebug]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

It probably had to do with the fact there was a Nenshi youtube video above my original post. The Nenshi lovefest is getting tough to stomach. I can't even make a crappy joke without the zealots going off.

Don't go in the fire on ice forum then, otherwise you'll come out an oiler fan.

[Kjesse]

The Nenshi love fest around here can be pretty annoying. I found it annoying until I jumped on board.

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Chalk up one more vote for Nenshi and Pashak

+1

and by nonscientific polling (having met my neighbours in the parking lot of the station) out of three votes we have:

McIvor 1
Nenshi 2

Marr 1
Pashak 2

Therefore I conclude Nenshi and Pashak will get 66% if the vote and win.