Bronco not to run for mayor

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

I prefer the real version (taken on Sunday).

Excuse me while I adjust my bowner

[Flame On]

I too hate McIvor. I think he's great at nay saying and voting no and objecting. Rarely have I ever heard him actually bring an idea to the table.
Apart from (very recently) his desire to increase the bike speed in certain areas.
This is the only time I can remember his input being more than a giant stick in the mud.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Flame On

I too hate McIvor. I think he's great at nay saying and voting no and objecting. Rarely have I ever heard him actually bring an idea to the table.
Apart from (very recently) his desire to increase the bike speed in certain areas.
This is the only time I can remember his input being more than a giant stick in the mud.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Co...336/story.html


I've been critical of him in the past, but I think I can now say that his time as mayor was very good for the City of Calgary. He too care of alot of things that desperately needed doing (FFS, how much longer was Glenmore and Elbow going to be an intersection with Duerr in control?), and he never was afraid of making unpopular decisions.

I like the quotes in the linked article, and I couldn't agree more that the last thing we need is a guy like McIvor making Duerr look like a dynamic visionary.

A city is not just a bunch of houses and roads. I hope our next mayor knows that. Bronco did, but he really focused on houses and roads. Maybe the next few years should see a bit of focus on rec type stuff. I propose and zip line from the top of the Bow, to the top of the Center Street Bridge.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Shazam

What's your view of culture? (serious question)

Well I suppose that the word culture in the official definition sense implies that no place with people can actually be devoid of 'culture'. Just that said culture may lack a diversity of experiences. I think that is what people who complain about Calgary's cultural aspects like to point to. It stems from a frustration that Calgary is not a big enough place or doesn't do enough on a civic level to stimulate cultural experiences that escape the mainstream lowest common denominator experience.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by 4X4

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Co...336/story.html


I've been critical of him in the past, but I think I can now say that his time as mayor was very good for the City of Calgary. He too care of alot of things that desperately needed doing (FFS, how much longer was Glenmore and Elbow going to be an intersection with Duerr in control?), and he never was afraid of making unpopular decisions.

Duerr lives right there (Britannia), and his buddies didn't want the "hassle" of construction. Nice eh? Amazing considering that there were plans for an interchange there since the 1940s.

A city is not just a bunch of houses and roads. I hope our next mayor knows that. Bronco did, but he really focused on houses and roads. Maybe the next few years should see a bit of focus on rec type stuff. I propose and zip line from the top of the Bow, to the top of the Center Street Bridge.

4X4 for mayor!

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Well I suppose that the word culture in the official definition sense implies that no place with people can actually be devoid of 'culture'. Just that said culture may lack a diversity of experiences. I think that is what people who complain about Calgary's cultural aspects like to point to. It stems from a frustration that Calgary is not a big enough place or doesn't do enough on a civic level to stimulate cultural experiences that escape the mainstream lowest common denominator experience.

What's the mainstream LCD experience? (again, serious question).

[shermanator]

Regarding this lack of culture, there are a few projects underway to improve the music culture.

First, the King Eddy is going to be restored and Cantos is building the National Music Centre across the street.

Also the Calgary Folk Music Festival is in the works to build a 180-220 seat concert hall in Inglewood with offices for staff. The hall will be located here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...67.44,,0,13.97

Here's a link to the Folk Festival Hall website: http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/users...?FolderID=5173

Here's the Cantos project's website:
http://cantos.ca/kingeddy/


Would anyone here donate to these projects? Would anyone go to the concerts when built?

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Regarding this lack of culture, there are a few projects underway to improve the music culture.

First, the King Eddy is going to be restored and Cantos is building the National Music Centre across the street.

Also the Calgary Folk Music Festival is in the works to build a 180-220 seat concert hall in Inglewood with offices for staff. This hall will cost $165 million and still needs lots of funding. The hall will be located here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...67.44,,0,13.97

Here's a link to the Folk Festival Hall website: http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/users...?FolderID=5173

Here's the Cantos project's website:
http://cantos.ca/kingeddy/


Would anyone here donate to these projects? Would anyone go to the concerts when built?

Indeed, all good projects. I donated to the Cantos at King Eddy project.

Calgary Arts Development is executing a great plan to get a lot of this infrastructure built. http://calgaryartsdevelopment.com/

I think your figure on the Inglewood hall is a bit high. I believe it's supposed to be around $5 million

Another interesting project should be the Epcor Centre expansion. Big project coming down the pipeline.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

. Just need to pick somebody reasonably presentable on CP (Troutman? ),

Sex scandals and Marxist leanings will crater my campaign.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by troutman

Sex scandals and Marxist leanings will crater my campaign.

Don't forget the allegations of attempted infanticide.

[Shazam]

He's also half-fish. The Starkist lobby are all over him.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by troutman

Sex scandals and Marxist leanings will crater my campaign.

Whom do you suggest? How many people vote in a municipal election? 5,000? This is truly winnable with a good CP effort...

[Ace]

No way KK would take a demotion like that.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Whom do you suggest? How many people vote in a municipal election? 5,000? This is truly winnable with a good CP effort...

I_am_Beast said he would run last night after a few pints.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by troutman

I_am_Beast said he would run last night after a few pints.

Can he string a sentence or two together? Reasonably not ugly? Wife and kids he can trot out for media photos?

[troutman]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

Can he string a sentence or two together? Reasonably not ugly? Wife and kids he can trot out for media photos?

He will buy everyone a shooter that votes for him!

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by troutman

He will buy everyone a shooter that votes for him!

Always joking, joker. I actually think we can install a CP mayor with some grass-roots effort.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Ace

No way KK would take a demotion like that.

That's what I was thinking; he has a good gig going with the Flames.

[CaptainCrunch]

If I was elected I would hire two of you guys to follow me around wearing



Plus I'd hire one of you to dress up like this to collect funds from the province



Meet the new City of Calgary Police Uniforms



We'd rake in billions in tourist dollars.

[an_album_cover]

^ I will vote for you.