Cal Wenzel suing Mayor Nenshi for $6M

[Wiggum_PI]

Originally Posted by V

I think Nenshi is a smarmy punk with entitlement issues and I agree with him in this instance. What Shane Homes did was totally illegal. Wenzel just happens to have a lot of money.

This actually isn't true, Shane Homes did nothing illegal. Nenshi had to admit as part of the settlement, that Shane Holmes did not violate any election laws.

[V]

It's actually completely true and Nenshi had to admit otherwise because he isn't as rich as Wenzel.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

one is spending his own money, while the other is spending (or hoping to spend) taxpayers' money, which makes latter's behaviour and the lack of judgement much worse.

I would assume that under the sealed terms of the settlement, they both spent Wenzel's money.

[Wiggum_PI]

Originally Posted by V

It's actually completely true and Nenshi had to admit otherwise because he isn't as rich as Wenzel.

What Wenzel did may have been shady, but it didn't break any laws. Nenshi was wrong in his assumptions about Shane Homes, and had to admit it. Has nothing to do with how much money Wenzel's got.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by SebC

I would assume that under the sealed terms of the settlement, they both spent Wenzel's money.

The way I understand the summary judgement procedure, a party may request a faster resolution of a dispute by asking the judge to hear the case and render a decision without jury (requested by the defendant). Wenzel tried doing that and his application got rejected. Because of that he had to pay $10K in Nenshi''s legal fees for having to respond to Wenzel's summary judgement application. There could be more details which I am missing, but this has nothing to do with the legal costs incurred by Nenshi so far on his defense lawyers.

In Herald, his legal fees have been estimated in "hundreds of thousands" of dollars. Council is split on this issue but I am certain they will vote in favour of covering them. Just to set up a precedent, as each one of them could be sued one day for something.

[GaiJin]

Wasn't Nenshi actively campaigning when he made those statements? If so, He should pay his legal bills out of his campaign funds.

[pylon]

The City in no way should be responsible for Nenshi's legal bills. Full stop. If you make public, defamatory, ignorant statements, you are on your own. Even if Wenzel is guilty of what Nenshi is accusing him of, there are a thousand other ways he could have said it professionally without calling the guy a gangster.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by pylon

The City in no way should be responsible for Nenshi's legal bills. Full stop. If you make public, defamatory, ignorant statements, you are on your own. Even if Wenzel is guilty of what Nenshi is accusing him of, there are a thousand other ways he could have said it professionally without calling the guy a gangster.

Wheres the fun in that?

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by pylon

The City in no way should be responsible for Nenshi's legal bills. Full stop. If you make public, defamatory, ignorant statements, you are on your own. Even if Wenzel is guilty of what Nenshi is accusing him of, there are a thousand other ways he could have said it professionally without calling the guy a gangster.

Worst part is he refused to even retract the statement, let alone apologize.

Wenzel's no saint either but Nenshi would be such a good mayor if he didn't have such an ego.

I hope taxpayers aren't on the hook for his legal bill.

[Locke]

If he was wrong then he should have manned up and admitted it, and while I'm in no way familiar with the nuances of the case it certainly appears as though Wenzel attempts to financially bully Nenshi into apologizing via the Judicial system.

If he wasnt wrong then he shouldnt apologize, that isnt ego, thats standing up for yourself.

It appears that its more of a gray area than that, but still, only apologizing to end court proceedings is empty and yeah, I'd have done it sooner.

If I had a dollar for every empty and insincere apology I've ever made I'd be no wealthier than I currently am. But still.

[Clarkey]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Once Green Line funding is completed (likely by spring) you could argue Nenshi in 5 years is perhaps the city's greatest ever builder as mayor:

Airport Tunnel (will pay massive dividends)
4 regional recreation centres (Seton, Quarry Park, Great Plains & Northwest)
New Central Library
National Music Centre
Major Interchanges (Glenmore/Ogden and Bowfort/Trans Canada)
Instrumental in SW Ring Road deal (repaired relationship #1 priority from virtually day one in office)
Cycle Tracks (small $ but impactful)
4 Transitways/BRTs (North Crosstown, South Crosstown, Southwest, 17th Ave SE)
And a 40km LRT line once funded (I would guess March) that's 5 times the length of Bronconnier's West LRT

I disagree with FlamesFan77 for calling you a shill for Nenshi.