Ongoing YYCCC (Chu + Farkas) Transgressions Threat

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It was clear that some had to go but I don't think it's great timing to have so many newbies in city hall. The city is going to need strong leadership over the next decade.

OK....I'll bite. Who of this current crop should be staying to provide that strong leadership?

[calf]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Ward Sutherland will not seek re-election, withdrawing to work Davison's mayoral campaign:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1414987935267508226

Ugh. He's not the best, but was ok. The rest of the candidates right now look to be duds. Would have been a slam dunk victory for him.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Ward Sutherland will not seek re-election, withdrawing to work Davison's mayoral campaign:

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Agreed. This is an important time in the City and to have Farkas and a slate of conservative newbs at the helm is not what we need IMO.

He's my Councillor, looks like I will need to do some research on potential replacements.

The risk of a Farkas type coalition grows each time one of the existing councilors retires. I'm getting worried now.

[troutman]

New York's Mayoral Race Shows that Ranked Choice Voting Works—Even With Snafus

https://time.com/6079113/new-yorks-m...-voting-works/

RCV avoids this minority rule situation by asking voters to rank their candidate preferences. Put a 1 next to your favorite, a 2 next to your second favorite, and so forth. If no candidate wins 50 percent of first place votes, then the last-place candidate is eliminated from the ballot and his or her votes are distributed to the candidates whom voters listed as their number 2. This cull and distribute process continues until someone wins a majority.

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[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Slava

OK....I'll bite. Who of this current crop should be staying to provide that strong leadership?

Whoever it is, it won't be that Manning Institute deplorable clonebot.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It was clear that some had to go but I don't think it's great timing to have so many newbies in city hall. The city is going to need strong leadership over the next decade.

It’s pretty clear why everyone is leaving now. Real tough decisions coming that will basically make anyone a one and done.

[sleepingmoose]

With Pootmans and Chabot running, there's at least a chance you get a couple 'newbies' that know what the heck to expect. Council meetings might be even more painful than normal if no one knows what they're doing.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Weitz

It’s pretty clear why everyone is leaving now. Real tough decisions coming that will basically make anyone a one and done.

Tough Decisions, some of which are being pushed on them by the provincial government, and some just because of the economy - and the public doesn't even try to understand.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Weitz

It’s pretty clear why everyone is leaving now. Real tough decisions coming that will basically make anyone a one and done.

Indeed, with the current fiscal reality and the provincial government putting the squeeze on, running the city of Calgary is going to be about tough choices and not just scheming up and ribbon cutting pet projects with unpronounceable European names

[Ozy_Flame]

What are these tough decisions that have to be made? Does every candidate know about these or only certain ones?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

What are these tough decisions that have to be made? Does every candidate know about these or only certain ones?

People are already furious about the tax increases and they are only going to get worse. There's talk of paying to park on your own street in neighborhoods because the reality is the city is running out of ways to squeeze blood from a stone and the province isn't coming to their aid. The next decade will be terrible.

[Torture]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

People are already furious about the tax increases and they are only going to get worse. There's talk of paying to park on your own street in neighborhoods because the reality is the city is running out of ways to squeeze blood from a stone and the province isn't coming to their aid. The next decade will be terrible.

Paying for street parking?
The horror!

[timun]

@ the above post by corporatejay

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

People are already furious about the tax increases and they are only going to get worse. There's talk of paying to park on your own street in neighborhoods because the reality is the city is running out of ways to squeeze blood from a stone and the province isn't coming to their aid. The next decade will be terrible.

It’s true. This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.

Old Testament, real wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave.

Human sacrifice! Paid street parking! Mass hysteria!

[burn_this_city]

My folks started complaining about the way the city was being run a week ago. I asked where else they would find an Economist 10 top city in the world with low taxes, excellent services, very little gridlock, and clean well managed facilities? Crickets.

Property taxes in Calgary are dirt cheap, sorry it clashes with your reality, but its true. The city is well managed, essentially free of real corruption and the government is responsive to the citizens.

[81MC]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

My folks started complaining about the way the city was being run a week ago. I asked where else they would find an Economist 10 top city in the world with low taxes, excellent services, very little gridlock, and clean well managed facilities? Crickets.

Property taxes in Calgary are dirt cheap, sorry it clashes with your reality, but its true. The city is well managed, essentially free of real corruption and the government is responsive to the citizens.

Amen. Our scandal was ass-wad Joe having tax payers pay for his escorts drinks and sole silly art installations.

There’s an awful lot that this City can do better. But it’s also pretty remarkable. I’m one of the few who didn’t move out here for work, I moved here because I liked the City. Taxes here ARE low, and it doesn’t matter how many times people want to drop “blood from a stone”, “we’re taxed to death”, or any other ridiculous statement.

If you want to compare quality of life indexes to tax rate, Calgary is right ####ing there on the podium. This City faces real issues indeed. But #### the next person I see yell about taxes while he drives his 60k truck around town.

[MegaErtz]

Gary Bobrovitz will announce his candidacy for the Ward 8 seat tomorrow morning. Interesting move as his name recognition is through the roof, he was on tv five days a week for almost forty years.

[morgin]

Originally Posted by timun

@ the above post by corporatejay

I feel like some of you live in a world where everyone acts rationally and logically with a high degree of appreciation for complex issues.

If they charge for street parking it will absolutely be a giant thing that most people will get super pissed about, regardless of whether it’s actually that big a deal.

It is 100% the case that taxes have continued to go up, service is stagnant or dropping because it’s still underfunded, and there is increasing friction between the city and various groups as the city pushes a vision that clashes with what a lot of people think they want.

It’s not a question of whether it’s reasonable for people to act like the end times are here - given what the City will absolutely be facing budget wise over the next decade, it’s gonna be ugly. If you think otherwise, you don’t understand how populism works.

[corporatejay]

Paying for parking on a residential street is simply a cash grab. It's a way to generate revenues where there was no need before because we are strapped for cash. Not sure why it is so crazy that I don't want to give the government more money for literally the same service I received before.

[timun]

No one is seriously proposing that parking on residential streets will require said residents to pay for it. I have no idea what wingnut source you heard this from.

It's a red herring; it's alarmist bull####.