11-01-2021, 10:35 AM
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#3681
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Ah yes, nothing surprising me so far. Chabot is pro-Chu, and Wong is dithering.
Now just waiting for McLean to proclaim his love for freedom and Chu's track record.
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I hope Chabot only wanted to be back for 1 term. Imagine giving up your political career to support a piece of crap deplorable like Chu.
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11-01-2021, 10:35 AM
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#3682
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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11-01-2021, 10:37 AM
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#3683
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...ouncil-members
A total of $564,318 in transition allowances will be dispersed to 10 retiring or defeated council members, including the mayor, according to a Postmedia analysis of publicly available data. One-term councillor Jeromy Farkas, who lost his mayoralty bid, turned down the allowance and pension benefits.
The question is, did he turn down the allowance and pension benefits as part of his run for Mayor or did he do it afterwards?
It's sick that Joe will continue to get $18,000 in taxpayer dollars after stealing tax payer dollars for who knows how many years. His pension should be cancelled if he is hit with criminal charges
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11-01-2021, 10:42 AM
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#3684
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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11-01-2021, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
I hope Chabot only wanted to be back for 1 term. Imagine giving up your political career to support a piece of crap deplorable like Chu.
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Chabot has been trying to get back on Council for years. He is a former three-term Councillor and a mayoral candidate. This guy is trending to try and be at City Hall until his last breath. He's also tried running for the UCP and failed.
Based on his past politics and track record on Council, he is your classic curmudgeony non-progressive "defender of the public purse" type of politician, who is happy to say populist things and then take all the advantages of being on Council with a nice salary and pension.
I honestly don't see what this guy brings to the table except obstructionism and contrarianism.
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11-01-2021, 11:44 AM
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#3686
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
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As a resident of Ward 4, Sean Chu is a slap in the face with a rotting trout. Every day he collects tax dollars is a slap in the face. Every day he does nothing except embarrass us is a slap in the face. #### off, Sean.
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11-01-2021, 12:27 PM
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#3688
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by Torture
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How many people did he have to do?
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11-01-2021, 12:37 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Chabot has been trying to get back on Council for years. He is a former three-term Councillor and a mayoral candidate. This guy is trending to try and be at City Hall until his last breath. He's also tried running for the UCP and failed.
Based on his past politics and track record on Council, he is your classic curmudgeony non-progressive "defender of the public purse" type of politician, who is happy to say populist things and then take all the advantages of being on Council with a nice salary and pension.
I honestly don't see what this guy brings to the table except obstructionism and contrarianism.
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Chabot appeared as a representative to the community for one of my neighbour's development permit last year when they were trying to get a relaxation to the bylaws. It was quite clear that his role was to help push the development through city hall, even though the community was firmly against it.
It was basically an expansion on an existing McMansion that would have taken it from 2 stories to a 5-story eyesore but they pitched it as "multi generational", "age in place", "transit oriented" and used the nearest condo buildings as precedent while ignoring the neighbouring century homes on the same block. Chabot was there to provide the pitch tailored for city hall and a mind-boggling argument that the top 2 stories didn't count so really it was just a single story development.
Then I did some more googling (because the home-owners he was representing have a checkered legal history that is in the public record -- they have previously sued Nenshi, Farrel and the community association when development applications got heated). It was surprisingly easy to find records of various business dealings all supported by Chabot, Chu and Magliocca. These are also the owners of the restaurant that was the home of Magliocca's first expense scandal. So to see Chabot now supporting Chu comes as no surprise seeing as they seem to run in the same circles.
I know he has a good reputation in some city planning offices and many spoke positively of him when he ran for Mayor but personally I think it's upsetting he got back in. He's not there to represent his ward, he's there to represent certain business interests. I'm hopeful that his first vote on council just made that clear to everyone.
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11-01-2021, 12:50 PM
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#3690
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
As a resident of Ward 4, Sean Chu is a slap in the face with a rotting trout. Every day he collects tax dollars is a slap in the face. Every day he does nothing except embarrass us is a slap in the face. #### off, Sean.
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Oh! So this is all your fault!
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11-01-2021, 01:13 PM
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#3691
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11-01-2021, 01:20 PM
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I am so confused by what Terry Wong is trying to say. Is he trying to say that he's the victim of racism, and that's similar to sexual assault, and he's learned to move on?
But if that's the case, who's the victim that he supported? Himself? But "Move on" doesn't mean learn to move on, it was referring to governance?? Wtaf is the point he's trying to make?
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"Over the course of my adulthood I've been affected, I'll say, similar to situations we are speaking of here. And I certainly took great pains to support the victim. It still bothers me today as a matter of fact. But what I'll say is actions that were done over the course of years, and in my situation, it was years ago, I've learned to move on, so has this victim learned to move on."
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11-01-2021, 01:30 PM
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#3693
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Originally Posted by Torture
I am so confused by what Terry Wong is trying to say. Is he trying to say that he's the victim of racism, and that's similar to sexual assault, and he's learned to move on?
But if that's the case, who's the victim that he supported? Himself? But "Move on" doesn't mean learn to move on, it was referring to governance?? Wtaf is the point he's trying to make?
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Is he saying he, too, sexually assaulted a 16 year old, but then supported his victim? It's baffling.
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11-01-2021, 01:31 PM
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See, I read that as him saying it in relation to the Sean Chu situation, in which case she has definitely not moved on...
But I agree. He took comments that were unclear....and made them even worse/more unclear.
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11-01-2021, 01:34 PM
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#3695
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Is he saying he, too, sexually assaulted a 16 year old, but then supported his victim? It's baffling.
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If you read it for what he actually said and not trying to interpret what he means, that was my first reaction. He too was in a similar situation (to Chu?? so...he assaulted someone???) and knows a victim of sexual assault, but then supported his victim and he and his victim both decided to move on because it happened years ago and it was in the past, so we should move on from the Chu issue because it was also in the past.
And then he starts talking about Racism, and if that happened today he'd censure them, but if somebody was racist in the past, that's bad, but he'd move on.
But move on doesn't mean move on in the way you think it does, it means governance.
oooooooooooook Wong.
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11-01-2021, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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So are we all rioting at Fuzz's house?
I need to know because the cost of Torch-Oil is practically criminal these days.
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11-01-2021, 01:40 PM
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by Locke
So are we all rioting at Fuzz's house?
I need to know because the cost of Torch-Oil is practically criminal these days.
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Save the $$, leave the torch at home. They're on the outs nowadays unless you want to be associated with these guys
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11-01-2021, 01:42 PM
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Loves Teh Chat!
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1455257462144061442
Presumably not because he was the one that assaulted them. Right? 
Anyways, "I've supported people that were sexually assaulted in the past and I've moved on from it, and because of that we should move on from Sean Chu" is...not exactly the strongest argument.
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11-01-2021, 01:44 PM
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#3699
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by Torture
Save the $$, leave the torch at home. They're on the outs nowadays unless you want to be associated with these guys
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No, no! I have proper torches, like you'd see in Indiana Jones! Not the ones that the white supremacists carry.
Tiki-torches. An ironic Cultural Appropriation from South Pacific Native Tribes.
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11-01-2021, 01:46 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Torture
https://twitter.com/user/status/1455257462144061442
Presumably not because he was the one that assaulted them. Right?
Anyways, "I've supported people that were sexually assaulted in the past and I've moved on from it, and because of that we should move on from Sean Chu" is...not exactly the strongest argument.
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I'm totally down for moving on from Sean Chu! 
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