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Ironhorse · 11-07-2023, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fotze2

Is it me or is traffic now much worse than pre-pandemic?

Yup. Between people who forgot how to drive over COVID and lots of newcomers, driving standards have taken a plunge. Never mind the horrible condition that a lot of roads are now in due to lack of maintenance.

Bunk · 11-07-2023, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSector9

WAY worse

We've added about 90,000 people to the City of Calgary the past 24 months. That's not counting all the new Airdrie people trying to get places in <20min.

para transit fellow · 11-08-2023, 08:52 AM

And in neighbouring Chestermere, a stranger than fiction situation continues toward a spectacular ending:

"Alberta government planning to fire Chestermere council, administrators after months of defiance"
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...administrators

D as in David · 11-08-2023, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bunk

We've added about 90,000 people to the City of Calgary the past 24 months. That's not counting all the new Airdrie people trying to get places in <20min.

###### those Airdriots!

Torture · 11-08-2023, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Bunk

We've added about 90,000 people to the City of Calgary the past 24 months. That's not counting all the new Airdrie people trying to get places in <20min.

Wait, I thought it was only 15 minutes to downtown from Airdrie. Are you telling me traffic has pushed that up to 20!?

Bigtime · 11-08-2023, 10:51 AM

It went up to 20, but has dropped down to 17 now thanks to that new overpass that just opened there.

Bigtime · 11-19-2023, 03:42 PM

From The Sprawl: Jeromy Farkas, Jyoti Gondek And Calgary’s Upside Down Politics:

https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/jeromy...dek-sprawlcast

Bigtime · 11-20-2023, 07:43 AM

Budget debate and public hearing begins today.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...axes-1.7032652

PepsiFree · 11-20-2023, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

From The Sprawl: Jeromy Farkas, Jyoti Gondek And Calgary’s Upside Down Politics:

https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/jeromy...dek-sprawlcast

Tough to read that and not believe that Farkas is going to clean up in the next election he runs in. And, if his next two years look like his last two and his actions reflect his words, I’d happily vote for him.

bizaro86 · 11-20-2023, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Tough to read that and not believe that Farkas is going to clean up in the next election he runs in. And, if his next two years look like his last two and his actions reflect his words, I’d happily vote for him.

Yeah, if we had Farkas vs Gondek round 2 today, my vote would switch.

Bigtime · 11-20-2023, 09:32 AM

I have to admit I've been on the cynical this is the "Farkas redemption tour" take like many others. What is wild is his relationship with Naheed and their discussions and openness since their time on council. I think even I would be leaning towards giving him the benefit of the doubt now.

btimbit · 11-20-2023, 09:35 AM

Yeah, him losing that election might be the best thing that happened to him. Seems to have been a wake up call

bizaro86 · 11-20-2023, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

I have to admit I've been on the cynical this is the "Farkas redemption tour" take like many others. What is wild is his relationship with Naheed and their discussions and openness since their time on council. I think even I would be leaning towards giving him the benefit of the doubt now.

For me it's also a general dissatisfaction with Gondek, who I don't think has been an especially successful mayor.

My first choice would be Nenshi coming out of retirement though, but I think that's even less likely than Farkas running for mayor again. I suspect both Farkas and Nenshi will run at higher levels of government eventually.

Bigtime · 11-20-2023, 09:37 AM

Plus if he could bring his conservative folks along and chart a more central course I think the city as a whole could benefit greatly. Help ease the ever widening division out there maybe, if we're lucky.

PepsiFree · 11-20-2023, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by btimbit

Yeah, him losing that election might be the best thing that happened to him. Seems to have been a wake up call

100%

He wasn’t the right choice last time, and I think if he had won he wouldn’t have learned anything. But losing and doing something meaningful beyond politics are both things that make better politicians, and I can appreciate the direction he’s headed.

Bigtime · 11-20-2023, 10:12 AM

Budget follow along fun here:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1726638093334446312

btimbit · 11-20-2023, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

100%

He wasn’t the right choice last time, and I think if he had won he wouldn’t have learned anything. But losing and doing something meaningful beyond politics are both things that make better politicians, and I can appreciate the direction he’s headed.

And I was glad/surprised to see him not only change his rhetoric, but I really figured he'd just jump into a safe UCP seat last spring

bizaro86 · 11-20-2023, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

Budget follow along fun here:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1726638093334446312

The event centre slide is really disingenuous.

"We took the money for the event centre from this pot over here so we don't have to increase taxes to build it"

"We have to increase taxes since our expenses are going up and we don't have any extra money"

Money is fungible. The money they used for the event centre and the money they're increasing taxes for priorities they think are more popular are both denominated in Canadian dollars and can be spent interchangeably.

CliffFletcher · 11-20-2023, 12:04 PM

It’s easy to forget - maybe because he always wore suits and talked about angry-old-people stuff - but Farkas was only 35 during the election.

Flames0910 · 11-20-2023, 12:25 PM

Listened to the podcast yesterday. I've been skeptical of the redemption tour as well, but he really came across as human which is refreshing as that isn't a word I would have used to describe him 2 years ago.

I don't entirely buy that the charity work and hike weren't part of a redemption plan. Obviously there are more effective ways, but even if it was something he did for personal reasons, I'm sure the thought of redemption came to mind. It can be both and honestly I don't hold that against him -- hazard of the job.

The one thing I remain skeptical on however is his ability to empathize with people who are not like him. His discussion of the parental leave vote and how he had grown to recognize how self-centered he had been was eye-opening. One of the more dramatic stands he has taken is on LGBTQS+ issues, but it's also something that's personal for him as a member of the community. I want to see his empathy when the issue isn't personal for him, but for others he represents.