Calgary Civic Election: Mayoralty Poll #4 - The Heat is On

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary

peace bridge is such a red herring argument.

25 million using provincial money tabbed for use on pedestrian infrastructure vs 1 billion dollars on a ring road that is on the fringes of this already sprawling city?

let's get an appropriation tax passed so that tax payers' money stays in the wards where they live...That would solve a lot of issues about spending.

It's not about the money. It's the whole process behind the bridge. Even Nenshi thinks that not only was it a bad idea, but also that the user numbers the city tosses around aren't right.

The folks who will have benefited the most from this bridge is the LaCaille Group.

Anyways, I don't want to ruin my great evening talking about that bridge right now.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Flames0910

Nenshi said he was FOR working with the track to find a way to keep it, but AGAINST the city pandering to one small business.

Seems fair and reasonable to me. Hopefully the two groups can work something out.

Race City is a very long standing and very much unique small business and arguably a cultural part of our city.

I voted for Nenshi, but I am very curious to see where this goes.

[3 Justin 3]

Woooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Rick Bell sighting at Nenshi HQ!

Now can I go back to hating him and restore order to my world?

Who knows, maybe he has also turned a corner.

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

It's not about the money. It's the whole process behind the bridge. Even Nenshi thinks that not only was it a bad idea, but also that the user numbers the city tosses around aren't right.

The folks who will have benefited the most from this bridge is the LaCaille Group.

Anyways, I don't want to ruin my great evening talking about that bridge right now.

we'll table this for another night then, as the bridge approaches completion, I am sure this will raise up again.

[Dion]

Druh Farrell is in the lead again by 87 votes.

[Knut]

Go Maxim!!!

[nik-]

I just saw the replay of McIvor's speech on Shaw. That wasn't so .... smooth.

[browna]

My thoughts:
Congrats on the Nenshi win. Certainly a vote for change, and hit the peak at the right time in the campaign to energize voters

One wonders if Higgins never jumped in, will have to wait and see the demographic breakdown, if she fractured the vote from McIvor, and, the what the breakdown of all demographics who voted for Nenshi.

Let's see if all those campainging for him as a candidate for change and as an alternative, and in the new media way he took advantage of, will stick beside him as the actual traditional daily grind work begins, or if the novelty of voting him in as a young, visable, well spoken well educated visable minority, is/was the end game.

On Nenshi's side, can he, with no real relationships with any one in city council, or within the bureaucracy within city hall, actually foster change? Not through backing off on promises, but the combination of having to sell strangers on council (who have the same vote as he does) on the ideas, and then, breaking down the behind the scenes red tape within City Hall's behind the scene network, again, strangers who've been there for years and make the city tick, for better or worse.

Also, as most candidates some of his answers on key issues were pretty vauge, but are farily important, and a plan needs to be in place sooner then later one way or another. Things sometimes don't get done that quickly unless there is a real public and behind the scenes push to move things along...is he ready to take all that on, or is he jumping into a pool blindly where proper theory and common sense sometimes don't rule the day.

[bizaro86]

Any link to the mciver's concession speech online? Would like to catch it, but am TV-less at current location.

[Dion]

Druh Farrell now has a 310 vote lead.

[TopChed]

Yes, any links to Nenshi or McIver's speeches online would be greatly appreciated.

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by Dion

Druh Farrell now has a 310 vote lead.

can somebody provide some background on this race?

[getbak]

12 stations still to report and Nenshi now has more votes than Bronconnier in 2007.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by nik-

I just saw the replay of McIvor's speech on Shaw. That wasn't so .... smooth.

: blink:

[FiftyBelow]

Global website has the speeches. I'm very disappointed and lost a significant amount of respect for Ric over the campaign. To top it off, he didn't even acknowledge his competitors and pretty much conceded in sour grapes style.

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

: blink:

I didn't think it was terrible. He was obviously holding back some strong emotions.

I really liked Nenshi acknowledging how McIvor won his respect by getting to know him.

[TopChed]

Nenshi's speech

Ric's speech

Barb's speech

[jasonbpc]

Funniest graffiti I've seen in a long time.

Originally Posted by GirlySports

HARD POO MAN has won! WAY ahead now!

[REDVAN]