Calgary Civic Election Poll #3: The race heats up

[First Lady]

I got two auto dial surveys tonight. Both said they had 4 questions. Was the same voice recording and the first and second questions were the same.

The second question was "Who will you be voting for?"
1 - Ric McIver
2 - Barb Higgins
3 - Naheed Nenshi
4 - Other

First time I picked 4. and then got 2 more questions about election.

Second time I pushed 3. Then the third question changed to "How would you like to help on Naheed Nenshi's campaign?"

When I selected "nothing"..... there was no 4th question.

Now I want them to call again and see what I get when I choose 1 or 2....LOL

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Probably tons of donations from Persian Gulf Kings and Sheiks. I heard they want to make Calgary the artic capital of the new Islamic Caliphate.

Originally Posted by Hesla

Donation from OSAMA BIN LADEN !!!!!

Seriously? Racist jokes against Nenshi?

Did you buy those bricks at home depot or the new Lowes in mallzac?

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

Seriously? Racist jokes against Nenshi?

Did you buy those bricks at home depot or the new Lowes in mallzac?

Those were obvious sarcasm in reference to people throwing the brick through the window.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by GGG

That might be correct. A good example of where that breaks down though is the lack of real grocery stores in the downtown core.

A problem indeed, but fortunately it is starting to be rectified.

Originally Posted by GGG

There is no reason not to design walkable communities. But again most burbs people would trade there houses for Garrisson Woods but again it cost 100k more for similar houses than the burbs. I take issue with penalizing the new construction that is required to add population while giving credits to those occupying a similar amount of space somewhere else.

And why do those homes cost an extra 100k? Their supply is kept low and the cheaper suburban housing is under-priced. The latter is why new construction needs to pay more than redevelopment; suburban development is contributing to less than half of the cost of mitigating their infrastructure impact. In addition, many of those larger inner-city lots are being subdivided and redeveloped to use existing infrastructure.

Nevertheless, I think the major source of municipal taxation should more properly reflect an individual's impact. That could very well result in some suburban dwellings paying less than certain inner-city dwellings.

[Byrns]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Ric McIver promises to get rid of the $3 LRT parking fee.

That I like.

I'm against getting rid of it. Too bad, because I was seriously considering voting for him.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by GGG

That might be correct. A good example of where that breaks down though is the lack of real grocery stores in the downtown core.

All I'm allowed to say at this point is.... be patient.

[nik-]

Alnoor Kassam is out, backs Higgins

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Kassam+...170/story.html

not that he had a chance in hell anyway, but it would have been funny to watch him drop another million bucks just to get blown out again.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by nik-

Alnoor Kassam is out, backs Higgins

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Kassam+...170/story.html

not that he had a chance in hell anyway, but it would have been funny to watch him drop another million bucks just to get blown out again.

For some reason it seems strange that he is backing Higgins...although come to think of it I'm not sure who I expected him to back.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Slava

For some reason it seems strange that he is backing Higgins...although come to think of it I'm not sure who I expected him to back.

He's pretty irrelevant, I doubt his dubious backing with make any difference for Higgins fortunes.

[Ducay]

Good, Alnoor just helped un-split the brown people vote. (Sarcasm)

Do think its odd that he even bothered backing Higgins. I bet, if anything, this hurts her campaign; as there were no staunch Alnoor supporters that die by his word.

[Muta]

Is Bronconnier allowed to come out and say who he backs? Or would that be a conflict of interest? I imagine it would be, but I'm just curious to know.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Muta

Is Bronconnier allowed to come out and say who he backs? Or would that be a conflict of interest? I imagine it would be, but I'm just curious to know.

He would likely stay mum on who he supports simply because it may hurt their chances rather than help.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by nik-

Alnoor Kassam is out, backs Higgins

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Kassam+...170/story.html

not that he had a chance in hell anyway, but it would have been funny to watch him drop another million bucks just to get blown out again.

Actually I suspect Kassam dropping out is because he can't drop a million bucks on the campaign - new rules prevent him from spending more than $5000 of his own money, and I can't imagine a huge number of people lining up to give him money for his campaign.

[Slava]

There is no reason that Bronconnier couldn't endorse a candidate, and still lots of time for such a thing to happen. Who do you think he would support?

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Slava

There is no reason that Bronconnier couldn't endorse a candidate, and still lots of time for such a thing to happen. Who do you think he would support?

Either Higgins, Nenshi, or Hehr.

Bronco knows McIver is a tool and is one of the reasons council is so borked right now.

[yads]

In an interview he did for the Herald, he hinted that he wants people to vote for anyone, but McIver. He said something along the lines of the city needing someone who is for something not against something.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Muta

Is Bronconnier allowed to come out and say who he backs? Or would that be a conflict of interest? I imagine it would be, but I'm just curious to know.

Originally Posted by yads

In an interview he did for the Herald, he hinted that he wants people to vote for anyone, but McIver. He said something along the lines of the city needing someone who is for something not against something.

I remember that article, I believe he said something along the lines of "you can't run a city by saying "no" all the time."

[Slava]

On a slightly different note, enjoy the last weekend with limited signage for a while. I noticed a lot of billboards going up this morning and by Monday morning it will be an enormous mass of signs on public property.

I've debated not putting up signs personally...with 15ish mayor candidates and 3-4 aldermanic candidates where I'm running I wonder about how much bang for my buck I'm getting. That being said I might just hold off and see how much of a sign wasteland SW Calgary is over the next week!

[Byrns]

Originally Posted by Slava

On a slightly different note, enjoy the last weekend with limited signage for a while. I noticed a lot of billboards going up this morning and by Monday morning it will be an enormous mass of signs on public property.

I've debated not putting up signs personally...with 15ish mayor candidates and 3-4 aldermanic candidates where I'm running I wonder about how much bang for my buck I'm getting. That being said I might just hold off and see how much of a sign wasteland SW Calgary is over the next week!

You should hire an airplane towing your name to circle McMahon during a Stamps game.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Byrns

You should hire an airplane towing your name to circle McMahon during a Stamps game.

I'll put a thread in the Ring of Fire and maybe there is a CP Pilot who could do something for me!