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Firebot · 10-19-2021, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It’s terrifying that a significant number of educated adults evidently get their news from Twitter.

It's CP or bust for me!

Scorch · 10-19-2021, 11:51 PM

timun · 10-20-2021, 12:09 AM

Going back to a couple earlier posts:

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Originally Posted by FlameOn

Can't believe PedoChu won in Ward 4, even without the sexual misconduct have people never watched a council meeting?

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Originally Posted by SebC

I consider myself to be quite politically engaged, and I've never watched a council meeting - I get my info from secondary sources. I think you're an outlier if you actually have.

People really should watch council meetings and see their government in action. I think if people did they would never, ever in their right mind vote for numbskulls like Sean Chu or blatantly manipulative toadies like Jeromy Farkas.

Like FlameOn says, when you see the guy in action it's flabbergasting that people would vote for Chu. He was easily the stupidest council member. He was unable to follow discussions, would veer off on nonsensical tangents, and had to have basic procedures explained and re-explained to him. Every meeting I ever watched or attended it was painfully obvious how profoundly Chu was out of his depth.

And I've said it before and I'll say it again: those who criticized Nenshi for being arrogant because "he was always acting like he's the smartest man in the room" should have watched a council meeting. You'd see he was the smartest person in that room. I didn't always agree with his policy positions, but if I had to sit on the same council as Sean Chu I wouldn't have been able to contain my condescension either...

TheScorpion · 10-20-2021, 12:40 AM

By my count:

Dhaliwal (5)
Walcott (8)
Carra (9)
Branagan (11)
Spencer (12)

Have all indicated their support for Gondek's stated intent to explore options to remove Chu from Council. I'd also expect Mian (3) to support Gondek on this — she tweeted her support for the victim in the Chu case prior to the election.

Samonadreau · 10-20-2021, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1450589727371845634

Ya, lets see how that works out for you.

Welcome to move/expand offices up here.....

afc wimbledon · 10-20-2021, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Wormius

You look at any other major cities, they’re not known for one thing. Are Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto all defined by a single industry or resource that if it went away they’d collapse? We need to get out of this O&G funk. There are a lot of smart and entrepreneurial minds in this city.

BC and by extension Vancouver used to be, we lived and died by board feet lumber prices when I first got here back in the 80's, now lumber is barely mentioned, the change over to movies and digital economy as well as Asian money laundering has been swift and impressive

Yoho · 10-20-2021, 07:09 AM

https://twitter.com/user/status/1450794196240113664

“ When it comes to the downtown, the incoming mayor said council needs to work with the arts community and creative industries, as well as the real-estate sector, to 'activate those spaces'”

GordonBlue · 10-20-2021, 07:16 AM

One thing I noticed is there are comments here about those who voted for Chu.
How about the 60% or so of eligible voters who didn't bother?
maybe if some of those people got off their asses, Chu would have been gone.

corporatejay · 10-20-2021, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by GGG

Calgary is the mythical socially progressive fiscally conservative voter. Notley was punished for the first two years and at the federal level there just aren’t good options.

The reputation of Calgary in the rest of Canada and even in Calgary itself is wrong. People complain that CP leans left and isn’t representative. This election again shows that Calgary the city is progressive at they civic level.

CP 100% leans left. In the informal poll gondek had like 90% of the vote yet she won with 45%. Where are the 1/3 of CP voters who voted Farkas?

Northendzone · 10-20-2021, 07:58 AM

good grief not another city declaring a climate emergency. let the virtual signalling begin.

PepsiFree · 10-20-2021, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by corporatejay

CP 100% leans left. In the informal poll gondek had like 90% of the vote yet she won with 45%. Where are the 1/3 of CP voters who voted Farkas?

The only one of them who aren’t so old they can’t figure out how to use the internet is Yoho and he just reposts stuff from Twitter. He’s our special boy.

Yoho · 10-20-2021, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The only one of them who aren’t so old they can’t figure out how to use the internet is Yoho and he just reposts stuff from Twitter. He’s our special boy.

The poster child for Universal basic income strikes again.

Roughneck · 10-20-2021, 08:31 AM

When I think of universal basic income, I'd prefer free cash over free Pepsi but that's just me.

I mean sure, a free Pepsi is fine if that's what they have. But I'd prefer to get the money to buy a Coke.

PepsiFree · 10-20-2021, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoho

The poster child for Universal basic income strikes again.

This is why you’re not allowed to post like the rest of us! Now, it’s 8:30 AM and your late for coffee and a newspaper at the A&W in Northland Mall. Hurry along now!

bomber317 · 10-20-2021, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by corporatejay

CP 100% leans left. In the informal poll gondek had like 90% of the vote yet she won with 45%. Where are the 1/3 of CP voters who voted Farkas?

Leans Left or Center?

I get the sense that a lot of us are more Center with shades of left or right than anything.

Scroopy Noopers · 10-20-2021, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoho

The poster child for Universal basic income strikes again.

Is this an insult?

GGG · 10-20-2021, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by corporatejay

CP 100% leans left. In the informal poll gondek had like 90% of the vote yet she won with 45%. Where are the 1/3 of CP voters who voted Farkas?

We didn’t have a private poll. There are lots of likely Farkas/Davison voters among us.

burn_this_city · 10-20-2021, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by bomber317

Leans Left or Center?

I get the sense that a lot of us are more Center with shades of left or right than anything.

People who view politics like sports teams don't grasp the Overton window has shifted.

The Fisher Account · 10-20-2021, 08:40 AM

Can anyone explain what declaring a climate crisis does? Do you get more emergency funding from the Feds/Province?

Or is it strictly symbolic.

Not criticizing either way, just curious.

Bring_Back_Shantz · 10-20-2021, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

Can anyone explain what declaring a climate crisis does? Do you get more emergency funding from the Feds/Province?

Or is it strictly symbolic.

Not criticizing either way, just curious.

Two things I'm sure of:
1) I'm not really sure what it means
2) The people who will make the most fuss about this don't know what it means either