Anyone see this "Recall Calgary's Mayor Petition"?

[tirebob]

https://newsroom.calgary.ca/city-of-calgary-receives-notice-of-recall-petition/

I didn't even know this was possible, but apparently it is legit. I wish I was eligible to sign! So tired of Gondek and her lunacy. Fuck wish we could turf most of the councillors at the same time.

Edit - Holy fuck it needs like over 500k signatures to go ahead... That is crazy!

https://www.calgary.ca/election/petitions-recalls/active-recall-petitions.html

[bjstare]

I did see this. There's no way it'll pass, but it looks like the guy who put it forward has made his peace with that. Apparently you need ~500k people to sign, and the TOTAL mayoral election voter turnout was <400k haha. Couple that with the fact that digital signatures are not an option means it will most certainly not have any teeth, although I wish that wasn't the case.

I will happily sign this if I can ever figure out how.

[Tik-Tok]

“For the petition to be successful, the representative recall petitioner must collect signatures from at least 40 per cent of the population within the city of Calgary. All signatures must be original signatures and a recall petition may not be signed in digital form,” says Martin.

That sounds like it's pretty much impossible to do, no matter what.

[tirebob]

I did see this. There's no way it'll pass, but it looks like the guy who put it forward has made his peace with that. Apparently you need ~500k people to sign, and the TOTAL mayoral election voter turnout was <400k haha. Couple that with the fact that digital signatures are not an option means it will most certainly not have any teeth, although I wish that wasn't the case.

I will happily sign this if I can ever figure out how.

Is there even enough voting age adults in Calgary to meet that number?

Beyond vote rigging engage!!!

[vengie]

Approved

*Signed, concerned Airdrie resident

[suntan]

I'm going to sign it hell or high water.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Is there even enough voting age adults in Calgary to meet that number?

Beyond vote rigging engage!!!

I think it's supposed to be 40% of eligible voters, but either way a Herculean task with all the signatures needing to be physical.

[killramos]

Basically impossible to recall a mayor without crowdfunding an entire election lol.

Who is possibly going to verify 500k paper signatures.

[D'z Nutz]

Fuck, I'll go physically sign it if someone tells me where. It'd be worth it just for the hilarity.

[killramos]

Fuck, I'll go physically sign it if someone tells me where. It'd be worth it just for the hilarity.

Yea it would be pretty embarrassing if they got anything resembling a lot of signatures

[D'z Nutz]

Yea it would be pretty embarrassing if they got anything resembling a lot of signatures

That's my thinking too. Even if they got 10% of the required signatures, that's still a lot of people pissed off enough to get off their asses to sign this haha

[killramos]

Hard to represent the mayors naysayers as fringe that’s for sure.

Also embarrassing to be the first mayor to have a recall campaign get traction

[bjstare]

That's my thinking too. Even if they got 10% of the required signatures, that's still a lot of people pissed off enough to get off their asses to sign this haha

The guy who brought the recall campaign forward said this is his primary goal - just get enough people to sign that it makes city hall realize that they aren’t actually all that great. He knows it won’t pass.

[ExtraSlow]

He could post up in a major parking lot and get thousands in a drive-thru kind of setup,

[msommers]

He could post up in a major parking lot and get thousands in a drive-thru kind of setup,

Make this happen

[max_boost]

the people have spoken
gondek is the chosen one

[TomcoPDR]

He could post up in a major parking lot and get thousands in a drive-thru kind of setup,

If the organizer is well funded, collab with them fast food chains, then offer ppl to pay for them $0.15 McPaperbags after an autograph

[jwslam]

He could post up in a major parking lot and get thousands in a drive-thru kind of setup,
Is the parking lot the same one I can have my Chinese lunch buffet at?

[dirtsniffer]

Where do I have to go to sign?

[e31]

It took 175,000 votes to get Gondek in. Now it's gonna take nearly 3 times that to get her out!
Tell me with a straight face that democracy is working well here.

[tonytiger55]

This might be a good test of the legislation to get it changed actually.
If it can be shown obtaining these amount of signatures is unrealistic, it may present a good case for this to be changed.

[ExtraSlow]

Democracy is working fine. People were apethetic for the election, and that's the people's fault.
People thought the mayor didn't matter.

[94boosted]

Sadly, when this inevitably doesn't get enough signatures, she's just going to pull a Trudeau and spin it to say that the citizens of Calgary are again giving her a mandate to govern :rolleyes:

[killramos]

Sadly, when this inevitably doesn't get enough signatures, she's just going to pull a Trudeau and spin it to say that the citizens of Calgary are again giving her a mandate to govern :rolleyes:

I think this is more of a black eye than you might think

[JRSC00LUDE]

It took 175,000 votes to get Gondek in. Now it's gonna take nearly 3 times that to get her out!
Tell me with a straight face that democracy is working well here.

"Democracy" of the Western world hasn't worked for a very long time. The minority controls everything.

[Nufy]

Should be based on the number of people who actually voted last election.

If it was only 40%...that get the majority of those people to sign.

[bjstare]

I think this is more of a black eye than you might think

Not to her it isn't. She'll care about as much as Trudeau cares about [insert weekly scandal here]. Water off a duck's back, baby.

Hopefully this will make voters care more about the next muni election.

[oster]

www.recallmayorgondek.com

[killramos]

They need to just setup somewhere DT and they will get thousands

[finboy]

They need to just setup somewhere DT and they will get thousands

Kicking off Saturday at city hall apparently

[killramos]

Saturday?

They need to setup while people are getting paid to poop

[ThePenIsMightier]

There should be a recall vote every 4 years.

[OTown]

They have made this recall incredibly hard to find online. First time ive seen a link and its on Beyond after lots of googling. Im guessing likely on purpose.

[BokCh0y]

www.recallmayorgondek.com

Thank you.

[D'z Nutz]

Anyone else go sign today? I just came back and I was pretty surprised there was a steady flow of people the entire time I was there. And not the angry rednecks I thought there'd be, but quite a variety of people.

[mr2mike]

Couldn't make it but volunteered to collect names.
People in my office will probably want to sign.
Make it easy for them.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Are you guys serious??! Why do people feel that the solution is more frequent voting and when does that frequency become too much?
Do people think that if they could vote on their phones every evening that the next morning's government would arrive smoothly and fix whatever pissed them off that day?
Let the obviously crazy bitch finish her term with enough rope to hang herself for the rest of her career and boot her out at that time.

[tirebob]

Are you guys serious??! Why do people feel that the solution is more frequent voting and when does that frequency become too much?
Do people think that if they could vote on their phones every evening that the next morning's government would arrive smoothly and fix whatever pissed them off that day?
Let the obviously crazy bitch finish her term with enough rope to hang herself for the rest of her career and boot her out at that time.

I dunno... I think it is not a bad thing to let politicians know they can be fired for not doing their job well. Why should they have a guarantee of position with zero recourse for poor performance? A lot of damage can be done in that period of time to both business and the personal finances of the populace.

[ExtraSlow]

The possibility of recall is important.

[mr2mike]

There's a small chance that this works. I'd take a bit of time to see if happen.
Maybe old Sharpe can check herself too.

Nobody I've voted for has ever been elected in a municipal election.
Shows me my views are very different from the "majority".

[firebane]

Are you guys serious??! Why do people feel that the solution is more frequent voting and when does that frequency become too much?
Do people think that if they could vote on their phones every evening that the next morning's government would arrive smoothly and fix whatever pissed them off that day?
Let the obviously crazy bitch finish her term with enough rope to hang herself for the rest of her career and boot her out at that time.

No matter the position someone is in they should be held accountable for their choices and decisions. Too often people in politics are not and get away with stupid shit.

Just because you are a Mayor and voted in by the people of your City does not mean you should be invincible if you are doing a shitty job.

People of today are a lot more open and vocal and willing to take stand if they feel its the right choice compared to previous generations.

[mr2mike]

Tossing a plastic horse head on her driveway didn't work.
So this is the alternative.

[ThePenIsMightier]

There is 111% accountability when they fuck up. They don't get reelected. It's not Rocket Appliances.
The retarded populace elected this insane person and trusting the retarded populace to change their mind, "get it right, this time" and vote on things every year/month/week/day is straight out of Idiocracy.

Yes, these people can fuck things up and cost everyone a lot of money and damage over their 4 year terms, but the answer to that is to vote more carefully and campaign to ensure your person gets in, as opposed to laissez-faire vote and then go all cancel-culture when the shit dick that was democratically elected pisses you off.
It's demonstrating a complete lack of accountability. We need to feel this pain because we fuckin did this to ourselves and the pain will help us to remember better for the future.

[SKR]

There is 111% accountability when they fuck up. They don't get reelected. It's not Rocket Appliances.
The retarded populace elected this insane person and trusting the retarded populace to change their mind, "get it right, this time" and vote on things every year/month/week/day is straight out of Idiocracy.

Yes, these people can fuck things up and cost everyone a lot of money and damage over their 4 year terms, but the answer to that is to vote more carefully and campaign to ensure your person gets in, as opposed to laissez-faire vote and then go all cancel-culture when the shit dick that was democratically elected pisses you off.
It's demonstrating a complete lack of accountability. We need to feel this pain because we fuckin did this to ourselves and the pain will help us to remember better for the future.

I'm with you. Any fuckin dummy can get a petition going and then we're stuck in a loop of constant elections. It would be nice if it only happened to people who genuinely have to be removed, but there isn't a mechanism to keep it away from people too stupid to know how to use it. We just went through this in Medicine Hat where some goofy dingbat tried to get the mayor ousted, and when it was all said and done she had something like 14 signatures. I don't hate the idea of it but I'm not signing a petition every 20 minutes.

[killramos]

I dunno. A lot of good could have been done if we turfed Nenshi 6 months into his first term when it turned out he was the farthest thing from conservative ( that he ran on) that could be.

The bar is very high to recall, if this guy and his supporters want to try and achieve that bar I say power to him.

[ExtraSlow]

I support efforts to achieve difficult goals

[ThePenIsMightier]

This is peak lack of accountability behaviour that the majority of us recognize as being the keystone in the collapse of modern society. And yet, here many of us same people are extolling the virtues of getting an opportunity to "take a mulligan" on something as fundamentally important as voting.
It's absolutely appalling.

[Tik-Tok]

If you get hired as a contractor with a 4 year term, and end up being the shittiest of employees, there's a reason a business can still turf you before the 4 years is up. The same should go for elected officials in any capacity.

It just sucks that it costs an exorbitant amount to "hire" someone new.

[ThePenIsMightier]

If you get hired as a contractor with a 4 year term, and end up being the shittiest of employees, there's a reason a business can still turf you before the 4 years is up. The same should go for elected officials in any capacity.

It just sucks that it costs an exorbitant amount to "hire" someone new.

You're not wrong, but please describe how frequently a Contractor's term is 4 years and in what position.
Any contractor I've ever hired can be terminated immediately at will. Otherwise, why the fuck hire a contractor at significantly inflated rates if I can't fire this knob without a moment's notice?!!?!

[msommers]

Considering she's the only mayor to have this happen in Calgary, she has got to realize whether this goes through or not she seriously fucked up and is done sooner or later

[OTown]

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-calgary-councillor-scolding-mayor-gondek-ego

Ouch. Pretty harsh words from some councilors. Maybe the writing is on the wall.

People just want City Hall to stop over-reaching and do their fucking jobs. Its not your job to call a climate emergency. Its not your job to police take out containers. Its not your job to dictate societal change. Its not your job to talk down to the citizenship just cause you think you're smarter than them.

Its your job to support the communities, fill potholes and keep people safe. End of story.

[mr2mike]

Add this in there too:

https://youtu.be/BOBXZ8Yvky8?si=tIduWWA9QQp2Nsmz

[Maxt]

Maybe they can use the excuse they just ran out of petition pages.

[RawB8figure]

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[Hallowed_point]

Add this in there too:

https://youtu.be/BOBXZ8Yvky8?si=tIduWWA9QQp2Nsmz Yes, this was the perfect reminder on why ol' bugeyes needs to go. Gondek has seriously made me somewhat nostalgic for our beloved purple prince. How is that possible?

At least Spendshi was somewhat accountable compared to this kind of nonsense. We would've gotten a monologue about treaty 7, BIPOC, bike lanes, food trucks but at least we would've gotten an "answer." :banghead:

[phreezee]

They had volunteers in the +15, so I signed. Small line up, and others were stopping to sign as well.

[Tik-Tok]

I attempted to sign at Wise Guys liquor today, but they were closed during their open hours.

[94boosted]

They had volunteers in the +15, so I signed. Small line up, and others were stopping to sign as well.

Yup, saw a lady in the Brookfield +15 today, steady stream of folks signing. Signed as well of course.

[pf0sh0]

They're also over by van express in the +15

[Darell_n]

So who’s the choice for next mayor, or just leave the job open indefinitely? Probably several candidates from Chestermere that are available.

[darthVWader]

Anyone have any guess to how many signatures they get?

My guess is: 38,000

[killramos]

I nominate a rabbit

[ExtraSlow]

I don't think we need one. Leave it fucking vacant.

[ThePenIsMightier]

I nominate a rabbit

We successfully elected Soundwave to the Student Council at UofA awhile ago. He literally beat living human candidates.

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[KrisYYC]

The Flames have some home games coming up don't they? I bet they'd get a lot of people signing if they set up outside entrance/exits to the Saddledome before and after the game.

[Tik-Tok]

The Flames have some home games coming up don't they? I bet they'd get a lot of people signing if they set up outside entrance/exits to the Saddledome before and after the game.

Murray Edwards would probably kick them off the property. He doesn't want someone else to cancel his sweet arena deal.

[ExtraSlow]

Murray doesn't own that property.

[killramos]

Murray doesn't care

[D'z Nutz]

Anyone have any guess to how many signatures they get?

My guess is: 38,000

I would be impressed if they got 10,000. The guy even said early on if he managed to collect 1000 signatures, he'd consider this a success.

That said, I think it will largely depend on volunteers just being in high traffic areas. I can't imagine too many people going out of their way to sign this cause it won't ever reach its goal, but if the petition happens to be around where lots of people are passing by, I can see them collecting signatures that way.

[XylathaneGTR]

I would be impressed if they got 10,000. The guy even said early on if he managed to collect 1000 signatures, he'd consider this a success.

That said, I think it will largely depend on volunteers just being in high traffic areas. I can't imagine too many people going out of their way to sign this cause it won't ever reach its goal, but if the petition happens to be around where lots of people are passing by, I can see them collecting signatures that way.

Saw volunteers collecting signatures in a few high-volume +15s over the lunchhour today; how many of you grumpy bastards signed on?

[SJW]

Saw volunteers collecting signatures in a few high-volume +15s over the lunchhour today; how many of you grumpy bastards signed on?

I signed at the sobeys in mack towne.

[suntan]

Saw volunteers collecting signatures in a few high-volume +15s over the lunchhour today; how many of you grumpy bastards signed on?

Signed last week at the one in Calgary Place.

[Homerrca]

They had one at the Westbrook Walmart on Sunday, had my wife and I sign the petition so we did our part.

[msommers]

Do they say when/where they're setting up? Westbrook would have been perfect for me to swing over

[SJW]

How many siggys you think this will garner?

[03ozwhip]

My brother in law is all about this, so he frequently posts up spots where everyone will be. If you guys are interested I can copy and paste the stuff here.

I have no interest in this since it doesn't affect Mr.

[D'z Nutz]

Do they say when/where they're setting up? Westbrook would have been perfect for me to swing over

Yeah I think they're doing a really shit job of posting when and where these signing locations are. They're not listed on the guy's twitter or website. You just kinda stumble onto it or hope someone shares a location.

[Team_Mclaren]

honestly someone should take over the organization.

[suntan]

Recall the recall.

[SJW]

Once you look at Gondek and see count chocula you'll never unsee it.

[suntan]

7.8! ha! ha! ha!

[msommers]

Once you look at Gondek and see count chocula you'll never unsee it.

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Honestly, I have a hard time seeing it even side-by-side.

But those eyebrows on Chocula :love:

[ExtraSlow]

Once you look at Gondek and see count chocula you'll never unsee it.

I wish you hadn't said, that. My fetish of fapping to politicians is getting less fulfilling by the week.

[tirebob]

I wish you hadn't said, that. My fetish of fapping to politicians is getting less fulfilling by the week.

Melanie Joly could hold a dick just right I bet... Fap to that!

https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Melanie-Joly-1.jpg

[ExtraSlow]

On it.

[msommers]

Melanie Joly could hold a dick just right I bet... Fap to that!

Someone rep this man

[SKR]

Melanie Joly could hold a dick just right I bet... Fap to that!

I can imagine it. Mine is about that long, and that's the face she'd make when she saw it.

[ercchry]

Saw this on FB:


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Merv’s No Frills
200, 4501 17th Ave. SE
Wednesday, February 21st
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Ogden FreshCo.
7740 18th St. S.E.
(Waiting on more dates)
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Dalhousie LRT
Thursday, February 22nd
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Brentwood LRT
Tuesday, February 20th
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Sobeys Mckenzie town.
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Tuesday Feb 20th
4:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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McKenzie Town Sobeys
2:00 to 5:00 pm
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Tuscany Club Parking lot entrance.
212 Tuscany Way N.W.
Every day
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Prairie Winds park,
223 Castleridge Blvd NE
Tuesday, February 20th
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m
Look for a red Mazda.
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Calgary City Hall (East side of building)
Saturdays at 1:00
Join us for another signing opportunity to sign your name to the petition to oust Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
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A&M Mobile Mechanic Ltd
520 35 Ave N.E.
Monday to Friday from 9 AM-6PM.
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UPDATED BELOW ON: Nottinghams Pub in Silver Springs
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Thu, Fri, Sat 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. & Monday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Extended hours Tuesday & Wednesday 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Angels Cafe NW
Monday to Thursday
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Wise Guys Liquor
14, 2770 - 32 Ave. NE
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Waves Cafe in Sunridge
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Good Earth Cafe
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Friday, February 23
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
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Fresh & Local Farm Store
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Fresh & Local Markets & Kitchens
426, 12445 Lake Fraser Drive SE
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Thursday to Saturday
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sundays
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

[msommers]

I can imagine it. Mine is about that long, and that's the face she'd make when she saw it.

You know if it was around, she'd be making the same face.

Anyways they've revamped their website and organization with a calendar as proper socials.

https://recallgondekyyc.ca/

https://www.keepandshare.com/calendar39/show.php?i=2993883

[Tik-Tok]

Two people holding up "Recall Gondek" signs by Chinook C-train station this morning. I agree with them, but they looked like the same people always holding up "Praise Jesus" signs

[ExtraSlow]

If it would mean a mayoral recall, I'd be open to praising someone.

[ThePenIsMightier]

If it would mean a mayoral recall, I'd be open to praising someone.

Speaking of praising something... What blend of ethnic backgrounds helped to produce the cartoon mayor?
She looks a bit like a Middle Eastern person who for some reason gets a Trump spray tan.
But moreso like Count Chocula...

[suntan]

She’s east indian. Married a white guy.

[bigboom]

Gondek petition signing is available in between Bankers Hall/GCS +15 right now.

[Darell_n]

Is there an end date of this petition? When’s the next planned election, same date?

[suntan]

No more erections with Gondek around.

[BokCh0y]

No more erections with Gondek around.

Nothing erects me more than a woman that looks like Count Chocula.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Nothing erects me more than a woman that looks like Count Chocula.

Just want to pump milk onto her.

[SJW]

Just want to pump milk onto her.

I think i'm gonna be sick.

[XylathaneGTR]

Two people holding up "Recall Gondek" signs by Chinook C-train station this morning. I agree with them, but they looked like the same people always holding up "Praise Jesus" signs

Unfortunately found myself stuck in traffic on Memorial Drive last friday afternoon - saw a few folks holding a banner over the Bridgeland LRT pedestrian overpass - "STOP PERVERTS" (protect our kids, anti-trans, etc. etc.) and noticed a few "Recall Gondek" signs bouncing around them. Quelle Surprise that the recall overlaps with the anti-vax/f-trudeau/groomer/conspiracy crowd. Definitely a lotta overlap there - any bets on Craig Chandler showing up as a driving force behind this recall?