Calgary 2010 mayoralty race

[speedog]

Please note that the following list is in no particular order, does not reflect the opinions of the OP and will be updated as information becomes available. Beyond members should PM OP with any verifiable discrepancies or available on-line supporting documentation.

Calgary 2010 mayoralty race - 15 hats in the ring as of Monday afternoon, September 20, 2010. Please note that this list is organized by the date that it became known that the associated person announced their intentions to run for the mayor's position...

Joe Connelly

• currently sits on city council as alderman
• appears to be against the finger trap bridge
• supported Race City's lease extension
• web site

Jon Lord

• past city council alderman
• owner of Casablanca Video
• web site

Ric McIver

• currently sits on city council as alderman
• appears to be against the finger trap bridge
• supported Race City's lease extension
• web site

Craig Burrows

• past city council alderman
• web site

Naheed Nenshi

• Mount Royal University professor
• web site
• is openly critical of the finger trap bridge

Bob Hawkesworth

• currently sits on city council as alderman
• appears to be for the finger trap bridge
• did not support Race City's lease extension
• web site

Wayne Stewart

• retired oil and gas executive
• former Alberta education minister
• web site

Gary Johston

• retired railway worker

Barb Higgins

• former Calgary CTV news anchor
• web site

Bonnie Devine

• Social activist

Oscar Fech

• Social activist

Amanda Liu

• Very little to report

Sandra Hunter

• No known information

Dan Knight

• No known information

Barry Erskine

• Former alderman

People who were in the ring, but have now bowed out...

Paul Hughes

• Now supporting Barb Higgins
• known in local media circles as the urban chicken activist
• web site

Alnoor Kassam

• Now supporting Barb Higgins
• local businessman
• web site

Greg Berdette

• Out after barely two weeks in
• Equities and Options Trader
• web site

Lawrence Oshanek

• Social activist

Kent Hehr

• current Calgary-Buffalo MLA
• web site

Derek McKenzie

• utility company employee
• web site

Reference & supporting documents...

• Calgary Herald's list
• Calgary Democracy's web site
• Council Minutes from 2009-09-28 regarding Race City lease extension

[Team_Mclaren]

arggg.... McIver was the main supporter of the rc extension

[speedog]

Just thought the above would be good information to have on Beyond seeing as so many human beings have way too short of a memory and are too easily able to have their eyes glossed over by the various shiny baubles offered up to the masses by candidates come election time.

Still some items that need to be added IMHO - those candidates for/against the Bow River Flow event as that was something that elicited energetic responses from many Calgary residents.

There's probably other big issues from the past few years that I've forgotten (I am old BTW) and a friendly nudge by any Beyonder would be greatly appreciated.

[speedog]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
arggg.... McIver was the main supporter of the rc extension

Massive brain fart on my behalf - fixed and I can't believe I missed that seeing as I have a link to the supporting documentation already there. Gotta get better with my cut-n-paste.

[lint]

isn't rage2 tossing his hat in the ring?

[D'z Nutz]

rage2010

[GoChris]

So....definitely don't vote for Bob then.

[chkolny541]

i have never voted before, but if mciver runs , i WILL vote for him

[ZenOps]

Naheed Nenshi

Gary Mar

And actually a whole list of others seem to intend to run. Nenshi is interesting because hes the brown guy that was in the same graduating class and year as Rob Anders. (And not many white peeps even know of him, definite outside shot.) No question in my mind hes more qualified to be a politician than Anders ever was.

IMO, Nenshi doesn't have the incisors to be a great leader though.

Mar is interesting because he was our former education minister.

[frinkprof]

Originally posted by speedog
Just thought the above would be good information to have on Beyond seeing as so many human beings have way too short of a memory and are too easily able to have their eyes glossed over by the various shiny baubles offered up to the masses by candidates come election time.

Still some items that need to be added IMHO - those candidates for/against the Bow River Flow event as that was something that elicited energetic responses from many Calgary residents.

There's probably other big issues from the past few years that I've forgotten (I am old BTW) and a friendly nudge by any Beyonder would be greatly appreciated.

It should be noted that no aspect of this event was voted on by council.

A few notes:

- Wayne Stewart has not announced yet. Still officially considering

- Alnoor Kassam has not announced yet. Still officially considering

- Naheed Nenshi is considering. Council critic/watchdog, Mount Royal University professor, occasional Calgary Herald columnist, http://www.nenshi.ca

- Current Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart is considering. Ward 13 Alderman, former nurse, recently ran and lost in the Calgary-Glenmore byelection, http://www.aldermandiane.ca/

- Kent Hehr has been rumoured to be considering the job, current Calgary-Buffalo MLA, http://www.kenthehrmla.com/

- You have Alnoor's site listed under Wayne Stewart's name. I couldn't find a site for Stewart.

[speedog]

Initial post updated - thanx to ZenOps and frinkprof.

It is by all means quite an interesting list of announced candidates and those considering running.

[Melinda]

Alnoor is running again? I wonder if he'll stop after losing this one...

McIver for me I think.

[frinkprof]

Originally posted by Melinda
Alnoor is running again? I wonder if he'll stop after losing this one...

He is considering. He hasn't announced either way yet.

[speedog]

Bow River Flow festival, took some digging but there was a city council vote on whether or not to keep Memorial Drive fully open during August, 2009 down on May 11, 2009 - a thinly disguised attempt to disrupt the Bow River Flow festival.. See pages 26-28 of the May 11, 2009 minutes.

Of note, in support of keeping Memorial Drive open - Aldermen Chabot, Colley-Urquhart, Connelly, McIver & Stevenson. Against keeping Memorial Drive open - Farrell, Fox-Mellway, Hawkesworth, Hodges, Lowe, Mar, Pincott, Ceci and Mayor Bronconnier.

[frinkprof]

Originally posted by speedog
Bow River Flow festival, took some digging but there was a city council vote on whether or not to keep Memorial Drive fully open during August, 2009 down on May 11, 2009 - a thinly disguised attempt to disrupt the Bow River Flow festival.. See pages 26-28 of the May 11, 2009 minutes.

Of note, in support of keeping Memorial Drive open - Aldermen Chabot, Colley-Urquhart, Connelly, McIver & Stevenson. Against keeping Memorial Drive open - Farrell, Fox-Mellway, Hawkesworth, Hodges, Lowe, Mar, Pincott, Ceci and Mayor Bronconnier.

I was aware of this. This motion only dealt with the specific Bow River Flow Festival in a tangential and abstract way. That is to say that it didn't deal with it at all. Kind of a "Don't do what Donnie Don't Does" sort of thing. At that point, there had not even been an application to close the road yet. This motion dealt with road closures of Memorial Drive, for any or no reasons at all, in the month of August 2009.

[FraserB]

Doesn't Alnoor have some kind of criminal record? I think I remember hearing something like that last time around.

Diane probably shouldn't govern a special ed class, let alone a city.

Blinky has my vote, probably gonna help out on his campaign as well.

[frinkprof]

Originally posted by FraserB
Doesn't Alnoor have some kind of criminal record? I think I remember hearing something like that last time around.

I think he was up on significant embezzlement charges in his native Kenya or something to that effect. He of course downplayed and denied.

[CUG]

Originally posted by Melinda
Alnoor is running again? I wonder if he'll stop after losing this one...

McIver for me I think.

For me it's McIver or Dianne. I didn't vote for Dianne to go provincial, I owe her a mayoral vote too. Wouldn't be too bad with a sensible (key word) woman in charge.

Originally posted by frinkprof
I think he was up on significant embezzlement charges in his native Kenya or something to that effect. He of course downplayed and denied.

He also teaches a business course at Mount Royal. Wtfffffff

[atgilchrist]

I hope Hehr runs, he's done ag reat job representing downtown as MLA and actually takes a hard stance against violent crimes.

[sputnik]

McIver as mayor would be horrible for Calgary.

Al Duerr all over again, but with more blinking.