2013 Municipal Election on October 21st

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by yellowsnow
Has any Calgary mayor lost an election after being elected in?? I can't think of a single mayor that lost an election.

Ralph Klein over Ross Alger in 1980 was the most recent time the incumbent has failed to get re-elected.

[Isaiah]

Originally posted by Go4Long
I agree that anyone that runs against Nenshi is throwing their money away. Like him or hate him, after the way the media inflated his status to superhero during the flooding has pretty much guaranteed him 90+% of the vote if anyone else runs against him.

Some of the council seats would be a lot smarter to try to go after. Heck, my ward in 2010 a guy with "the butcher" in his name still managed to get 4%.

Ric McIver was formerly a butcher, almost became Calgary's mayor, and is now our province's transportation minister.

[Sugarphreak]

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[ExtraSlow]

After a disaster, tyically the incumbent gets a huge boost unless they really messued up the handling of it. Nobody has been critical of Nnshi's work during the floods, so I predict he wins in a landslide.

you can make fun of him all you want, but he's been very effective in 1) communicating with voters and 2) geting very little negative publicity.

[Isaiah]

Nenshi released a document titled "A Better Calgary in progress" in 2012 highlighting the status of the 12 campaign promises that formed his platform in the last election.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3Yy...zg0/edit?hl=en

It's a bit of a long read but it gives a good indication of his progress.

[suntan]

Originally posted by Go4Long


Ralph Klein over Ross Alger in 1980 was the most recent time the incumbent has failed to get re-elected.

I thought Alger didn't seek re-election.

[suntan]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
After a disaster, tyically the incumbent gets a huge boost unless they really messued up the handling of it. Nobody has been critical of Nnshi's work during the floods, so I predict he wins in a landslide.

you can make fun of him all you want, but he's been very effective in 1) communicating with voters and 2) geting very little negative publicity.

Meh. Bronco, Duerr and Klein all won with landslides. But familiarity breeds contempt, so eventually Calgarians will tire of our purple fatty.

[suntan]

Originally posted by Isaiah
Nenshi released a document titled "A Better Calgary in progress" in 2012 highlighting the status of the 12 campaign promises that formed his platform in the last election.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3Yy...zg0/edit?hl=en

It's a bit of a long read but it gives a good indication of his progress.

Gak. What a load of total crap.

[kertejud2]

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categorie...new-mayor.html

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[speedog]

Okay, here's something to ponder - would you vote for someone who's running for a position in your ward (alderman or school board trustee) who doesn't live in your ward?

[dirtsniffer]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Yep, just goes to show you that the majority of Calgarians are idiots. No big surprsies here.

4 More years of Nenshi Mc-spend-a-lot coming right up

It's 3 years....

[speedog]

Wow just realized it had been a month since anyone had posted in this thread - apathy or something else (apathy or James Stewart)?

The Druh Farrell thread - almost as pathetic despite all the supposed Druh haters over there. Well, maybe they've all gone underground and are devoting all their time to unseating her - it is weird though that there were some that were so vocal who've gone so mute now. A long time beyond member even commented in that thread "If you guys don't wait too long and rally behind a candidate early enough you might just gain enough momentum to unseat her." and yet, apathy seems to continue to rule. Usually it's "put up or shut up" and it's becoming apparent that people are not putting up.

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by speedog
and yet, apathy seems to continue to rule.

You say that like someone who is new to the internet.

[ZenOps]

Crown Royal Purple, yes.

[rage2]

Originally posted by speedog
Wow just realized it had been a month since anyone had posted in this thread - apathy or something else (apathy or James Stewart)?

The Druh Farrell thread - almost as pathetic despite all the supposed Druh haters over there. Well, maybe they've all gone underground and are devoting all their time to unseating her - it is weird though that there were some that were so vocal who've gone so mute now. A long time beyond member even commented in that thread "If you guys don't wait too long and rally behind a candidate early enough you might just gain enough momentum to unseat her." and yet, apathy seems to continue to rule. Usually it's "put up or shut up" and it's becoming apparent that people are not putting up.

I don't think there's even a point to talking about this election whatsoever. Nenshi will win in a landslide, that's a given. Try saying anything critical about Nenshi and you get attacked (see the various other Nenshi threads), so again, pointless to even bring it up.

The Alderman race? Druh's going to be a tight race again, but now Nenshi has been supporting her so she'll probably win it now. Nenshi has been trying his best by helping the current council get re-elected, a funny turn of events when the homebuilders tried the same thing (picking favorites to back) and Nenshi's vagina got all sandy lol.

Oh well, nothing changes. Taxes go up, nothing comes out. Yay. As for me, I'm in Ward 2. I have no idea who I'm voting for, but I'm a big fan of poon, so I'm voting Richard Poon just for the hell of it.

[Aleks]

Is there a limit as to how many terms a mayor can serve? His annoying FB pledge post is full of negative comments toward him. So some people are starting to see the big picture. But yea he will win.

[2000TL]

Originally posted by dirtsniffer


It's 3 years....

I believe its actually 4 years from now on.

[speedog]

It is indeed 4 years this time - link.

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Aleks
Is there a limit as to how many terms a mayor can serve? His annoying FB pledge post is full of negative comments toward him. So some people are starting to see the big picture. But yea he will win.

Come on Aleks! We all need to 'promise' to vote !!

Fuck i can't stand seeing it pop up on my facebook page, I do like to read the comments though

[colinxx235]

Got in a funny debate with this the other day. Myself and family + a few family friends heavily dislike Nenshi (involved in the home building industry) etc. Him along with the development planning have done nothing but delays and increase prices of in-fills and all the permitting. Incorporate that with the increased property taxes along with the flood disaster and you have continually increased costs of living for Calgarians.

So naturally I had people jumping down my throat when I said I don't like him, my return comment. Can you name 1? 3? or maybe even 5 positive or impactful things that he did for the city since being elected? And please don't mention the flood and his twitter warrior super status over it. As I still don't see what he actually did for the city during the flood. Told everyone to stay home, tweeted and showed up at a few badly hit sites for press pictures?


I also like how he outsources work and architecture for things like the peace bridge and other designs. Not like we have many architects, engineers or construction companies in yyc to complete the work...