Decision 2010: Calgary Municipal Election - Page 33

TETT2 · #**641** Posted **Apr 20, 2010, 3:31 AM**

Just throwing this out there.... and not sure if this is the right place to post it.

So just say McIver wins, and the Peace Bridge is completed after the election... Does he do the ribbon cutting?

Bigtime · #**642** Posted **Apr 20, 2010, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by TETT2

Just throwing this out there.... and not sure if this is the right place to post it.

So just say McIver wins, and the Peace Bridge is completed after the election... Does he do the ribbon cutting?

As an avid cyclist he should, as mayor he should. It would be very classless to not. Pretty sure the mayor of our city should be promoting it all the time, and the opening cermony for this bridge would be no different.

Wooster · #**643** Posted **Apr 21, 2010, 1:43 PM**

McIver to join mayoral race

$150-a-ticket event will start campaign

By Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald

As he finally announces he's running for mayor today, Ald. Ric McIver begins a six-month quest to determine if the man viewed widely as the front-runner can hold that lead into October.

Half a year is a lifetime in elections, and recent history hasn't been kind to perceived front-runners in Alberta politics.

Jim Dinning and Dave Taylor each lost to underdogs in their respective Tory and Liberal leadership races.

Some rivals, meanwhile, wonder if Ward 12's self-styled "common sense conservative" alderman really is the frontrunner.

"I'm finding that support for other people is much thinner than I expected," said former alderman Jon Lord, who declared his mayoral bid last month.

It's been an open secret for months that McIver was eyeing Mayor Dave Bronconnier's chair, even before Bronconnier said he was vacating it.

He's long been fundraising and organizing for the campaign, and backers are predicting a crowd of hundreds as a show of strength at McIver's $150-a-ticket launch tonight.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/McIver+join+mayoral+race/2932230/story.html#ixzz0lk4W7QJK

Innersoul1 · #**644** Posted **Apr 21, 2010, 4:57 PM**

here we go.

Bassic Lab · #**645** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 1:26 AM**

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/McIver+announces+plan+Calgary+mayor/2935578/story.html

He wants to do something for working Calgarians... I'm afraid.

Ramsayfarian · #**646** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 1:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

McIver to join mayoral race

$150-a-ticket event will start campaign

By Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald

As he finally announces he's running for mayor today, Ald. Ric McIver begins a six-month quest to determine if the man viewed widely as the front-runner can hold that lead into October.

Half a year is a lifetime in elections, and recent history hasn't been kind to perceived front-runners in Alberta politics.

Jim Dinning and Dave Taylor each lost to underdogs in their respective Tory and Liberal leadership races.

Some rivals, meanwhile, wonder if Ward 12's self-styled "common sense conservative" alderman really is the frontrunner.

"I'm finding that support for other people is much thinner than I expected," said former alderman Jon Lord, who declared his mayoral bid last month.

It's been an open secret for months that McIver was eyeing Mayor Dave Bronconnier's chair, even before Bronconnier said he was vacating it.

He's long been fundraising and organizing for the campaign, and backers are predicting a crowd of hundreds as a show of strength at McIver's $150-a-ticket launch tonight.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/McIver+join+mayoral+race/2932230/story.html#ixzz0lk4W7QJK

The turnout for McIver's "block party" is disturbingly large. Not only is the parking adjacent to Cafe Rosso filled, but the space south to that is full and parking has spilled out onto to the surrounding streets. Thankfully the Calgary Parking Authority is out ticketing cars.

Wooster · #**647** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 2:09 AM**

^ Well there are a lot of people that work for developers represented by UDI.

Ramsayfarian · #**648** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 2:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

^ Well there are a lot of people that work for developers represented by UDI.

I noticed 2 cars from some small developer whose name I didn't recognize and have already forgotten. The crowd seems to be evenly divided between suits, bed-shitters and immigrants. I was hoping to get a few photos of the swells, but they've covered up the windows with what looks like whiteboards.

Bassic Lab · #**649** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

I noticed 2 cars from some small developer whose name I didn't recognize and have already forgotten. The crowd seems to be evenly divided between suits, bed-shitters and immigrants. I was hoping to get a few photos of the swells, but they've covered up the windows with what looks like whiteboards.

So a nice healthy mix of the corrupting, corrupted, and corruptible. Sounds like the worst party ever.

frinkprof · #**650** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 2:58 AM**

Nevermind.

srperrycgy · #**651** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 3:09 AM**

Just Say No To Blinky.

Colin · #**652** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 3:28 AM**

frinkprof, you captured his platform perfectly!

I think Bronco said it best, you don't build great cities by saying no...

fusili · #**653** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 6:23 AM**

McIver and Connelly are both idiots. They proclaim to be pro-business, but they were to only two to vote against eliminating parking requirements for retail business in the Beltline. What other motion could be more pro-business, anti-regulatory and honestly, anti-planning. McIver and Connelly are not so much pro-business as they are anti-urban.

Riise · #**654** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 4:18 PM**

Blinky is officially in, now we are guaranteed to lose at least him or Connelly!

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Originally Posted by Calgary Herald

McIver Launches Bid For Mayor's Chair
Alderman Calls For Less City Intervention

April 22, 2010
Calgary Herald
Jason Marusoff

Calgary will be a better city if its leader steers clear of residents' lives and businesses' business more often, Ald. Ric McIver said as he launched his mayoral bid Wednesday.

Ending more than a year of speculation and quiet organizing, McIver entered the race to replace Mayor Dave Bronconnier with a swanky $150-a-ticket fundraiser Wednesday evening that drew between 500 and 1,000 people.

He becomes the fourth announced mayoral candidate, joining council colleague Joe Connelly, former alderman Jon Lord and urban-farming advocate Paul Hughes. The field is expected to grow substantially before the Oct. 18 vote.

Compete Article

I love how he talks about being less prescriptive and allowing business to flourish, I'm sure he'll remove the barriers to alternative forms of growth...

AUM · #**655** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 5:27 PM**

Well if McIver wins I don't see too much activity on the forums. You can pretty much say goodbye to great design and any new urban projects that would contribute to making this city a better place.

Here's the future for Calgary from McIver's budget concious eyes...

Wooster · #**656** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 5:30 PM**

^ A couple of interesting interviews on the Eyeopener. One with McIver (doesn't actually say anything specific of course), another with a pollster breaking down the survey of priority issues for the electorate:

http://www.cbc.ca/eyeopener/

frinkprof · #**657** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 5:51 PM**

Nevermind.

AUM · #**658** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 5:54 PM**

^^^ Wooster thanks for the link.

I was being a bit exaggerative, but I think Calgary really needs someone who has long term vision as well as focusing on current needs also. Not to mention taking Calgary beyond a reliance on O+G.

fusili · #**659** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by frinkprof

I actually don't think McIver, or anyone else sitting as mayor, will have that big of an affect. It wouldn't be the end of the world. What's more important is the overall makeup of council, since the mayor is only one of 15 votes.

Exactly, and we are going to see a huge shakeup. McIver and Connelly are both already running for mayor. Ceci is out. Hawkesworth and Colley-Urquhart may also run. I am not sure if Low or Hodges will run. That makes half of Council if all these things come to pass. And that is assuming all the other incumbents win. I don't think anyone is safe in their seat. In my opinion it will be the aldermanic races that count.

Riise · #**660** Posted **Apr 22, 2010, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by AUM

Here's the future for Calgary from McIver's budget concious eyes...

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Originally Posted by Wooster

One with McIver (doesn't actually say anything specific of course), another with a pollster breaking down the survey of priority issues for the electorate:

http://www.cbc.ca/eyeopener/

Thanks for that. He kept on talking about affordable housing, is he going to bring in policies that will require new developments over a certain threshold to provide a certain amount of affordable housing?

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Originally Posted by frinkprof

I actually don't think McIver, or anyone else sitting as mayor, will have that big of an affect. It wouldn't be the end of the world. What's more important is the overall makeup of council, since the mayor is only one of 15 votes.

That's a good point! Maybe it would be better if we had a "McIver" in the Mayor's seat to quell the people who comment on the Herald's site and 14 Gian-Carlos.