Decision 2010: Calgary Municipal Election - Page 109

jeffwhit · #**2161** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 7:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge

Rick Bell is piling on:

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/columnists/rick_bell/2010/10/15/15698386.html

Whole crap, Rick Bell just made realize this whole time we've had an alderman named Johnny Mar(r)

John Mar should run this as a campaign ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MsuoNJQ3U#t=01m04s

jeffwhit · #**2162** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 8:14 AM**

Also, no matter what happens on Monday, we'll all be able to take comfort a week later when this guy isn't our mayor:

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ginsberg · #**2163** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 9:13 AM**

Wow. What a shit head.

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Originally Posted by jeffwhit

Also, no matter what happens on Monday, we'll all be able to take comfort a week later when this guy isn't our mayor:

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Bassic Lab · #**2164** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 10:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by jeffwhit

HVAC is not structural, it's HVAC. I know lots of people with no secondary suite, and two furnaces, and two water heaters, (they're rich and live in gigantic houses.) This clause seems to pertain to an addition made to the property for the purpose of a secondary suite or home office.

Now TDOW can go crawl back into his hole and write crazy things in the Herald comments.

It shouldn't require structural changes but it depends on how wide of a net is being cast by the legislation and how the home is jerry rigged. I've seen a house turned into three illegal suites, there was one furnace amongst a multitude of other issues, and the modifications, clearly half assed by the slumlord owner, affected a number of structural elements to the detriment of the buildings integrity. Of course I imagine most secondary suites are going to remain illegal. The structures will not have proper modifications initiated; many suites will not be in owner occupied dwellings. The benefit will come from making it more difficult for nosy neighbours to have them investigated and shut down. The fact that they are substandard contributes a great deal to why they are so affordable.

Bassic Lab · #**2165** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 10:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by jeffwhit

Also, no matter what happens on Monday, we'll all be able to take comfort a week later when this guy isn't our mayor:

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I don't know about anyone else but if Ford wins I am going to have so much fun rubbing it in certain friends' faces. The concept of schadenfreude just seems so much more attractive when it isn't our misfortune that others derive pleasure from.

Boris2k7 · #**2166** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 11:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by srperrycgy

Boris2K7 all decked out in purple!

Purple people. It's all about the purple people.

Riise · #**2167** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 12:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian

Are they the only purple shirts?

Unfortunately, they were the only ones I happened to see. However, they didn't pan out to the crowd very often.

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Originally Posted by mooky

Do you ever sleep, its like 4am in London!

I wish I did just go to sleep last night, which I ended up doing after the second period. The game did put me to sleep as watching those geriatrics is akin to counting sheep...

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Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

Subsection b looks like the tricky one for secondary suites to me. The city requires a number of elements, such as separate entrances and HVAC systems, that are not common to SFHs. Whether those modifications amount to structural changes is a question I cannot answer.

In the UK, planning permission is only needed for changes that are considered development. I'd say this is akin to structural changes so for some perspective, this is how development is defined in the UK:

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Originally Posted by (S55.1) Town And Country Planning Act 1990

Development is the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land.

YYCguys · #**2168** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 12:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by srperrycgy

Boris2K7 all decked out in purple!

What a cutie patootie!

Bigtime · #**2169** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 1:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riise

I'm watching the Florida feed for the Flames game tonight and I'm pretty sure I just saw Bigtime and his companion reppin' the cause in their Nenshi shirts.

That was probably my sister and I. Never got on the jumbotron though, I'm pretty sure they were actively avoiding any political stuff getting up on the screen.

There were at least 8 of us at the game in the Nenshi shirts, not sure about anyone else though.

We were on top of the Stampede LRT station from about 6:15 to just before game time handing out Nenshi flyers. Joe Connelly and a few volunteers were there too but we had a secret weapon...Littletime. Who isn't going to take a flyer from a cute little 16 month old? Suck it Joe.

Boris2k7 · #**2170** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 1:33 PM**

@Bigtime - Good job representing. Need to get the purple army more mobilized though. I issued a call to arms by sending photos of yourself wearing your purples on Twitter, but it hasn't caught on.

Wooster · #**2171** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 1:48 PM**

Man - Rob Ford. What a lunatic. Anyway, it looks like George Smitherman is catching up, and other candidates have dropped out - so there's at least a chance Ford will lose.

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Originally Posted by jeffwhit

Also, no matter what happens on Monday, we'll all be able to take comfort a week later when this guy isn't our mayor:

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Bigtime · #**2172** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 1:59 PM**

Announcement at Ric McIver's office at 9am today, I'm assuming it is Burrows endorsing him.

Edit: Apparently Burrows announcement is at 11am, my wild guess is Connelly is bowing out and throwing his "support" behind Ric.

Ramsayfarian · #**2173** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 2:21 PM**

I'm not sure why Rob Ford got so upset there. Like he's not a fat fuck?

This attack ad from Winnipeg civic election made me lol.

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You Need A Thneed · #**2174** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

Announcement at Ric McIver's office at 9am today, I'm assuming it is Burrows endorsing him.

Ric McIver is dropping out, and endorsing Oscar Fech.

Bigtime · #**2175** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by You Need A Thneed

Ric McIver is dropping out, and endorsing Oscar Fech.

I edited my post above with my wild card guess. Connelly out and supporting Ric.

Surrealplaces · #**2176** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by srperrycgy

Boris2K7 all decked out in purple!

I thought that was Barney for a second lol!

seriously, that's a great idea.

Bigtime · #**2177** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 3:19 PM**

Ric's 9am presser is that Diane C-U is endorsing him, meh.

Wooster · #**2178** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 3:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

Ric's 9am presser is that Diane C-U is endorsing him, meh.

Gee, that should really help him. Maybe he asked her for the presser because originally the 11am Burrows endorsement was going to go to him, but now it's for someone else. Wanted to preemt to show that someone is endorsing him. Just a theory.

bigcanuck · #**2179** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 3:29 PM**

Maybe Burrows is supporting Connelly. "Hey, anyone who can beat me in Ward 6 is good enough to be mayor".

Bigtime · #**2180** Posted **Oct 15, 2010, 3:34 PM**

I think Nenshi can capitalize on DCU supporting McIver, it continues to perpetuate the feeling that nothing will change down at city hall if he is elected. Clearly it is business as usual.