Vibrant Calgary forum through my eyes

September 20, 2010

Poverty. I don’t feel rich. I’ve been a lot worse off than I am right now. Granted I’m also in pretty tough straights for at least the next year. But I’m not poor. It’s a funny question, because this month is tighter than most. Car insurance came up this month and that’s a nasty hit. Particularly for how little I drive my car these days. Oh, and I still have that broken front sprocket on my bike I have to fix. Read More

My choice for Mayor

September 19, 2010

I’m done! I’ve made my decision. I believe I took a fair look at most of the candidates and chose on the basis of what matters most to me. I’m willing to choose a candidate I don’t agree with who I think can be effective. I’m willing to choose a candidate I dislike but I feel has a great vision. This year I’m fortunate that I can choose a candidate I like and agree with. Read More

Calgary's Aldermanic Twibate - an invitation for Ward 10 candidates

September 18, 2010

Alderman Chabot, I have been particularly interested and active in this year’s municipal election. It is particularly important to me because of an open mayor’s seat and because there are a number of important issues facing city council that I care about deeply. I moved to Albert Park about a year ago and I’m very pleased to live in Ward 10. I am a very active member on Twitter (you can find me at http://twitter. Read More

Alderman, Alderwoman, Alderbroad

September 17, 2010

Can I bang one out in an hour? I’m going to try…. I miss Ward 4. It looks so much more interesting than Ward 10. Last night Jane Morgan opined, “Alderman, Alderwoman, Alderwhatever. New short blog post.“ My joke in return was, “Alderbroad? Naw… Been done. Heh.” Alderbroad was, if you’re unaware, Sue Higgins. Oh, how I love Sue Higgins. Equally fueled by dislike and annoyance. She spent a lot of time working on the city finances and, to me, sets the standard for what an alderman should be. Read More

Too much and too many

September 17, 2010

Earlier today I was bouncing in and out of twitter and I only half-way caught a conversation about how many mayoral candidates was too many. In my mind, I’d like to say it was before Jason Markusoff reported that Greg Berdette was pulling out of the race. Truth to tell, that could have been what set off the whole conversation. Calgary does not need seventeen mayoral candidates. Sixteen of them are going to fail. Read More

I'm very, very close to a final decision

September 16, 2010

Between the week of sleeplessness and mind-boggling problems, it’s been a most strange few days. Two things have been really helpful this week. The first was Calgary’s mayoral debate via Twitter - our Twibate, using the hashtag #yycTB. Several of our mayoral candidates that are active in social media were involved, while several others were noticeably absent. The other was the Calgary Eyeopener’s second mayoral debate. I have to admit, I chuckled to myself when a few people out there felt overwhelmed with the amount of response #yycTB generated. Read More

"I hope you know all the beauty of the cosmos is kissing you."

September 14, 2010

What a wonderful thing to read as I’m falling asleep. I don’t think I’ve ever been told that I have my head in the clouds or that I’m a hopeless romantic stumbling through life. My life is based in fact and argument. I look for proofs and ultimate explanations and search for clearer, reasonable, simple and sensible explanations for the observations we see in the world. I had a very rewarding client call last night. Read More

CBC Eyeopener Mayoral candidate debate #1: Calgary's airport tunnel

September 8, 2010

No surprise, I was looking forward to this morning’s debate on CBC Radio. You can find it here if you missed it. The airport tunnel is a big deal to me on a number of levels. I presently live straight south of the airport just off Barlow Trail. That’s the very same Barlow Trail that’s going to get shut down for a new runway. The very same Barlow Trail that I have used to go to the airport since I as a young child. Read More

Hear my mighty opinion and tremble

August 27, 2010

So I’m established now. I have an opinion and a blog and I am willing to wield my power to bend others to my will. I’m of the young, beautiful 18-35 year old people drawing the envy of hundreds with my wit and invincible powers of deduction. I shalt smite mine enemies with my sword of twitter and mine facebookian shield! Or I made an observation a week ago that one person’s words didn’t match his actions and I don’t feel comfortable with his thinking. Read More

Experience vs. the Fresh Blood

August 27, 2010

This is the one time that we the citizens have input into how the city is run. Experience says about two thirds of us will vacate the opportunity. We will have new aldermen in Ward 4, Ward 6, Ward 9 and Ward 12. That’s going to be a lot of new people going into city council even if no standing aldermen get defeated. In 2007 there were four new aldermen: Pincott took an open ward, Mar defeated King, Stevenson defeated Larocque and Connelly defeated Burrows. Read More

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