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Interview With Ward 1 and 2 Calgary Public School Trustee Candidate Josh Traptow

October 12, 2010 - By

This is a continuation of a series of interviews that I will post about local candidates that are running in the 2010 Calgary municipal election. I do not endorse any of the candidates necessarily, unless stated otherwise. The intent is to allow the candidates a forum in which they can share some of their views as I feel that the school trustee candidates often do not get the same amount of attention from the mainstream media as the alderman and mayoral candidates.

This interview is with Josh Traptow who will be running for election as the Public School Trustee in Ward 1 & 2 this term.

Why are you running for the position of school board trustee?

I’m running because I want to make a difference, as a recent former student I saw areas that worked really well in schools and in the system but areas that could be improved upon as well. This also gives me a chance to give back to my community and to a system that I give credit to who I am today. From an early age my parents instilled in me that being involved and giving back to your community is important and this [...]Read More

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The CalgaryPolitics.com Charity Bowling Event Was A Blast!

September 1, 2010 - By

Thanks again to everyone that supported the CalgaryPolitics.com Charity Bowling Event that we hosted on Monday August 30! The event was completely sold out and we had over 150 people in attendance, including over 20 candidates in the upcoming Calgary Municipal Election!

Everyone seemed to have a great time and we raised $2800 for Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids Society, which is pretty amazing! This amount will supply nearly 2800 lunches for needy school kids in the Calgary area!

Some of the candidates in attendance were:

Richard Dur Ernest McCrutcheon ( 2 Lanes) Shane Keating ( 2 Lanes) Jane Morgan

Al Browne Sean Chu Ric Lockhart Malik Amery Kevin Taylor

Chris Harper Roger Crowe Gian-Carlo Carra Shawn Kao ( the Get Kao Girls!)

Zak Pashak Andrew Rodych Judi Vandenbrink Josh Traptow Rory Rotzoll

Robert Guizzo

From the Mayoralty race, we had Craig Burrows and Paul Hughes in attendance. Ric McIver had donated a lane sponsorship for the event, but was unable to attend.

We also had some support from the business community, with Carma Developers, BiFrost Development, Canada Brokerlink Inc. and Principia Communications sponsoring the charity event!

And finally a big thanks to the media personalities that [...]Read More

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Josh Traptow set to announce candidacy in public school board race wards 1 and 2

July 16, 2010 - By

By making this post, I’m going to have to involve myself a little bit in the school board races in Calgary. Josh Traptow is set to run for school board trustee in wards 1 and 2, to replace outgoing incumbent Gordon Dirks. He’s going to announce his bid on July 19, 2010. He is still in school finishing a degree at SAIT in Administration & Information Management. He’s also only 21, which will make him for now the youngest candidate in the school board races. Many who do know Mr. Traptow will know him for his involvement with provincial and federal politics, as well as his involvement in various political campaigns.

Given the weak structure and political organization of a school board in general, age is not going to be a factor. What may be questions that Traptow has to face are a) is this just a stepping stone for future political ambitions? and b) does he understand families? It is unfair for me to analyze this as Josh has not even officially announced his campaign, but it’s definitely going to be something he’ll have to answer when door knocking.

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Do We Have a Race for CBE Trustee in Ward 1 & 2?

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June 9, 2010 - By

Nation, we’ve received word here at calgarypolitics.com world headquarters that we may in fact have a race shaping up to fill the CBE Ward 1 & 2 Trustee seat being vacated this fall by Gordon Dirks, who has announced he won’t be running again.

We already knew of Trina Hurdman, who has been early out of the gate with her website and twitter activity. We’re hearing today that local political prodigy Josh Traptow may also be eying a run in the area.

We’ll leave it to Traptow to confirm or deny, but if this is the case, it can only bode well for the students and parents in Wards 1 & 2. When candidates compete with each other, better governance ensues – no matter WHICH candidate gets elected.

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