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Ward 14 Recount

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October 21, 2010 - By

Nation, just because I didn’t already have ENOUGH to do today… The City has indicated there will be a recount of the Ward 14 Aldermanic ballots, scheduled for 12 noon today.

What, exactly, triggered this recount is unclear at this time, although it seems somewhat unusual given the margin of victory for Election Day winner Peter Demong.  Early suggestions are that to trigger a recount like this requires a formal request from another of the candidates, or a minimum of 100 rejected ballots per polling station.  You may recall that Ward 14 DID experience some ballot shortages on Election Day, so it may be related to that issue.

We’ll be all over this story as it develops.

As a reminder, the “unofficial results” at the conclusion of the first count were:

Demong, Peter – 8483
Dur, Richard – 7188
Fox-Mellway, Linda – 5187
Gerelus, Ken – 1324
Kao, Shawn – 5647
Tummonds, Billy The Butcher – 1201

Stay tuned.

- E.S.

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Ward 14 Profile

October 17, 2010 - By

(before choosing a candidate for Alderman, please see my post on what the job actually entails)

Ward 14 includes most of the communities south of Southland Drive, in between MacLeod Trail and the Bow River.  It is a study in contrasts, with swanky lake communities and some of the oldest standing buildings in the city, within the area formerly occupied by the Town of Midnapore.  Fish Creek Provincial Park and the green belt along the eastern bank of the Bow River bless the area with natural appeal – which is one of the reasons the POES (Parents Of the Enlightened Savage) chose to settle there when I was just a wee little Savage.  Issues most often listed as high priorities in Ward 14 include transportation (including the SE C-Train extension), property taxes and snow removal.

The candidates (listed in alphabetical order, by first name) are:
 

Billy The Butcher Tummonds

Tummonds is a local business owner – I’m a little unclear, as of my print deadline, what business he’s in, though.  Deeply involved in the community, Billy has been able – up until now, that is – to keep his deep, dark past a secret…  but no longer.  [...]Read More

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Text: Interview with Ward 14 Candidate Richard Dur

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October 14, 2010 - By

Nation, I had the pleasure over the past several weeks of exchanging emails with Ward 14 Aldermanic candidate Richard Dur.  I took advantage – as you’d expect – to send some questions his way.  His responses are below.  And, based on his final answer, I’d think he’s a natural to show up to the CalgaryPolitics.com Election Night Party at Beckham’s. 

Richard’s interview begins…  now.

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E.S.: Snow removal in the city, particular in Ward 14, is – as you put it on your website – “a farce”. How do we get Calgarians moving in the winter, and keep our roads – including residential roads – in safe, drivable condition, without the huge tax increases that the current council has insisted would be required?

R.D.: By eliminating wasteful spending at city hall such as what we’ve seen with the $25 million designer bridge so that there is more room in the budget for things Calgarians really care about such as snow removal. I also favour use of private contractors to bolster city ice clearing crews and allowing Calgarians who own snow-removal equipment to get approval to use this equipment to help clear streets and pathways that may [...]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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