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Tag: Ric McIver

  • Politicians in Cowboy Hats

    For a brief history of Stampede fashion, you can read the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 round-ups – or “100 Years of Bad Photo-Ops“ This week’s pilgrimage of politicians to the Stampede was met with less fanfare than some years gone by. This wasn’t the first rodeo for any of the party […]

  • Calgary Votes Live Blog

    10:35 pm: We’re ready to call it. Calgary’s next mayor: Yes, that’s right. Canada’s conservative heartland just elected a mayor who is a visible minority, practicing muslim, Harvard graduate, university professor, and a policy wonk. And he wears purple. Nenshi’s rise is truly astonishing when you consider that he was polling in single digits, 35 […]

  • What’s the matter with Calgary?

    Dear Calgary, You used to be cool. You were the conservative rebel without a cause. You welcomed George Bush and Sarah Palin with open arms. You could always be counted on for a good pro-Iraq war rally. Ann Coulter called you “the good Canadians”. The man who embodied this Calgary image was Ralph Klein. He […]

  • Right Turn

    Polls out today show fiscal conservatives ahead in Calgary and Toronto. Calgary (Leger, n=500 phone) Ric McIver 43% (profile)Barb Higgins 28%Naheed Nenshi 8% (profile)Kent Hehr 4.1% (profile)Bob Hawkesworth 3.9%Craig Burrows 3.6%Joe Connely 2.9%Wayne Stewart 1.8%Alnoor Kassam 1.4%Oscar Fech 1.2%Bonnie Devine 0.8%Paul Hughes 0.8%John Lord 0.4% Kassam and Hughes are actually out of the race. Likely […]

  • Let’s Get Municipal

    Calgary: Calgary is still buzzing over Barb Higgins’ entry into the Mayoral race, and there are reports she has hired Liberal strategist Don Lovett as her campaign manager. On the policy side, frontrunner Ric McIver has released his vision for Calgary, and Higgins has responded with her “policy framework“. Both are bland, unoriginal, and short […]

  • This Week in Calgary – Wild Race in Cowtown!

    Ever since a down-to-earth reporter stunned everyone 30 years ago, Calgary’s incumbent mayors have enjoyed cake walk after cake walk to re-election. They do their 3 or 4 terms, then ride off on horseback into the sunset, setting off a feeding frenzy to replace them. So welcome to the feeding frenzy. Dave Bronconnier announced in […]

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