Posted Aug 16, 2010, 9:46 PM
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Well, I've finally taken the time to start reading up on the mayoral candidates. The majority of the platforms are, frankly, crap. Just a bunch of empty statements with no plans for follow through that basically anyone will agree with. "A safer Calgary". Screw that, I want some danger! "Open Calgary to the world". No, I want Calgary to turn into a cultural wasteland!
Come on...
For that reason, Nenshi really sticks out to me, for the moment. His platform is by far the most detailed. He actually has plans, not just a bunch of rhetoric and empty statements that anyone will agree with. I'm sure there are things I'd disagree with Nenshi on (though I haven't encountered anything yet). But, I respect that he's actually being proactive.
McIvor in particular stuck out to me as the supreme example of all talk and no walk. Correct me if I'm wrong, but his campaign is relatively "mature" compared to Higgins', right? He's had quite a lot of time to cultivate a detailed platform with some semblance of follow-through, but his website has fuck all. Higgins' I'll give a pass on this for a bit, considering she just entered the race. Burrows is really the only other candidate who appears to have given any thought to actually implementing his promises.
All that said, I voted undecided. I'm waiting on Higgins' platform to mature, before I discount her. And I'm also interested to see where Burrows takes things. But, to me, right now, Nenshi is the front-runner... and looking at the poll results, I'm not alone on that.
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