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While it is nice to see good people run for office, I'm not he will ultimately be able to fulfill his promises. I hate to sound cynical but without the support

by mast 16y ago

While it is nice to see good people run for office, I'm not he will ultimately be able to fulfill his promises. I hate to sound cynical but without the support of Council, the mayor won't be able to do anything. And Councillors, in general, are only focused on what it good for their own wards, and not the good of the city as a whole. (One solution might be to have a group of like minded people run as a team. Party politics at the municipal level?)

Tiktaalik 16y ago
That sort of exists in Vancouver. Recently the Vision Party won a majority of seats in council and their coice for Mayor won in a landslide victory. Vision had some sort of agreement where COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors) wouldn't run a candidate for Mayor so that the two progressive parties wouldn't split the vote. COPE has two councillors and they often vote with Vision. The other party, NPA (Non-Partisan Association) (yes that's the real name...Wikipedia for more details) has one seat on council. The end effect of all of this is that Vision has very quickly been able to implement their agenda. Most recently several separated bike lanes and a street food cart program.
ghshephard 16y ago
They certainly have Party Politics at the municipal level in Vancouver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipal_political_parties_in_Vancouver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipal_political_pa...
gruseom 16y ago
without the support of Council, the mayor won't be able to do anything He might if he manages to hold the attention of the community. I've never done a thing in city politics in Calgary - never had the slightest reason to identify with any of it. It has been as boring as it was vile. But I actually would this time, if Nenshi doesn't make the mistake a certain other "change candidate" did and squander his greatest asset, the popular imagination.

by mast 16y ago

Tiktaalik 16y ago

That sort of exists in Vancouver. Recently the Vision Party won a majority of seats in council and their coice for Mayor won in a landslide victory. Vision had some sort of agreement where COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors) wouldn't run a candidate for Mayor so that the two progressive parties wouldn't split the vote. COPE has two councillors and they often vote with Vision. The other party, NPA (Non-Partisan Association) (yes that's the real name...Wikipedia for more details) has one seat on council. The end effect of all of this is that Vision has very quickly been able to implement their agenda. Most recently several separated bike lanes and a street food cart program.

ghshephard 16y ago

They certainly have Party Politics at the municipal level in Vancouver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipal_political_parties_in_Vancouver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Municipal_political_pa...

gruseom 16y ago

without the support of Council, the mayor won't be able to do anything He might if he manages to hold the attention of the community. I've never done a thing in city politics in Calgary - never had the slightest reason to identify with any of it. It has been as boring as it was vile. But I actually would this time, if Nenshi doesn't make the mistake a certain other "change candidate" did and squander his greatest asset, the popular imagination.