kora
Active Member
It runs deep into the Beltline. Farkas represents me too.
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It runs deep into the Beltline. Farkas represents me too.
I've always wondered where they came up with the ward boundaries, as they are very strange. My guess is that they were mostly SFH's in all the wards back when they made them up so it didn't matter as much how they were divided..
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
The only reason he won is because three candidates on the left split the vote. Hopefully voters will throw him out next time. I know a lot of people in his ward really despise him. Though he will have the iron advantage of incumbency next time around.
Stephen Ave
Active Member
Sadly being an incumbent council in Calgary all but guarantees a win. Look no further than Sean Chu.
MichaelS
Senior Member
You guys dump on Chu, but he actually defeated an incumbent when he was elected. I think him and Woolley are the only ones to do so in the last 20 years or so, but I stand to be corrected.
Beltline_B
Senior Member
Didn’t Chu first run when there was a ward boundary change? I believe he defeated and incumbent, but it was also the time when they were changing the ward boundaries.
1875
Senior Member
does anyone know when the 17th ave extension east of macleod is scheduled to begin? also with all the changes will the big four be demolished?
MichaelS
Senior Member
No significant boundary change in 2013, but a few minor tweaks to Wards 5 and 1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Calgary_municipal_election
Cyric
Active Member
No idea about the Big four but the 17th ave extension is scheduled to begin in early 2020 according to a CRBE report that was talking about the changes to the Victoria Park area.
CREB® | As major infrastructure projects move ahead, east Victoria Park's transformation begins
A long-awaited effort to revitalize east Victoria Park is underway, with the first projects taking shape under the Rivers District master plan (RDMP) that was passed by city council in December 2018. Led by the Calgary Municipal Land Corp. (CMLC), the plan spells out a vision of east Victoria...
1875
Senior Member
exciting, though these days it feels like ill believe it when i see it when it comes to anything involving government funding.
BKha
Active Member
There were a couple of reasons for Chu getting elected. 1) The previous councilor Gale Mcleod was non-existent. She wasn't in touch with her ward at all. 2) Chu's ward has a large Chinese population (myself included) and every Chinese person I know from the area was voting for him. He got 13,000 votes, and there are probably that many Chinese people in his ward.
I didn't vote for Chu last election, but find him to be more reasonable than Farkas. Farkas is a clown, plain and simple.
BKha
Active Member
That would be amazing.No idea about the Big four but the 17th ave extension is scheduled to begin in early 2020 according to a CRBE report that was talking about the changes to the Victoria Park area.
CREB® | As major infrastructure projects move ahead, east Victoria Park's transformation begins
A long-awaited effort to revitalize east Victoria Park is underway, with the first projects taking shape under the Rivers District master plan (RDMP) that was passed by city council in December 2018. Led by the Calgary Municipal Land Corp. (CMLC), the plan spells out a vision of east Victoria...www.crebnow.com
Colinfill
Active Member
Funny story but in Cantonese, the last name "Chu" sounds like pig and Sean sounds like "crazy". Therefore, Sean Chu is commonly referred to as "Crazy Pig" in the Calgary Chinese community.
DougB
Active Member
Won’t 17th extension require modifying Victoria Park Station?
MichaelS
Senior Member
I think so. Definitely the pedestrian ramp. When you look on Google Maps air photo, you see it is not a straight forward job.