By way of the agenda for the March 14 City Council meeting, we have our first glimpse at what The City of Calgary’s Recall Process will look like. If you are holding out for #RecallChu the picture is grim. The most noticeable obstacle is the comically large threshold the Province
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DJ Kelly | Ward 4: Jim Button will never be gone
Jim Button is gone. While due to his terminal cancer diagnosis and inspiring openness about his cancer journey, we had plenty of time to prepare for this, it still leaves me deeply sad. Please read his final blog post and learn how important people and community were to him. Similarly,
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: My responses to the Province’s local elections and councillor accountability engagement
Today is the deadline for Albertans to submit their input as the provincial government develops updates to the Municipal Government Act and the Local Authorities Election Act on the topics of candidate eligibility, code of conduct rules, privacy of voter information, and the scope of third-party advertising rules. Below is the text of
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Opinion: The machine is always right in Alberta’s municipal elections — and that’s wrong
Originally published in the Calgary Herald Opinion section on November 30, 2021. The day after Calgary’s municipal elections, the results said I lost Ward 4 by 52 votes. With it that close, I felt compelled to request a recount, just to be sure. What I thought would be a simple
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Release: DJ Kelly forced to withdraw application for Ward 4 Calgary City Council election judicial recount
For Immediate Release: November 25, 2021 – Calgary, Alberta DJ Kelly, candidate for Calgary City Council in Ward 4, is announcing the formal withdrawal of the judicial recount application for the Ward 4 results in the 2021 Calgary Municipal Election. A November 19 legal conference with Justice Davidson made clear
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Ward 4 judicial recount request filed
Last week I filed an application for a judicial recount of the recent election for councillor in Ward 4 and today we’ve heard the application has been received. The way that the Local Authorities Election Act is currently written this process appears to be the only mechanism to allow scrutineers
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Request for a recount
Ward 4 has its unofficial results and the gap between the incumbent and myself is only 52 votes. We are in the process of making an application for a recount under the Local Authorities Elections Act. We are very fortunate to live in a democratic society where every vote counts,
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Statement on the case against Councillor Chu
Today I was made aware of the CBC story about the incumbent Ward 4 councillor, Sean Chu. This is deeply upsetting. Let us focus on the victim – a teenage girl who was assaulted not only by an adult, but a police officer, someone children are taught they can trust.
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Bike Calgary survey responses
Do you commit to ensuring the 5A network receives the necessary personnel and budgetary support to achieve the objectives set out in the plan? Yes. A fully integrated mobility network is crucial to the health and success of every community. Building any infrastructure needs to be prioritized against all needs,
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Choose Change. Vote For Results.
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Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: A Journey to Truth and Reconciliation
And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all I often think of this lyric from K’naan’s “Take A Minute”. The concept is as old as Socrates, but there’s something about his underlying beats and the rest of the song that gives
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: DJ on “I F-ing Need To Talk To You!” podcast
DJ recently appeared on the “I F-ing Need To Talk To…” podcast with hosts Russell Stratton and Ken Cameron. “I’m excited to share a conversation with Ward 4 candidate and brilliant polymath DJ Kelly. I’ve always been energized by my conversations with this dude and I’m so excited to be able to
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: DJ on the “Cross Border Interview” podcast
DJ recently appeared on the Cross Border Interview podcast hosted by Christopher Brown. “DJ Kelly is running to be the next councillor for Ward 4 in the city of Calgary. Kelly says that we have to be honest and that Calgary is facing a lot of change right now. Kelly
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Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Interview with Danielle Smith for Common Sense Calgary
DJ was invited to be interviewed by Common Sense Calgary to be interviewed by Danielle Smith. You can view their conversation below. … The post Interview with Danielle Smith for Common Sense Calgary appeared first on DJ Kelly | Ward 4.
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: Let the Dairy Queen return
Every single morning my daughter and I walk past the site of a former Dairy Queen on Centre Street on the way to her bus stop. We often talk about the fire that ended its life. One day it was there, the next there were fire trucks and the next
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: What the heck is CivicCamp?
Who’s behind these pencils? Where do pencils get their funding from? Pencils are nothing but a left-wing propaganda machine. One pencil wrote in cursive once so all pencils obviously can only be used the same way! I’m sorry, but I can’t help but play this game whenever I hear some
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: You need to stop telling people what to do
Telling people what to do versus creating an environment that’s easy for them to figure out what they should do is probably the greatest leadership struggle I’ve encountered. I myself struggle with this nearly every single day and I’ve seen many, many others do the same. The benefits of the
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: Discipline and ‘stuff’
Good ideas come and go. Some of us have difficulty with the ‘coming’ of ideas – we work hard at having good ones and thinking them through – however everyone has difficulty with the ‘going’ of ideas. Implementing has a way to make a quitter out of many. When the
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: #abvote Predictions
What’s an election without a couple of predictions? And to avoid any of that “I said that would happen!”/”No you didn’t!” stuff I thought I’d write down a few of mine. (And instead revel in the multiple “Boy, was that guy way off!” that will no doubt come my way.) So
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