The Recall Petition Process and What Comes Next
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Choose Change. Vote For Results.
I’m running to be your Ward 4 City Councillor with solutions for the future of Calgary. … The post Choose Change. Vote For Results. appeared first on DJ Kelly |…
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…
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.…
List of campaign supporters released
… The post List of campaign supporters released appeared first on DJ 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
#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…