Sean Chu is the councillor for Calgary’s Ward 4. He was re-elected for his third term in the recent civic election. It now appears that Councillor Chu has a skeleton in his closet. In 1997, when he was a 34-year-old police officer, he faced allegations involving a 16-year-old girl. He
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Views from the Beltline: Why can’t conservatives win the mayoralties of Alberta’s major cities?
Alberta’s reputation as a bastion of conservatism has been belied once again by the recent municipal elections. Both Calgary and Edmonton, which together make up over half the province’s population, elected progressive mayors. And in both cases they replace progressive mayors. Not only did they win, they won big. In
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 readingViews from the Beltline: Calgary remains in good hands
If there was a natural successor to retiring mayor Naheed Nenshi it would be Jyoti Gondek. Like Nenshi she is well educated (Ph.D. in urban sociology) with a thorough grasp of urban issues. Yesterday Calgarians, in their wisdom, chose her as their next mayor out of 26 aspiring candidates. Mayor-elect
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: 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
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: List of campaign supporters released
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Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Interview with Danielle Smith for Common Sense Calgary
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Continue reading52 Ideas: Calgary Municipal Election Candidates are ignoring the Elephant in the room
If you listen to Jyoti Gondek, Jeromy Farkas or Jeff Davison, you will hear a similar story. In fact, if you listen to most of the mayoral or council candidates, you will hear the same narrative: Calgary’s municipal administration is experiencing a problem of fiscal management and not a revenue
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Fair deal for Calgary?
The list of plebiscites Calgarians will be asked to vote on in the October municipal election is growing. The City will ask voters once again (this is a periodic exercise) to weigh in on fluoridating the water supply, and the provincial government is asking if equalization payments should be removed
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Rebooting Calgary’s downtown core
Calgary’s downtown core has long been a hive of commercial activity, a major energy centre in more ways than one. Not long ago the city had the second-highest number of head offices in the country. But in the evening it largely hollowed out, workers went home and citizens looking for
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Death of an elm
The idea that trees have personalities may be offensive to science, but sometimes they just do. Such is the massive elm that sits in the middle of a Calgary Stampede parking lot. It boldly claims its place in the universe as it has done for more than 120 years, a
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 readingViews from the Beltline: I’ll miss the mayor
I was surprised when Naheed Nenshi won Calgary’s mayoral race in 2010. The odds-on favourite, a well-known alderman, had been running for years and, due to his popularity with developers, had a huge war chest. However he failed to convince the public he had the right stuff to be a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tenille Bonogoure writes about the human costs of Canada’s choice to respond to a deadly infectious disease with polite deference rather than a determined effort to stamp it out. Matt Rivers notes that Brazil’s outright denial has led to even worse, including the
Continue reading52 Ideas: Within the decade, Electrification Technology will quickly impact the Alberta Economy & Athabascan Oil Sands
If I were the Mayor of Calgary, an Alberta MLA who goes to Edmonton or a MP for a riding in Alberta, the thing that would terrify me the most is the decreasing cost and improving efficiency of Electric Vehicle (EV) battery back technology. In reading OilPrice.com – a leading
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Anti-Mask Protests in Calgary:Tomfoolery at its Finest
Some of the people in Calgary, Alberta feel that their fundamental rights and freedoms are being taken away from them. (Excerpts from cbc.ca) “Hundreds marched through downtown Calgary on Saturday to protest against mandated masks and other public health measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the same day
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Albertans Want off the Oil Train … Eventually
A common opinion about Albertans is that when it comes to energy they are about oil and nothing but oil. Like most generalizations this contains some truth, but also like most generalizations it isn’t quite true. A CBC News poll, taken just before the pandemic changed everything, reported that 79
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