[Surrealplaces]

I'll say it, Farkas has been a good mayor to date. Pragmatic, his response to this and the Free Fare Zone news has been strong.

Farkas has been a different mayor than many expected. I'm happy with his stance on the free fare zone and the bike lanes. I'm not happy he wanted to repeal the blanket zoning, but at least he is concerned with sprawl and is pushing for repeal and replace.

 

[Colinfill]

I also appreciate that he is willing to go to bat with the UCP and their clear overreach

 

[outoftheice]

My big concern with Farkas is that he hasn't shown that he is willing to back up his rhetoric with actions. For example, he campaigned on repeal and replace when it comes to blanket rezoning. So ya, we have the repeal but there has been zero action or leadership on replace from him.

The best we've got from Farkas is a few comments that Local Area Plans should be part of the solution and that zoning should be changed to conform with the LAP. Again, sounds reasonable, and yet yesterday he joined in on voting down an HGO application close to Westbrook that conformed with the LAP. So once again, there is a giant gap between his words and his actions.

I worry this is the trend we will see from him where he says things that sound great to moderates but then he'll take steps that undermines those stances when he votes on issues at Council when he thinks people won't notice or can give him a win with the conservative crowd.

Specific to the bike lane conversation, he seems to be supportive but his comments focus on getting kids to school so I can totally see him also voting to remove some of the downtown network if/when it comes to that. Lots of both sides-ing

 

[CalgaryTiger]

I have an idea... give up a portion of Stephen Ave as a bike lane and give them a win when in reality at least up until 4th Street SW. I found in my riding days it was pretty cumbersome dodging people to begin with. My alternative would be a multi-use tied into the sidewalk and curb on the southside of 9th Ave beginning with a link to the river pathway system along Pumphouse Ave under Bow trail. Could be room for a bus lane along 9th too. I'd like to do the same multi-use on northside of 6th Ave. That could mean giving up 3rd Ave, but I think if you use the idea to call it something other than a bike lane, like someone else had, would be a good way to bring others, like those who use the scooters and share bikes, onside.

Now that could be and likely is completely idiotic since we know their goal isn't to be reasonable and there would be no give and take.

 

[Surrealplaces]

My big concern with Farkas is that he hasn't shown that he is willing to back up his rhetoric with actions. For example, he campaigned on repeal and replace when it comes to blanket rezoning. So ya, we have the repeal but there has been zero action or leadership on replace from him.

The best we've got from Farkas is a few comments that Local Area Plans should be part of the solution and that zoning should be changed to conform with the LAP. Again, sounds reasonable, and yet yesterday he joined in on voting down an HGO application close to Westbrook that conformed with the LAP. So once again, there is a giant gap between his words and his actions.

I worry this is the trend we will see from him where he says things that sound great to moderates but then he'll take steps that undermines those stances when he votes on issues at Council when he thinks people won't notice or can give him a win with the conservative crowd.

Specific to the bike lane conversation, he seems to be supportive but his comments focus on getting kids to school so I can totally see him also voting to remove some of the downtown network if/when it comes to that. Lots of both sides-ing

Time will tell the true nature of Farkas. I feel comfort that at least he's sounding supportive for things like repeal and replace or bike lanes. We know with Sharpe, who was nothing more than a UCP shill that she would have followed in lock step with everything the UCP was pushing.

 

[trtcttc]

Time will tell the true nature of Farkas. I feel comfort that at least he's sounding supportive for things like repeal and replace or bike lanes. We know with Sharpe, who was nothing more than a UCP shill that she would have followed in lock step with everything the UCP was pushing.

He's also been in office for less than a year. To have a replace plan ready immediately was probably unlikely. I think he's been a responsible mayor, unfortunately repeal blanket rezoning had overwhelming support within the residents of the city, and he ensured we kept the HAF funds while repealing the plan, compared to some mayors that simply said f it to the funding to keep their jobs.