Disclosure of Contributions: 2010 Campaign
I’m proud of my record on pursuing municipal campaign finance reform (see here, here and here). In Calgary, a good number of campaigns have agreed to disclose their funding in advance of the election, and I expect this will become common practice here in the future.
I see value in being transparent about the donations we’ve accepted prior to election day, so my team and I have decided to close off donations today at noon (the last business day of the campaign) and post the tally. We believe it is accurate, but reserve the right to amend it if we discover an error prior to filing our official disclosure statement.
I think it’s important to disclose where the funds came from that helped run this campaign. By law all candidates must do this, win or lose, but not until long after election day.
Other than selling tickets to fundraising events, none of these contributions were solicited. These are simply people and groups who support my vision and would like to see me re-elected.
Consistent with the recent changes to the Local Authorities Election Act, donations $100 and greater must be identified; donations less than $100 need only be totalled together. We have presented the information in this format. It is downloadable as a pdf here.
$215.84 worth of Alley Kat beer…a re-election celebration keg party planned? Haha.
Thanks for being open and transparent. If you were in my ward, I’d vote for you.
Weren’t you the one who wanted a carbon tax?
Also ever consulted the residents near 111 street abot the road rage you created?
The full comment was that we won’t make real progress on greenhouse gas emissions reductions until other orders of government institute a price on GHG emissions, such as cap and trade or a carbon tax.
I’ve spoken to many people about 111st. Most agree that it has improved. Many have gotten used to it. All are pleased to learn that the Transportation Department is connecting major intersections throughout the city to the central traffic computer. The system also integrates sensors and cameras that allow for monitoring of traffic counts and flow from downtown and in turn will allow for remote changes to signal timing. Because the system is centrally computer controlled instead of independently controlled at each intersection it will also be possible to make changes for an afternoon around an accident, for example, or to adjust timing to deal with a persistent issue at a given time of day. This is scheduled to come on-line later this year or early next. It’s not specific to South LRT, it’s a city-wide initiative. But it should improve conditions at those intersections.