Calgary members! Read this!

[Black95]

I am posting this email I received to help those who have not yet decided who to vote for in the Calgary municipal elections. If motorsports are important to you, this may be information that you need.

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From: Rick Francescone [mailto:r.francescone@calgarymotorsportsassociation.ca]
Sent: October-16-10 9:07 PM
To: r.francescone@calgarymotorsportsassociation.ca
Subject: Save Calgary Racing
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Dear Motorsport Enthusiasts
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Over the past 3 years, the Calgary motorsport community has been threatened with the loss of Race City Motorsport Park.* Somewhere along the way, city administration lost sight of the fact that Race City is an important venue to maintain for Calgarians, and they made other plans for the city-owned land that Race City occupies.* By the time that these plans were communicated to Race City owner Art Mackenzie, the public, and city council, administration had progressed so far down this path that it seemed Race City was doomed.
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The motorsports community has banded together through the Motorsports Council of Calgary to oppose the termination of the Race City lease with the City of Calgary.* We have so far received support from about half of the aldermen, led by alderman and now candidate for mayor, Ric McIvor.
Council did not support a lease extension in Feb 2009, but Ric McIver tried again and on Sept 28 2009 city council directed city administration to work out a deal to extend the lease with Race City to 2015, which resulted in another two year deal (2010 - 2011).
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It is important that we continue to support aldermanic candidates and a mayor that support Race City and/or motorsports in the City of Calgary.
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This Monday October 18, we collectively have the opportunity to reach another milestone in the battle to maintain a motorsports venue in Calgary.
Our research shows that we have the opportunity to elect a motorsport friendly City Council.* While we held a slim majority in the past, we were missing the most important part, a motorsports friendly mayor.
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We urge you, and your family and friends to get out and Vote for Ric McIver for Mayor, and vote for the motorsport friendly Alderman that represents the ward you live in. Visit www.motorsportcouncilofcalgary.ca for further info.
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The Aldermanic picks are as follows:
Ward 1: Dale Hodges
Ward 2: Joe Magliocca
Ward 3: Jim Stevenson
Ward 4: Brad Northcott
Ward 5: Ray Jones
Ward 6: Brent Mielke
Ward 7: Kevin Taylor
Ward 8: John Mar
Ward 9: Mike Pal
Ward 10: Andre Chabot
Ward 11: James Maxim
Ward 12: Roger Crowe
Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart
Ward 14: Richard Dur
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Your vote is important, and the future of motorsports in Calgary depends on it.
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Sincerely,
Motorsport Council of Calgary

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[Flateric]

Yup, I've been all over this with everyone I know in my area and other wards. It's such a frustration knowing that the previous city council didn't want or even begin to realize the businesses and people that NEED and enjoy motorsports in our city just to survive. Not to mention the results of not having a track would bring from the younger crowd that would then also become street racers.

Hell, even the city police here know we need this track and to close it would simply be stupid.

It should also be appreciated that Race City means a lot more than just motor sports to our city.

Vote!

 

[Jeff Lange]

While I can support motorsport in Calgary, I also think there are many other issues that should be considered before choosing who to vote for. Voting for someone simply because they supported motorsport without considering their entire platform is foolish. Not saying I agree or disagree with anything else he did, he may be the best at everything, I'm just saying you should find out first before voting on a single issue.

That being said, the voting is over anyways, lol.

Jeff

 

[Black95]

Again, the information was not my words. It was simply intended to supply another piece of information to the informed / misinformed voter that may have been sitting on the edge.

But like you say, it's all academic now.

 

[Flateric]

oh god, please tell me this turned out good for this issue.

 

[Keros]

Again, the information was not my words. It was simply intended to supply another piece of information to the informed / misinformed voter that may have been sitting on the edge.

But like you say, it's all academic now.

If you're gonna post something, stand behind it. Yeah Jeff has a point, but all of the names named in that list are solid political figures. In no way would I ever back down from admitting I voted for Ric McIver, and would again. Nenshi wouldn't know a piston from a connecting rod so don't expect a single nickle to come around when anyone lobbies for City Council to help build a new track after they rip up our old one to make room for a bigger garbage dump.

The best part of being pessimistic is that you're either proven right or happily proven wrong. I hope I'm wrong, but the closest thing to a platform on motorsports that our new mayor had is "Calgary has bigger problems", and he also previously made his position on Race City clear in his column a year ago, criticising why the City was even arguing over it and putting down anyone who supported it.

oh god, please tell me this turned out good for this issue.

We're screwed.