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		<title>Social Media in the recent Calgary election</title>
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Social Media in the recent Calgary election
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Formatting note- please click on the top button that reads &#8216;politics&#8217; to see a complete listing of blog entries.  You will need to read this post from that link in order to post comments.
My friend who was involved on the Higgins campaign recently sent out a draft of a blog entry he is working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/social-media-in-the-recent-calgary-election/</link>
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		<title>Six Good Questions</title>
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Six Good Questions
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Here are six good questions I was recently asked.
1) If you had been Alderman when the decision was made to build the bridge, would you have been for it, or against it? Would you have requested that the money be spent more effectively or would you have been on board with the construction of this bridge? What about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/six-good-questions/</link>
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		<title>Advance Voting</title>
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Advance Voting
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Election day starts today!  Well, sort of- advance polls are now open.  Get out and vote early- the more early voters the better.  Once you vote you can start hounding your friends and family to vote or you can spend your time helping out Sled Island and Broken City founder Zak Pashak by volunteering to help his team.
Let&#8217;s get this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/advance-voting/</link>
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		<title>The pit solution</title>
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How to fix the pit:
for people who like reading about policy
The city needs clear, easy to understand policies that are evenly enforced. When situations like the open pit on 4th st (known as &#8216;the Strategic Site&#8217;) happen it should be a cue to councillors that they need to start looking at policies that can be implemented to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/the-pit-solution/</link>
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		<title>Goals in Office</title>
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Whew!  It&#8217;s been busy times, but great times on the campaign trail.
On the door step I am finding a lot of people who are responsive to my ideas for better inner city activation and vibrancy and are supportive of the campaign.  I am learning that dog parks are a concern for some residents, especially those in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/goals-in-office/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on key election issues</title>
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A major focus for me in this election is that the city of Calgary asked us what kind of city we wanted, we told them, they did up the plans, and then the Aldermen voted to change those plans without saying much more in some cases than that the UDI (a Calgary developer think tank/ lobby [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/thoughts-on-key-election-issues/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Peace Bridge</title>
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Of the core issues in the coming election it seems that the Peace Bridge has left the strongest mark on voter&#8217;s minds.
As someone looking to unseat an incumbent Alderman the outrage over Peace Bridge could be seen as something to score some easy points on.  I find something uncomfortable about this though.
I am excited for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/2010-election-issues-peace-bridge-vs-___________/</link>
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		<title>Food carts</title>
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I was recently sent this press release from a friend in Vancouver.  I would love to see this type of initiative happen in Calgary.  Food carts are great street life activators and they can help celebrate our multiculturalism and build local pride.
City of Vancouver
News release
July 9, 2010
International flavours offered for Vancouver streets
Close to 800 applications and food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/food-carts/</link>
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		<title>Campaign Updates</title>
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Hello,
Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m up to these days.  With Sled Island being done for another year its time to move full tilt into the campaign.  We will be announcing the official launch of the campaign and the team in late July, to be followed by some small fundraisers and then larger awareness raisers closer to the election.
Donations and volunteer requests [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/campaign-updates/</link>
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		<title>Sled Island intro</title>
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Hi everyone.  I&#8217;ve been putting the campaign on a slight pause while I work on setting up Sled Island- a music festival that some friends and I started four years ago in an effort to make summer time Calgary as fun as possible.  We are going to print with our program guide this weekend and I&#8217;ve been working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zakpashak.com/politics/98/</link>
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