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’Reese Witherspoon is an actor. I’m the real deal,’ says Jeromy Farkas, in a curious column about a curious race to be Calgary’s mayor
‘Reese Witherspoon is an actor. I’m the real deal,’ says Jeromy Farkas, in a curious column about a curious race to be Calgary’s mayor
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A right jab, a left hook.
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Jeromy Farkas gets it from both sides in the fight to be Calgary’s mayor.
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Lefties come out with their fists of fury.
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These self-styled urban progressives are often steamed even when the people they support run the show down at Calgary city hall.
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They are called Project Calgary. For them, the new Jeromy Farkas is the same as the old Jeromy Farkas.
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For them, there is no new Farkas even though the former councillor says he has learned some lessons over the past four years.
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There is only the never-changing Farkas they love to loathe, the Farkas who sat on city council, the Farkas who ran and lost the race for mayor to Jyoti Gondek in 2021.
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On their dartboard, Farkas is the bullseye where you can always aim the angry dart.
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They point to stuff from the last election campaign, comparing Farkas to former premier Jason Kenney, another figure on their long Love to Loathe list. They say there are six similarities between the two. You can look them up.
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They ask: Is Calgary prepared for a Mayor Kenney?
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They dust off the history books and link Farkas to Reform party founder Preston Manning and the Manning Centre. Farkas once worked at the Manning Centre. Preston Manning is also on their political hate … er … hit list.
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Closer to the present, they say Farkas and his hike of the Pacific Crest Trail for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary was the same hike as the one taken by the character played by Reese Witherspoon in the movie Wild.
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They say Farkas was “channelling his inner Reese Witherspoon” as he was “retreading the physical and emotional footsteps of her character in the 2014 movie Wild.”
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It was part of “a public image rehabilitation campaign.”
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They also say Farkas wants to repeal blanket rezoning and this makes them most unhappy.
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Looking at their website it’s hard to say who they despise more, Farkas or Alberta transportation minister Devin Dreeshen. They also don’t like cranky columnists
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Then there’s Communities First, a city political party with Sonya Sharp, a councillor, as their candidate for mayor.
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They have a few bones to pick with Farkas.