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I actually agree with Farkas on this one. What a waste of money.
Farkas went on a spirit quest of sorts (hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to raise money for Big Brothers and Sisters), and came back a much more understanding and thoughtful guy.
He's still a conservative, but he's closer to a Clark con, rather than a Harper con now. Seems mostly like a changed man, but I'm still suspicious of the Harper-brain taking over if he gets into power again.
I don't know much about the guy's track record in council. But I did tune into the debate before the mayoral election, and two things stood out. First, was that he sounded incredibly reasonable, which was a surprise to me as my leftist echo chamber had me thinking he was an extremist. Second, the whole debate was respectful, sane, and that all the candidates seemed to want the best for the city.
Municipal political partisanship will destroy what seems to me to be the last bastion of cooperative politics in the country, which is a real shame.