Dirty Deeds...

An old ACDC tune springs to mind as I think about what is going on up in Ward 4... "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap"...

Up in Ward 4 incumbant Bob Hawkesworth is defending his title from Richard Evans and Alex Peterson.

Bob has a steller track record and is well thought of in Calgary. He's 56 years old and married. And politics is his passion.

I haven't heard too much (yet) out of Alex Peterson, but Richard Evans has been quite vocal - and I must admit that I dislike what I have been hearing out of him.

Let's start out with Alex Peterson. All that I was able to find was that he is a SAIT student who is 20 years old and single. No web presence, nothing.

And on to Richard Evans. He is a 35 year old married safety consultant. He's all over the web both on his campaign website and his personal website - and this is where it gets rather interesting.

It's no secret that Evans is backed by the PGIB, and he proudly (and loudly) proclaims himself to be a Conservative. (Much like his friend Craig Chandler he thinks that all true Albertans are Conservatives - I think he is in for a bit of a surprise).

Reading over Evan's campaign website I notice that he is trying to be a bit of a moderate. But it's when you surf over to his personal website that some of the fun begins. He has posted a most amusing little video animation that has a decided USA election feel ridiculing his opponent Bob. (Well, it's amusing to those under the age of seven). Somehow he thinks that making Bob look bad will make him look good. (Sorry Evans, that's not the way that we campaign in THIS city!).

He points out at the end of the video clip that Bob was a sitting NDP MLA prior to stepping forward to represent Ward 4 in Calgary. (I applaud! That's a GOOD thing - although Evans seems to feel that anything that is not conservative is also not good).

When you do a bit more digging on Evans, you also find that he has a track record on sites like Canadian-Cynic. And it's not a good track record. Go take a look here or here or here. This guy is downright creepy - and the way that he acts as childish predator towards anything he disagrees with... well, the less said the better.

Previous elections with McIver down in the south have shown that the PGIB plays as down and dirty as they can to get their candidates into positions of influence. Bad luck seems to happen to anyone running against their candidates - just talk to anyone who has run against Ric in the past. Strange details about opponents seem to be spread around, and rumours that are awfully difficult to fight get a bit of momentum. (It's always strange when the same rumour starts about four different candidates, but Ric seems immune from it). From what I have seen Evans seems to be cut from the same cloth.

Somehow I think that Ward 4 is going to be a nasty back alley fight set well to the soundtrack of "Dirty Deeds" as Evans pulls the dirty tricks and Hawksworth stands up straight and tall refusing to bow to the same level.