Community volunteer, compassionate conservative engaged in local issues.
Calgary, AB
Joined May 2009
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It’s not often that a person gets the chance to follow their passion!
I just wanted to send out a quick thank you for all the messages and notes of encouragement today. While the election result was definately not what we wanted, I appreciate the kind words.
Also, as of writing this, the winner of Ward 12 is too close to call and likely will
need a recount. I want to offer my congratulations to either Sarah Ferguson or Mike Jamieson on their win today.
I also want to thank my family for standing behind me and encouraging me every step of the way. When I decided to run for city council in the spring, they were 100 percent on board and I couldn’t have considered this without them. Becky has been my rock through this and learned more about politics and people true nature more than she probsbly ever wanted to. It was crucial to me that I showed Kyron and Austin that you have to stand up for what you believe in and take risks in life.
I learned a lot during this campaign. A lot about myself, a lot about my friendships and a lot about life. It was truly and eye opener for me and it’s amazing to learn some of these lessons at 48 years old.
While I am disappointed that I let people down by not winning this campaign, I am proud of what we were able to accomplish. We had a very small donation base and zero volunteers, which is unheard of in a campaign. In fact, Kyron was my only volunteer ( and huge thanks to Jaxon for helping lit drop) and I am extremely proud of how hard he worked and how passionate he was.
Thank you to everyone that had the courage to support me publicly, voted for me, helped by sharing my content, taking a lawn sign, donating to my campaign and encouraging me over the past 5 months. I will never forget it.
I am not sure of what my next steps are yet, or where my next adventure begins.
Thanks again! It was an experience of a lifetime.
Shane
Quick beer at @fourdogs_sales on 1St Street before Kyron’s concert tonight. Cool spot! I used to love this street (and the Taz Nightclub) back in 1995. Hahah. #yyc
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What a way to go!! 🕺🏻 🪩
California man, 97, dies at his own birthday party moments after dancing to Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' trib.al/5DwKmb8
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Hey #yeg Come grab a beer this Sunday! Kyron is performing! Use “Kbye10dive” for discount tix! #yegmusic tinyurl.com/ym9v2pt3
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NDP Johnny P seems a lot different than what he ran on. #yyccc
Councillor Pantazopoulos needs to decide who he works for: the bureaucracy or Calgarians. If he wants to run to be mayor next term, he has to answer that question fast.
He fought hardest against the government employee disclosure list and is now opposing basic financial transparency. When public-sector unions and administrators push back against sunlight, the pattern is clear: protect the machine, not the people paying for it. Basic economics is not complicated. When taxpayers and businesses leave for greener grass, the tax base shrinks. That means less money for infrastructure and less capacity to fund the vanity projects he supports.
His vote against a modest 2.4% reduction across five departments last November is what prompted a closer look at how the money is actually spent. Getting data from a single department took months. What turned up shows that far more than 2.4% can be cut without touching frontline services. That is not speculation; it is what the partial records already reveal.
A one-time $100,000 and a 150K annual review of a multi-billion-dollar operating budget is cheap insurance before Council locks in a four-year plan that will raise property taxes and utility rates for families and businesses. Livestreamed meetings and published votes provide process transparency. They let the public watch Council debate administration’s summaries. They do not replace Council actually seeing the line items so it can ask better questions and direct limited dollars to the highest priorities.
If the current materials were sufficient to identify savings, the non-priority spending already visible in the partial data would not have stood out so clearly. Rejecting a line-by-line view means heading into budget deliberations with incomplete evidence.
Taxpayers in Ward 6 and across Calgary will live with the consequences if Council approves spending requests it has not fully scrutinized.
My god. David Eby is a year older than me?? I thought he was way older. Maybe just because he seems so boring and old. 🤣🤣🤣
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Eby is just barely hanging on to his seat. If he loses, does he still get to keep his $10 daycare?? 🤣🤣🤣 #BCElection2026
