Calgary ( Rajeev Sharma): Sonya Sharp, Calgary city councillor in Ward 1, announced on Monday night she is running for the mayor’s chair in the City of Calgary’s civic election on October 20. Sharp joins incumbent Mayor Jyoti Gondek, former mayoral candidate and city councillor Jeff Davison, former city councillor, and mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas and former Calgary police commissioner Brian Thiesen as mayoral candidates in the fall election.
Sonya sharp said many Calgarians feel that city hall is increasingly out of touch and on the wrong track, people feel the majority of this council doesn’t listen or care about many of their biggest concerns and often make decisions despite them, rather than for them and the city shouldn’t be run like a big corporation; it should be run like a great local government.
Sharp grew up in northwest Calgary and has had a connection to the city for years, starting with her first job as a lifeguard at Shouldice Park, then moving onto a job helping Calgarians navigate through the bureaucracy at city hall and most recently as councillor in Ward 1, a position she won in the 20121 municipal election. Sharp stated that Calgarians need to be reconnected back to their local government and calgarian’ll see the results every day. A safe train ride, potholes filled, snow cleared, and water running when people need it. She said she respect the investment people make in our city with your tax dollars.
Sharp is running under the banner of the Communities First municipal party, which last week was officially certified as a political party. Other members of the party include Cllrs. Andre Chabot (ward 10), Dan McLean (ward 13), Rob Ward (ward 11), Cornelia Wiebe (ward 8) Terry Wong (ward 7), former Cllr. John Mar I(Ward 6) and Kim Tyers, who is running for council in Sharp’s ward 1.
She added Calgarians want real results on the everyday issues that matter most to them, not ideological-driven ideas that ignore them.
