Heather Campbell
@thatheatherc.bsky.social
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Same as before. Inspired, engaged, politicised, compassionate, engineer, and citizen of the world. Reader of banned books. Posts are usually awesome & always my own. Call me: she & her
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We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the pressing urgencies of the great cause of freedom … a time like this demands great leaders.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#MLK
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Literacy is a given at this point. I need to see how you think, watch how you develop & consider alternatives, how & to whom you listen & eventually how you arrive at a decision. All good to grab a statistic off the page, but show me how well you use the information about an issue in my community.
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💯 If you are a candidate for councillor, I want to understand how you think, on your own, when confronted with an issue you haven't prepared for or your party hasn't prepared for that impacts me or my community. I'm testing if you're future-fit, broadly capable, and a thoughtful person.
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As choral singers, we're taught to listen to each other to get through difficult parts. The amens in Sir John Rutter's "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" cause me to stop listening and count intensely lest I miss an entry (particularly with all the tenors absent from choir practice tonight). 🎶🎼🎵
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Black women straight up have to quote and lean on scripture (Isaiah 54:17) to navigate the weaponization of every system against them by the US government these days. Lawd Jesus.
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A grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday. James was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.
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That's COVID-19 vaccination no. 12 in the arm & an influenza shot too. 💥 I ask for the children's bandages because if I'm going to look ridiculous with bandages on my arm, I'd rather they not be Caucasian flesh tone. For Danielle, the registered nurse who administered the vaccinations, bless you.💉
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Somehow I'm getting text messages from the Sonya Sharp campaign?! I have never supported anyone in that camp. Strange. I responded to the text with reasons. I have an entire list that I haven't shared here, but trust me, no member of Sonya Sharp's party, Communities First, will receive my vote. 🗳
A text message from the Sonya Sharp campaign asking for my vote. I said no.
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In Calgary we also have public policy miracles that occur exclusively during the Calgary Stampede. My favourite? Calgary Transit is able to operate the CTrain 24-hours during the 10 days of the festival. The transit Gods can't do it on the other 355 days of the year in Calgary. It's a marvel!
Calgary Transit service

CTrain service runs before, during and after the parade. All downtown CTrain stations are within one block of the parade route.

Bus route detours become effective at 7 a.m. Transit service is adjusted on Parade Day, check the website for details.

24-hour CTrain service begins the evening of Thursday, July 3 and ends the morning of Monday, July 14.

For more information on Transit during the Stampede, visit Calgary Transit’s Stampede 101 webpage.
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@patriciatreble.bsky.social, we think alike. IMO, in Calgary, every city councillor + the mayor (with security) should have to take transit at a minimum once per week from their residence in the ward to work (i.e.: City Hall) & home. We would immediately have improved transit if they used it. 🚌🚉
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Yo, MOFs in the house! 💥👏🏾
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
A Nobel medal
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How do we get forums for the school board/trustees?

The mayor is one (1) vote on City Council. Look carefully at councillors too.

Please just vote. You can vote early, anywhere, right now during early voting.

Municipal election day is Monday, October 20.

Vote. It matters & your vote matters. 🗳
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Werklund Centre has accessibility features, I chair the building committee, so I totally know. We have the ability to have ASL interpretation on stage and captioning on the screen. There is also Bluetooth enabled assisted listening. Why wasn't any of this in place or active for this debate?
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Yes, the top 5 polling candidates were included. When is the debate with all the mayoral candidates - no matter how you are polling? There is at least one horrible man running that I personally wouldn't welcome into any public space, but how do we hear from the full selection of candidates?
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Deb Yedlin made a great point about the U of C's track record with startup companies. Gondek made a great & factual point that only 2% of capital is accessed by women entrepreneurs. I was disappointed no dialogue on the environment. Do Calgary's business leaders not value climate change mitigation?
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Jyoti Gondek & Brian Thiessen are the candidates of choice. Yes. I'm said it. Costs me nothing. I know both plus I can call both of these candidates friends.
Davison = slogans
Sharp = a vote for the UCP
Farkas = has grown & matured but may have more work to do.

My views, to which I'm entitled.