{"id":2183,"date":"2009-03-06T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2009-03-06T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T23:58:00","slug":"this-week-in-alberta-its-miller-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2183","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Alberta – It’s Miller Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judy Wilson is out and Rick Miller is in as David Swann’s<\/span> new Chief of Staff<\/a>. I don’t know Judy well, but I welcome this move.<\/p>\n

I got to know Rick when he was my MLA<\/span> for the two years I spent up in Edmonton, and I could immediately tell he was is a guy who has political sense oozing out of his ears. As a former caucus whip and party president, he understands the party and he understands politics so I expect him to steer Swann<\/span> in a more pragmatic direction than the new ALP leader might otherwise be inclined to wander.<\/p>\n

IN OTHER NEWS…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My good friend Rob Anders will be facing, yet another, nomination battle<\/a>. There were some wild schenanigans<\/span><\/a> last time around so hopefully this turns into a fair fight – Anders was nearly knocked off by in 2004 when the vote went several ballots, so defeating him isn’t impossible.<\/p>\n

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Calgary lawyer Donna Kennedy-Glans, who has started a campaign to vie for Calgary West MP Rob Anders’ Conservative nomination, said today she can take whatever names Anders throws at her.<\/p>\n

He calls her a “bona<\/span> fide<\/span> Liberal.” She says she’s been a Conservative longer than Anders.<\/p>\n

“I fully expected he would call me something. I’m just glad he hasn’t called me a feminist lawyer yet,” Kennedy-Glans quipped.<\/p>\n

“Feminist lawyer,” are words Anders used in December 2003 to describe Alberta’s Justice Minister Alison Redford, who was then trying to claim the federal Tory nomination from him.
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ALSO…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s not only Liberals who are considering a name change! The Alberta Greens are also mulling over a name change<\/a>. In the interests of helping them out, I’ve taken the liberty of suggesting a few alternatives you can vote on:<\/p>\n

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What Should the Alberta Greens Call Themselves?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gold Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Purple Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Hot Pink Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Mauve Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Taupe Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Chartreuse Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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See Results<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judy Wilson is out and Rick Miller is in as David Swann’s new Chief of Staff. I don’t know Judy well, but I welcome this move. I got to know Rick when he was my MLA for the two years I spent up in Edmonton, and I could immediately tell he was is a guy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}