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3 I: J% ?, y4 n! R- m- RFang Hu, originally from Shanghai, China, is a former engineer with a strong message — though it’s difficult to ascertain exactly what that message is from his online presence.
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4 R, c( p( R0 ]: R! {His current Facebook status reads “Let us lobby the government to abbolish the election deposit, let me be the Mayor of Edmonton to change the city of most discrimination in America.”
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Below that his Facebook feed is a long list of tirades against the American government, the province of Alberta, and Albertan churches.. R, g) B: O7 U8 S
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Several attempts to contact Hu Friday went unanswered.
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/ u, Q7 b5 e4 R$ _Mayor Stephen Mandel — who has not had a chance to meet Hu — says every year there seems to be a candidate or two who run simply to tout their own directive or push an agenda.
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“One year we had a homophobic guy who ran,” he noted.
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7 t9 p6 g+ k% N0 y" |% l“The challenge is the criteria to run for mayor is pretty minimal — you end up giving these people platform for their message — however realistic or unrealistic it is.”" f& h4 @. s, t7 M& g" H
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He says he’s tried — and failed — to get council to raise the mayoral candidacy deposit in an effort to deter those who are not running serious campaigns.! a q3 f( k2 @- L a! W( ~
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“I do believe there should be a little more difficult to run,” he said, although he says it’s a great thing that anyone can run for council.
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. p3 E1 y9 s4 u* a' @ E“I’m not trying to diminish the democratic process, but we don’t want to allow it to be under-valued either.” |
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