Item: Aldermen to hire their own communications official this fall. If having a political boss is fun, having 14 political bosses must be 14 times as fun! Here?s how we imagine it would unfold in the pages of the lucky staffer?s diary.
Day 1: So excited to be starting work in Old City Hall, with our council! I have a good feeling it will be at least as exciting as my last role, in communications for the city?s Geographic Information and Geomatics branch. Fewer maps, though. Sigh.
Day 2: Ald. Richard Pootmans (he?s really tall!) gave me my first task: proofreading his ward update and posting it to Calgary.ca. I would have taken out more of his references to ?win-win? initiatives, but there wouldn?t have been much left in the update.
Day 3: I?ve heard so much about Gian-Carlo Carra, and finally got to meet him, photos of his new son in tow. He talked about the video work he wants to do with me. And also something about the new urbanism, whatever that is.
Day 5: Andre Chabot came and asked if I can teach him how to ?get on that Facebook.? Surprised he isn?t using it already.
Day 8: Thank goodness Brian Pincott came by this afternoon to chat about my Folk Fest button. He saved me from Part 2 of Lowe?s financial risk lecture.
Day 10: I don?t think I?ve ever looked forward to a weekend this much.
Day 11: What capers Dale Hodges has been muttering about, I may never know. I wish he?d stop asking me to install Windows on his IBM 386 computer.
Day 12: Advised Shane Keating and Peter Demong against participating in a charity half-pipe skate-off at the McKenzie Towne skate park. Keating took more persuading.
Day 15: I thought Ray Jones told the newspaper he likely wouldn?t use the communications aide? Now he wants a communications strategy to deal with 13 cranky Temple homeowners whose road isn?t plowed yet. My snarky key message: ?Just wait a few more days. It?s October. It?s gonna melt.?
Day 17: The 311 call report for Ward 8 includes five different people praising John Mar for his attendance at a Shaganappi dog park opening. At least two of them sound suspiciously like John Mar in falsetto.
Day 19: I wrote in a news release that Gael MacLeod represents Coventry Hills, when that?s in Jim Stevenson?s ward. The amount of text she managed to fit onto that scolding sticky note was downright artful.
Day 25: Attended the groundbreaking. It was more than a tad optimistic.
Day 27: I?ve taken up smoking to get a few more breaks. A good way to get to know Demong. He?s still somewhat bitter about my skateboarding advice.
Day 36: Chabot has asked me to investigate why he?s been blocked from Facebook. He?s now asking about Twitter; maybe it?s best that I beg off that task.
Day 40: Druh Farrell gave me an early Christmas present. A Peace Bridge T-shirt. Hey, that reminds me: I have a bunch of stuff for the Salvation Army dropbox.
Day 41: I forgot to put the phrase ?pause for effect? into parentheses in Pincott?s speech on sustainable homebuilding ? with very, very humorous results, the mayor?s staff tells me.
Day 46: I?ve trimmed down Gian-Carlo?s 4,000-word newsletter for the Ogden newsletter to nearly 1,500 ? but still about double the length they asked for.
Day 47: Inserted passage about new urbanism into Ogden newsletter essay, at GC?s request. Back at 2,500 words.
Day 56: They?re called tweets, Jim. Not? I don?t even feel comfortable writing that in my diary.
Day 63: Two oil companies have called back for interviews, and four others still say they?re looking at my resum?. Fingers crossed.
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