He’s throwing the punches now.

In the past, Mayor Jeromy Farkas hasn’t actually dropped the gloves on the subject of bike lanes even though the new-look mayor supports them and listens to the people who support them.

Presumably the people who voted for Farkas in the mayor’s race, including his many supporters in the south suburbs, also back bike lanes and more of them.

Now Farkas drops the gloves.

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In a question-and-answer session this week with newshounds at Calgary city hall, Farkas takes on the government led by Premier Danielle Smith.

The mayor slams politicians who “think they’re Ralph Klein but act like Justin Trudeau.”

He’s obviously talking about Devin Dreeshen, Smith’s no-nonsense point man on bike lanes. He does not name him.

Farkas says Calgary city council should be making decisions on bike lanes.

He says Smith’s crew don’t like Ottawa muscling in on the Alberta government but, the mayor claims, they are “punching down” on local governments like Calgary’s council.

Farkas is just warming up. He must have gulped down some high-powered granola this day.

When the mayor talks about locking Calgary families into having two or three vehicles and making them more car-dependent, and making things more expensive when they could pull off a........

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