The political battleground of Calgary has some new attack signs — erected by the Alberta NDP on public property across the city — featuring United Conservative Party (UCP) leader Danielle Smith.."Fear and smear is all they have, so yeah, they’re playing it as hard as they can and who knows, it may work. It shouldn’t, but it may," a UCP source said.."They have no record of their own to campaign on, they were useless in government, they just don’t know how. All they know how to do is say 'public' a lot and count on getting a free ride from the media — and again, it may work. What I do know is, if the media covered them fairly, they would be out of this race from the start.".The NDP signs feature Smith on top of a weather vane with stormy clouds in the background and state: "Danielle Smith. What will she do next?"."We’ve seen in the first few days Rachel Notley offer absolutely squat to Albertans in terms of policy," another UCP source told the Western Standard.."Instead, their big solution was to litter signs on public property and call that a win. Even the CBC was throwing their hands up today at the NDP train wreck that continues.".And it's not only signs, the Alberta NDP also have full billboards, radio ads and front-page ads in newspapers to get their message out..Edmonton CBC News reported, "The Notley NDP, meanwhile, spent heavily from its caucus budget to buy an ad that covered the Calgary Herald's whole front page last week. The message? The NDP would keep the Canada Pension Plan in place for Albertans."."That's some serious coin spent on a declaration a party would keep the status quo. But it's a status quo New Democrats obviously believe the public wants maintained," Edmonton CBC News said..READ MORE: POT, MEET KETTLE: Notley slams Smith for 'hiding' from the media, still refuses to answer WS questions.Notley says UCP leader Danielle Smith is "hiding" from media, even as she continues to refuse to answer questions from the Western Standard..On Tuesday, Notley took to Twitter to air frustrations with Smith "hiding" from media.."Danielle Smith is hiding from the media on Day 2 of a provincial election campaign," Notley said.."She’s applying for a job and failing to show up for the interview.".However, Notley still refuses to answer questions from the Western Standard.
