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Originally Posted by Dean2
Implosion does not appear to be far off.
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Agreed
Here is a portion of the Gunter article from today that outlines some of the reasons for the Manager leaving. Sohi's voting bloc is creating a lot of issues.
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"Apparently, the breaking point between Corbould, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi and council’s leftist majority came over New Year’s, with the dismantling of homeless encampments.
Breaking up the tent cities and moving the residents to shelters and treatment programs has been largely successful. At the very least, the camps have not reappeared, nor the drugs, crime and death that happens in them.
But the move on the camps was, according to city and provincial insiders, a plan devised largely by Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee, with input from and the blessing of Corbould.
Sources say that many on council were upset the “rights” of encampment residents were not respected, and the mayor is said to have been enraged that his Hawaii vacation was interrupted by images back home of police officers, paramedics and social workers dismantling camps and shepherding residents onto buses to take them to shelters.
That’s why Sohi, immediately after he returned home, encouraged council’s majority to declare a homelessness emergency.
Corbould, the mayor and council are also said to have been offside on an end-of-pandemic strategy, budget cuts (council favours more tax increases rather than deeper cuts), the camps and the closure of city hall for two months — two months! — after the amateurish terror attack in January."