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03-27-2024, 11:38 AM
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City of Edmonton -- Provincial Audit
Interesting article.
If this is even being whispered in the back corridors the problem with the Edmonton Council and administration is bigger than the public is generally aware of.
From project failures with non disclosure agreements on settlements, to the electric bus fiasco, bike lanes are more important than day shelter space for the homeless, no focus on municipal issues -- more interested in climate change, civic debt and a significant increase in taxes yet keeping climate change money spread across city departments, not budgeting for the union agreements, now the bus fleet needing replacement, pet projects --- the laundry list of issues is long with no end in sight.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...ls/ar-BB1kD08J
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03-27-2024, 11:46 AM
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City is likely effectively insolvent as we speak. Lotsa people jumping ship. Catastrophically messed up council. Woke sunny ways people in charge will tend to have that outcome.
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03-27-2024, 11:57 AM
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In both Edmonton and Calgary, NDP leaning or card carrying NDP are the City Counsellors or Mayor.
Not a problem if they remember that the core services are streets, sewer, water, parks, etc.
There is a petition to recall the Calgary Mayor, and at this point there is about 200,000 signatures. However, her position is that she will not step down even if the Organizers get the required number of signatures.
Democracy means nothing to these people. THEY HAVE AN AGENDA!!!
Glad to see that the Province is finally remembering that Municipalities are the Creature of the Province (No Constitutional basis) and it is the Province who has to control its creature, even if that means kicking out City Council.
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03-27-2024, 01:03 PM
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In both Edmonton and Calgary, NDP leaning or card carrying NDP are the City Counsellors or Mayor
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Initially I was not supportive of declared parties or slates of candidates declaring the same intention -- I have switched over and support a change to allow this to occur.
We had the NDP - MLA in our area openly campaigning for a candidate in our ward. We had the NDP trying to get candidates to not run against each other.
Now we have a block of councillors that vote with Sohi -- "Data shows six councillors form dominant Edmonton City Council voting block Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, along with Couns. Keren Tang, Andrew Knack, Aaron Paquette, Jo-Anne Wright, and Ashley Salvador all voted the same way more than three-quarters of the time and were each on the winning side of those votes more than 84 per cent of the time."
At no time in the last election was it known that this group was forming a voting block.
Our councillor is in this block and she is less than responsive to people in the ward on concerns. I know this from discussions with multiple people who have tried to reach her.
It was the same with Iveson. He had his core team and you either were on it and supported him. If not you were on the outside.
So lets just put all the charade away and have the blocks out in the open for people to be more aware of. Get blocks of candidates that are focused on municipal issues.
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03-27-2024, 02:38 PM
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would love to investigate and write a scathing report
unlike the govt clown who used to investigate municipalities decades ago, what was his name
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03-27-2024, 05:30 PM
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George Cuff and ass-ociates
never ever fired any municipal officials but did gymnastics saying,they have learned from,their mistakes and going forward we are confident they can,now,manage the affairs of the municipality
he was a woke before it was cooooool to be woke
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03-27-2024, 12:16 PM
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City is likely effectively insolvent as we speak. Lotsa people jumping ship. Catastrophically messed up council. Woke sunny ways people in charge will tend to have that outcome.
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Exactly, as is typical with socialists, they spend until they run out of other people's money, then they leave a mess for the next government.
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03-27-2024, 12:18 PM
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Kinda like the Medicine Hat crap that’s taking place.
Crazy but expected being politics and all.
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03-27-2024, 12:21 PM
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Kinda like the Medicine Hat crap that’s taking place.
Crazy but expected being politics and all.
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Similar with Chestermere
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...s-legal-battle
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03-27-2024, 12:54 PM
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UCP and Ms. Smith it’s a win, nothing to lose. None of those Provincial union, Municipal City of Edmonton, or Federal (CFB Namao, Penitentiary Canada) would vote conservative. Calgary Conservatives didn’t come out support UCP. However it’s turning around. UCP isn’t the crazed party, the media wants us to believe. Nenshi will be lost soul. He won’t be able to stuff the Olympic bid on Albertans. The bill always comes due. City of Vancouver finish paying off there 2010 Olympics debts? Took Montreal 30+ years. Debt is slavery, to the indebted (usually the Banksters). I do believe Alberta may have been one of the governments to actually pay off provincial debt during Klein era. Pain was required in public sector. Public sector has never forgiven Klein government. The choice was correct for majority of Albertans.
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03-28-2024, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 58thecat
Kinda like the Medicine Hat crap that’s taking place.
Crazy but expected being politics and all.
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The issue in Medicine Hat is simply head-butting between the City Manager and the Mayor; a situation in which the rest of Council supports the City Manager.
The situation in Edmonton shows a far greater degree of dysfunction.
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03-29-2024, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 58thecat
Kinda like the Medicine Hat crap that’s taking place.
Crazy but expected being politics and all.
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Under Gondek Calgary is following close behind.
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