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What follows was a guest column Vue Weekly invited me to write about Council’s budget deliberations last December: I was one of nine councilors who voted in favour of the final 2009 city budget and I appreciate the opportunity provided by Vue to explain why I voted as I did. My vote was in support… Read More
This is the Edmonton Examiner column as I submitted it in September 2008. I am posting it in July of 2010 but backdating it to the time of writing. It is posted for reference. Members of city council received a technical briefing last week on a proposed way of attacking the city’s decaying local roads, … Read More
Again, apologies for the hiatus. I have been, as you might expect, incredibly busy. I was sworn in last week, and since have had the chance to participate in a public hearing, bring greetings to an arts group (FAVA) and a youth group (the City’s Youth Council). We’ve also had a number of informative briefings… Read More
The last few days have been utter mayhem, though certainly of the good sort. Yesterday (the day after Election Day) started with a visit to City TV at 6:30 am, then to CBC radio for 7:15. Following which the phone didn’t stop ringing until virtually every media outlet in town had contacted me. Amidst the… Read More