First Ten Days Recap
The Campaign has settled into a nice rhythm of door knocking and appearances. It didn’t occur to me until this week but having done this before makes a huge difference. I am continuing to learn from people at their doorstep and have been able to solve some local issues for people as well that I wouldn’t have known about otherwise.
Yesterday I spoke to a very bright and inquisitive group of grade six students from Ecole St. Stanislaus who are studying government. I make these kinds of visits throughout the year but they tend to be especially captivated when there’s actually an election on. Our conversation was wide-ranging but the most poignant was a discussion about diversity on City Council, particularly the underrepresentation of women and visible minorities. I have been thinking about that one and will come back to it with a blog post.
We were waiting for our main piece of literature to come back from the printers and now the big flyer push can begin. It sure is nice having volunteers to handle the bulk of that – means they don’t get lost in with the pizza flyers and other bulk mail delivered by Canada Post.
Meanwhile the duties of a councillor haven’t stopped entirely – tomorrow I have to attend the Capital Region Board transit committee meeting to review the regional priority list for provincial Green Trip grant applications. Don’t mind though, that one’s for a good cause.
Now off to the Shaw forum taping followed by the NextGen/InterVivos Candi{date} forum, which I’ll be a bit late for.
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Don Iveson
1. What is happening with Epcor and Capital Power. Who is Capital Power and why is Epcor selling our generating stations to Capital Power?
2. We have many routes running into the Leger Station at all times of the day, with little or no ridership. Why are we running a Cadillac transit system. Who is minding the store??
3. Why was the planning so poor for the Century Place station, as to not have enough cars (for the LRT) nor, enough parking for those who park at the site. I understand we have many people from outlying area such as Leduc and Beaumont, driving to this site, which Edmonton taxpayers are on the hook for. Is there anything being done for a Greater Edmonton Transportation agreement between our outlying cities and towns?
4. How effective is our council at keeping the budgetary process manageable at the council level as opposed to the administration calling the complete shots. Every year the administration comes in with a double digit start to the process and walks away with 5 or 7 percent increases, when taxpayers are facing layoffs, no raises or 2 percent increases. Where has there been any example of belt tightening by this administration. Maybe the frills need to go, as opposed to the necessary infastructure. Where is the line between taxation and user fees being drawn?
Thank you
Bruce Ashton