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Inquiry: Open Data

October 14th, 2009 in 2007-2010 Term, A functional city, A profitable and prosperous city, Education & Innovation

Today I submitted the following formal inquiry to city administration. It will likely come back to Council’s Executive Committee early next year. Mack Male and others connected to Change Camp and Bar/Demo Camp have been advocating for this and I’ve been reading about other Canadian projects, like Vancouver’s. In local, national and sub-national governments around… Read More

River Valley and Ravine Setbacks – a.k.a “Top of Bank” [UPDATED]

October 8th, 2009 in 2007-2010 Term, A city with better housing & transportation choices, An environmentally responsible city, Smarter Planning

[UPDATE on outcome at end of post.] The city needs a new policy for dealing with urban development along the edge of the river valley and ravine system. [Background here.] The latest draft came to City Council’s Executive Committee today. We have about 22km of such edges remaining in the city where development may occur… Read More

Lucy, Bob and Bill

September 15th, 2009 in 2007-2010 Term, A beautiful city, Parks & Recreation

Last week we received a much-publicized letter from William Shatner asking the city to move Lucy, the Asian elephant at the Valley Zoo, to a sanctuary. His letter added to a sustained campaign, headlined by the estimable Bob Barker, to get Lucy moved out of Edmonton. We’ve also received hundreds of emails from around the… Read More