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Earlier in February, the provincial government enacted most of the provisions of MLA Jeff Johnson’s 2009 Legislative Session private member’s Bill 203, the Local Authorities Election (Finance and Contribution Disclosure) Act. I had previously requested a report on what Bill 203 could mean for Edmonton, as well as on changes that Calgary had enacted in the fall;… Read More
We – Edmonton City Council – need to change the city’s Winter Road Maintenance Policy. City staff are for the most part achieving the 48 hour response target on main roads and bus routes, and they are doing exactly what they are supposed to do under the policy for residential side streets, which is to… Read More
A quick follow up to a previous post about my Open Data inquiry. The inquiry response report came to Executive Committee yesterday and was well received by the mayor and other councillors who attended. In essence, the report says the City is working hard on opening up as much data as it can in keeping… Read More
[This post is back dated to appear in order and correspond to the time. It was posted for reference in July of 2010.] Council’s budget deliberations in December of 2009 resulted in a 5% tax increase that came into effect for 2010. 2% of that was dedicated toward the fund established to fix sidewalks, curbs… Read More
What follows is my January contribution to the Edmonton Examiner’s gracious ‘Councillor Connection‘ column space which rotates among us. Since the Examiner is split run (there are, I believe, seven different versions, each localized to different parts of the city) people outside the South West would not see this. But I thought it might be… Read More