Campaign Finance Fuss (Bill 203)
I may not be able to convince enough of my colleagues that municipal campaign finance reform is important, but the province gets it and I think the public will too.
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Bill 203 Summary
This is the brief I circulated via email to my colleagues on May 15th, two days after indicating at the May 13 Council meeting that I would propose a motion related to Bill 203. I am posting it here as a reference item to an accompanying article on campaign finance and disclosure and the blowout… Read More
Insecticide Inquiry from Twitter
Had an inquiry come in via Twitter from @ecoDomestica and @ChrisInEdmonton asking the following: Why is Dursban, an insecticide that kills frogs & tadpoles, being used as part of #yeg mosquito control program? I inquired with the city’s Office of the Environment and received the following information: There is no evidence that the amounts of… Read More
Scona Pool Inquiry
Councillor Anderson and I submitted a formal Administrative Inquiry this morning on the issues affecting the future of the pool as well as the proper process for dealing with a decision of this nature. We should receive it back to Council’s Community Services Committee in a few weeks. The text is as follows: Inquiry: Future… Read More
Budget 2009 Impacts
Council debated some significant revisions to the 2009 budget yesterday, which we needed to deal with before we establish the tax mill rates later this month. City revenues are down about $30 million because of slower building activity (resulting in lower permit fee revenue) and low interest rates on the cash we have in the bank.