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The following ran in last week’s Edmonton Examiner as part of our monthly ‘Councillor Connection’ column. It is reproduced here for reference. Last week Council established 2011 budget guidelines for City Administration to work towards. As with last year, Council set a target for an overall tax increase of 5% for 2011. I recognize that… 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
A report arrived at Council today on how any future decisions would be made regarding the sale or transfer of major assets still in EPCOR that Edmontonians depend on. The report responded to a motion I put forward in the summer asking for this information. [Download the report here.] [Clarification added Oct 3: Just to… Read More
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