Welcome To St. Albert - A City In Serious Trouble
23/12/2011 02:45
Out Of Touch With
Residents Concerns?
As city council nears the mid-way point in their term, it appears they are wildly out of touch and out of step with the wishes of St. Albert voters.
So says two recent polls on the subject of a 2.8% increase in residential taxes and an outright gouging of a 9.5% increase in utility rates. A Gazette poll on the subject has 81% of respondents calling for tax cuts, not increases and our poll here showed 93% felt the same way:
This council and the mayor in particular are raising the ire of the people of St. Albert with over spending and social engineering that are being widely condemned by a large portion of local residents. This council is seen as anti-business and sticking its nose where it doesn't belong.
Sticky issues grow with each passing month that residents are not happy with including:
* Opening a Starbuck franchise at $ervu$ Place seen as direct competition to local business
* Penalizing city business owners with exorbitant portable sign fees far higher than any other area municipality
* Beautifying St. Albert Trail when there is no pressure from locals to do so
* Trying to evict visitors to the city and displaced Slave Lake residents from parking RVs at Walmart
* Enacting bylaws to social engineer drug paraphernalia within city limits
* Pushing an unpopular DARP program that residents want nothing to do with
The list grows every time 'Git Outta Town' Crouse has another 'vision' as he keeps slinging mud at business and residents alike in the hopes that some of it may stick.
ONUS NOW ON COUNCILLORS TO REIN IN MAYOR
This council, and particularly this mayor whether he realizes it or not, are fast becoming the most reviled ever to hold office in the city. It's not too late to turn this around, but it requires some sober second thought.
It is time city councillors themselves reined in this mayor, along with spending, stop social engineering, and show some respect for the people who elected them. It is squarely on their shoulders to stop this runaway train. Are they concerned enough to act, or will they be lemmings and follow 'Git Outta Town' Crouse down the road to ruin? We shall see.
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Intruder attacked sleeping victim - Edmonton Sun
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Thanks to regular reader Joyce Boutette of the city for alerting us to this Christmas piece.
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Today's Chuckle: The Baptist Cowboy
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The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado. When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."
The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."
"Hasn't affected my brothers though."
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10 Things You Likely Don't Know About This Christmas Show
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And yet 46 years later, few fans know about its rocky beginnings that were fraught with much frustration and cynicism by the network executives who commissioned it and the producers who fought so hard to preserve Schulz's humour and pathos.
In celebration of the special's annual TV airing, here are some things you might not know about 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.'
Stuff You Might Not Know
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