Inflation in Calgary for families should not be exasperated by a City Council gone mad with spending. Everyone - families, small businesses, and large corporations - is cutting back spending, why should the city be any different? I suspect I will not be the only resident and taxpayer to feel this way.
Bronco and Ward 1 alderman Dale Hodges have lost my vote if this huge increase goes ahead.
Contact the Mayor
Contact your Alderman (or whatever they call themselves this week!)
UPDATE:
1. My letter to the editor to the Calgary Sun was printed.
2. I received an email today (04November2008) from the Constituent Assistant to Alderman Hodges responding to the email that I sent. I am a little flabergasted that Mr. Hodges had more important things to do than vote on spending $25 million on pedestrian bridges. As the email explicitly states that:
This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and co-operation.
I will paraphrase the content.
- Thank you for the comments.
- THE ALDERMAN WAS NOT PRESENT IN CHAMBERS AT THE TIME OF THE VOTE ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES!
There better be a damn good reason why Hodges was absent from an important vote, where Ric McIver was looking for support for the quashing of the designer pedestrian bridges. Even a doctor's note should not suffice. Could he not vote in proxy?
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