While on my travels in the United States, I rediscovered the value of HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) Lanes, where people car-pooling car drive with less traffic congestion. I think that such lanes would be a valuable addition to cities in Canada that do not have them, such as Calgary or Edmonton. This would create an …
Category Archive: Municipal
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20
Jul
16
A comparison of proposed chemical bans
Yesterday, Calgary city council decided (8-7) to ask the city bureaucracy to put together a plan to ban chemical pesticides. They not only directed that the bylaw ban pesticides, herbicide and fungicides for residential use, but even commerical use by firms that have a permit from the province or federal government. It also removes any …
Oct
05
Calgary Election – Public Transit Problems
OK, so in a couple of weeks less than 20% of Calgary residents will trudge to a polling centre and vote in municipal elections. In all likelihood His Worship Dave Bronconnier will be re-elected mayor, along with the rest of the socialists currently sitting on city council (hopefully Rick McIver will be re-elected – he’s …
Jun
16
On Affordable Housing
Recently, there have been many news stories on radio, television and in print regarding the lack of affordable housing in Alberta (and Calgary in particular – although it applies to most large municipalities). The news stories have also covered the proposals of various groups and governments to deal with this problem. First, I agree that …
Jan
10
The private sector should be doing this…
The City of Calgary is considering how to meet the demand for more ice sheets for people to play hockey, figure skate, etc. The existing rinks are overloaded due to the rapid population growth, and as most city rinks are owned and operated by the City, they seem to think the solution is more city …
Jul
10
School Maintenance in Calgary
Recently, as has been reported in the Calgary media, many of the older schools in the city require significant maintenance to bring them back up to a level that would make the schools useable. Minister tours schools with leaky roofs, plastic bags on windows The Calgary Board of Education and many pundits have indicated that …
Mar
17
More Bad Government in Calgary
Calgary’s city council, led by Dave Bronconnier, in the past week has done a few things that will lead to increased government spending, increased bureaucracy, and limited benefit to Calgarians. Cat Bylaw – The city is going to register all cats, like they do dogs. They are going to charge cat owners $15 per cat …
Sep
17
What is wrong with Calgarians?
How is it that the people of Calgary as a generic whole vote in Conservative members both federally and provincially, yet elect tax and spend Liberals to run the city??? Mayor Dave Bronconnier wasted $67,000 of taxpayers money this last week sending out a pamplet to every household in the city, and airing radio commercials …