The Jameson | 53.95m | 17s | Open Sky | Acton Ostry

What do you think of this project?

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SMayo said:
It's pretty easy to point fingers at city council and say that this is their fault but it's also pretty disingenuous. I think the problem with his content now is that its from a perspective of "If I wouldn't have lost we wouldn't have these problems", which is the easiest position in the world to take because he will never have to back it up.
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Yeah. Or just the tone of everything being a conspiracy and simple to fix is frustrating. There’s definitely stuff the city could do better. But not everything is a shady scandal.
 
devobersver said:
Personally I find he has a tendency of just stiring the pot of things he disagrees with under the veil of "just asking questions". All his content is built on the premise of having his position and almost avoiding investigating why things may be done that way or limitations to Edmonton's responsibilities or powers.
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Maybe questions should sometimes be ask or problems highlighted. Are we just supposed to pretend this hole in the ground is fine and everything here is great, just because the messenger doesn't correspond to someone else's political view?
 
It's not about not asking the question. Having an open pit like this is terrible and embarrassing. It's about not purposefully misrepresenting the facts. You'll notice that everything Mr. Watson says is  technically correct, but spun in such a way that the City looks like they went out of their way to do things wrong. And the audience that eats this stuff up does not have the necessary background knowledge, context, nor the ability to get those things. Mr. Watson is what happens when YEGWave runs for Council and loses.
 
Blizzard said:
It's not about not asking the question. Having an open pit like this is terrible and embarrassing. It's about not purposefully misrepresenting the facts. You'll notice that everything Mr. Watson says is  technically correct, but spun in such a way that the City looks like they went out of their way to do things wrong. And the audience that eats this stuff up does not have the necessary background knowledge, context, nor the ability to get those things. Mr. Watson is what happens when YEGWave runs for Council and loses.
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Well if what he says is technically correct, then there is a real problem. Of course, one undeveloped site while unfortunate, is not the only or greatest problem the city has to deal with.

However, I get the sense his real crime here may be stirring the pot to much or embarrassing those who for whatever reasons haven't been able to deal with this or similar sites so far.

However, the civic election is over and there will not be one for several years, so not quite sure what else he really expects to accomplish, other than bring some attention to such problems.

So I would still say to those in our civic government, be smart and get on with fixing this and related problems, this is really the best way to make the problematic messenger go away.
 
David A said:
Well if what he says is technically correct, then there is a real problem. Of course, one undeveloped site while unfortunate, is not the only or greatest problem the city has to deal with.

However, I get the sense his real crime here may be stirring the pot to much or embarrassing those who for whatever reasons haven't been able to deal with this or similar sites so far.

However, the civic election is over and there will not be one for several years, so not quite sure what else he really expects to accomplish, other than bring some attention to such problems.

So I would still say to those in our civic government, be smart and get on with fixing this and related problems, this is really the best way to make the problematic messenger go away.
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He's building a base to gear up for round 2.
 
David A said:
Well if what he says is technically correct, then there is a real problem. Of course, one undeveloped site while unfortunate, is not the only or greatest problem the city has to deal with.

However, I get the sense his real crime here may be stirring the pot to much or embarrassing those who for whatever reasons haven't been able to deal with this or similar sites so far.

However, the civic election is over and there will not be one for several years, so not quite sure what else he really expects to accomplish, other than bring some attention to such problems.

So I would still say to those in our civic government, be smart and get on with fixing this and related problems, this is really the best way to make the problematic messenger go away.
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I only count 3 empty lots in that area.......BFD!!!!
 
Congratulations on a successful wetland restoration project 🎉

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To all Edmontonian apologists just think of this as an (arguably more interesting design) inverted 6-storey that has absolutely annihilated surface parking and has caused downtown to become more densified (elsewhere).
 
davcocom said:
I really cannot understand how City Council is planning on charging for Patios in DT (that actually help with vibrancy) cuz they need more money, but they're not taxing the heck out of these sites.
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The most obvious answer that comes to mind is because they are idiots. Perhaps a better and longer answer is the small businesses that have these patios can't easily fight back and don't fund their election campaigns like larger companies that pull this type of crap.
 
I believe the money for the patios previously came from the funds from photo radar. (Source: I heard it on Taproot.) It was part of an effort to improve streetscapes.

UCP curtailing photo radar meant a loss of millions to the city that was spent on improving our streets, making them safer and more enjoyable.

If you want to blame anyone, blame Devin Dreeshen.
 
So the City is using the program of photo radar to generate revenue and not to prevent speeding. That is the reason why the provincial government yanked the program.

Bottom line, the City should encourage more business activity and not charge crazy money to small businesses who are activating the dead streets.

City council is all messed up!!
 
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