Municipal Politics

[Whattagame]

Yeah, but the mayor who makes more than the Premier and most other big city mayors, and council seem to be at level 7, or maybe level 10!

I'm not against ever compensating officials well, but I don't think the current results justify such a level of pay.

Also, it is very hard to set an example or lead when you both make much more than most employees and are getting a bigger increase that what is being offered to them.

This would have been a good time for more restraint, but the politicians who currently lead our city are remarkably tone deaf and somehow insulated from reality.

I don't know if the process is airtight in terms of being influenced by people on council, but the current system of third-party salary review is the correct one.
https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/defau...al_Report_2020_Attachment_1.pdf?cb=1710455580

 

[Gronk!]

I'm assuming the members still have to vote on the tentative agreement.

Library workers are separate negotiations which continue.

A tentative agreement for EPL workers was reached late yesterday.

 

[TAS]

Glad Sohi is still pushing this issue. The city can't let this drop.

 

[Gronk!]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770091270595043536

 

[Gus Haynes]

Whether or not she's attending that particular UCP fundraiser in her "capacity" as a city councilor seems a bit debatable, but I'm more disappointed that she would do this in the first place, even in an "unofficial" or "personal" capacity.

 

[trevorhayden]

She needs to resign immediately or be barred from re-election for life.

 

[Gronk!]

To be honest I had no idea Sarah Hamilton was still around. She was a rising star during Don Iveson's last term as Mayor but she's been quiet since the last election.

 

[trevorhayden]

Too busy planning to run for the UCP.

 

[Gronk!]

Edmonton city councillor Hamilton's involvement in UCP fundraiser questioned

Edmonton city councillors are raising questions after Coun. Sarah Hamilton participated in a UCP fundraiser as a panelist.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[trevorhayden]

She in deep doodoo

 

[David A]

Probably did not look very good when she rushed out during an important discussion about an impending employee strike to a fundraiser, when a number of other councilors had cancelled their plans for that evening.

 

[The_Cat]

Do UCP at the Royal Glenora Club?

 

[Gronk!]

PSA - City Hall re-opens to the public

City Hall re-opens to the public March 20, 2024 City Hall has entered the last phase of re-opening and will re-open to the public on March 25. The City of Edmonton welcomes back community members and

myemail.constantcontact.com

 

[David A]

Keith Gerein: What's behind Alberta's unpopular push into municipal parties?

UCP political opportunism lies behind the move toward civic parties, but the NDP and certain city politicians are providing justification.

edmontonjournal.com

Gerein isn't wrong, party meddling in municipal elections helped bring this about.

I realize his focus is Edmonton, but lest we forget conservatives in Calgary were working over time (and still are) to defeat those considered too progressive, so other parties are just as guilty too.

Hamilton rushing off to the UCP fundraiser is still not a good look, but perhaps the important debate went better without her being there.

 

[BASE]

I am about as fed up with partisan politics as I've ever been but shouldn't the people decide? If people want to run for a party or independent I think they should have the right to do so. Or is the issue around not being able to compete independently with party funding which I can see being an obstacle.