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Municipal Politics

TAS said:
As we know, the province provided $330 million to Calgary for their arena deal and Edmonton was looking for (promised?) parody with that.

The funding the province has offered (phase 1) for the OEG event centre and other Ice District money plus demo of Coliseum was $187 Million.

Knack made a motion approved today to have council's weight/support behind mayor to push for a second phase of provincial money for the equivalent of what YYC got (so another $143 Million).

The deal for phase 1 projects hasnt been approved yet but apparently that is coming forward soon for a council decision. Here's the motion that was made and approved.
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Is there a close to shovel-ready City project they could request specific funding for? UCP seems most interested in putting funding behind high visibility, larger scale capital projects.

In a better world the $ differential goes toward a major joint venture redevelopment of the RAM site.
 
northlands said:
Is there a close to shovel-ready City project they could request specific funding for? UCP seems most interested in putting funding behind high visibility, larger scale capital projects.

In a better world the $ differential goes toward a major joint venture redevelopment of the RAM site.
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I hear the UCP is looking to make a larger capital investment in our active transportation network. In seriousness, there is a great active transportation project the city had to shelve due to budget - the pedestrian bridge across the street from Hotel Mac.

Or it could go outside downtown into Rossdale to get Power Plant activate or Touch the Water kickstarted.

Or maybe top up student housing accelerator by another $15 million to add some housing in the Quarters or other areas.
 
Tim Cartmell is trying to explode my brain by making errors in every single piece of correspondence he sends out.

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Have we learned much more about Pye's policy positions? His website signals that he's not reflexively anti-infill, but not much else. I'll hold my nose and vote for Stevenson if I have to, but I'd love to have someone else to consider.
 
constance_chlore said:
Have we learned much more about Pye's policy positions? His website signals that he's not reflexively anti-infill, but not much else. I'll hold my nose and vote for Stevenson if I have to, but I'd love to have someone else to consider.
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Here is a recent forum. I'm a bit surprised by his seemingly laclustre campaign so far.

 
constance_chlore said:
Have we learned much more about Pye's policy positions? His website signals that he's not reflexively anti-infill, but not much else. I'll hold my nose and vote for Stevenson if I have to, but I'd love to have someone else to consider.
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Anne won’t get my vote this time. I was hopeful her background in administration would allow her to take stronger positions and challenge administration when needed without accepting everything administration put forward at face value. From my perspective there was little if any value add for taxpayers over the course of her term (not that she was alone in that regard).
 
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Her bio is pretty much what you would want AI to generate for the ideal, urban-progressive candidate persona:

After graduating high school, Anne spent 10 years studying, working, and travelling abroad. She received an undergraduate in International Development and Economics at Trent University, which included a year abroad in Ghana. She then went on to pursue a Masters degree in City Design at the London School of Economics and started a career in urban planning in the UK. Following 5 years overseas, Anne moved to Vancouver where she worked in industrial land use planning at Port Metro Vancouver.

Anne was excited to return to Edmonton in 2012 to take a position at the City of Edmonton. She spent 7 years working on a range of planning projects while also volunteering on the board of the Right at Home Housing Society. In 2019, Anne left the City to join Right at Home full-time to focus on delivering a range of affordable housing solutions to meet the diverse needs of our community. She was thrilled to be elected to Edmonton City Council in October 2021.

Anne lives in Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) with her partner and daughter.

What a disappointment...
 
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