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Calgary’s water main may be fixed but Calgary city hall is not fixed. They are still stinking up the joint
Calgary’s water main may be fixed but Calgary city hall is not fixed. They are still stinking up the joint
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Calgary city hall.
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On those days when they are not listening to you they are the Cowtown Kremlin.
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On those days when they are just being stupid or just playing their political games they are the infamous Big Blue Playpen.
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They have been given failing report cards for years. A poll in late 2023 told them they were the worst crew ever.
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They don’t care. After all, somehow they always survive.
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They shuffle the deck chairs but too many times city hall’s Good Ship Lollipop turns into the Titanic.
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With an election this fall they want you to forget.
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Forget how Calgary taxpayers deserve a much better city hall.
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Sadly, to them, you are the ATM. They push the buttons, you cough up the cash.
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You do not talk back.
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A year ago, a water main broke. Dark clouds formed over Blue Sky City.
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Don’t get me going on that lame excuse for a taxpayer-funded city tag line.
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City hall was given the chance to provide an explanation of what was up but they did not explain. City hall rarely explains. They speak, you listen.
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And they sure as hell are not in the habit of taking any responsibility.
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Calgarians were already pissed off. City hall was coming off their latest idiot brainwave. The bogus bag bylaw. City council only deep-sixed that adventure in bossing you around when their ears could no longer stand the outrage.
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A petition circulated to fire Gondek.
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With the broken pipe, Mayor Jyoti Gondek slammed the provincial government. Huh? Then she apologized.
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There was a failure to communicate but city hall does not see failing to communicate as a failure.
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Stop! What’s this popping up? Blanket rezoning goes to court.
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Yes, blanket rezoning, a huge example of them telling you what’s good for you and then plugging their ears if you push back.
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Then we hear there is a water pipe fix by Canada Day. Sorry, more breaks in the pipe but crap happens, we are told.
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There is dithering about having a real look-see into what happened.
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Bang! Sonya Sharp, the councillor representing the northwest ward hit hard by the water pipe fiasco, tells us what goes on at Calgary city hall is chaos.
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What the …?
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A new poll finds seven out of 100 Calgarians strongly approve of Gondek. The mayor’s approval sinks to a new low.