[Whatup]

City of Edmonton has spent BILLIONS on new LRT lines. Only Americans would be dumb enough to undercut their own investments with free parking. We aren't Americans.

There is a lot of really smart Americans - look at all the innovation and technology that was invented there that you probably use every day, not to mention incredible contributions to music, literature, food, film etc that Americans have made. It seems like you are making a very narrow minded discriminatory comment - this is not very "progressive".

 

[johnnyboy]

Tempers flaring at today's council meeting - Sarah Hamilton telling Jo-Anne Wright, "Fuck you" (audio)

 

[fromyeg]

This post from Troy Pavlek made me laugh.

 

[johnnyboy]

^ of course Cartmell is at the UCP convention... probably looking for more donations to add to the half-million they've already given him. I wonder if Jaffer is there as well?

 

[inclusion]

come on man. Let your ideology have some nuance. Imagine running a business on 104st...

Its january, you live in Hazeldean. It's a 13min drive to Downtown...and you already own the car so most costs are sunk beyond a small gas expense. It's 35min for transit, which costs $7 and involves 7-10min walks on both the start and end of the trip in cold weather.

If parking is $5-10 downtown, you likely just hit up a spot on calgary trail/gateway or southgate for free parking. If it's free, you consider heading downtown still maybe.

Transit can't compete for most people, especially those with more buying power. Uni students, the elderly, and lower income transit users aren't keeping downtown restaurants and retail alive. The middle to upper class edmontontians and families with cars are still needed for most businesses to survive.

This is my wife and I. We live in a neighborhood 10-15 minutes from most downtown spots. I work 2 days in the office, sometimes 3 depending on what is needed. She is in five days a week. We drive together, I drop her off and then go pay for parking. On the days when I’m at home, I just drive her to work and usually pick her up. Cheaper to do this than us both having bus passes. I imagine many people that work hybrid are in this boat. We take the LRT to some events downtown if we have time, but driving is faster if we are in a crunch. The west LRT will be nice for some people, but the choice not to prioritize speed of that line will likely mean we choose to drive or even bike instead of take the train.

Say what you want about the belief in 15 minute communities, but our area has enough amenities that we will stay in our neighborhood or adjacent to it for eating rather than head downtown. We love eating good food and try tasting menus when travelling, but Edmonton doesn’t really have much on offer downtown relative to other areas of the city unlike many other cities even in Canada. With that said, we end up driving to those spots in Edmonton instead of taking transit. Free parking downtown on off hours is just another incentive to get people downtown and it does really need it for non event nights.

 

[TAS]

As he announced, Cartmell missed Tuesday's vote on infill due to planned vacation.

According to this, Cartmell has missed 59 meetings this term and as a result has missed votes on hundreds of items. Sometimes he was representing city at events like Stampede or at UCP talks. But, if accurate, that's a lot of missed meetings overall.

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[fromyeg]

 

[archited]

I believe that If Rachel Notley entered the mayoral race in Edmonton she would win hands down.

 

[trevorhayden]

That would be awesome!

 

[TAS]

I believe that If Rachel Notley entered the mayoral race in Edmonton she would win hands down.

I like that idea.

She would definitely boost profile of the city and bring a lot of strengths to the table.

Probably little chance of it happening, though.

 

[policyenthusiast]

As he announced, Cartmell missed Tuesday's vote on infill due to planned vacation.

According to this, Cartmell has missed 59 meetings this term and as a result has missed votes on hundreds of items. Sometimes he was representing city at events like Stampede or at UCP talks. But, if accurate, that's a lot of missed meetings overall.

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Worth noting from Troy's video is that in his past two terms, Knack missed zero votes (to my understanding).

 

[TAS]

Keith Gerein: Frustrated Cartmell was his own worst enemy during council's hearing on Edmonton infill

Edmonton mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell pitched a partial infill ban that went nowhere, then missed a key city council vote on limiting impacts to neighbourhoods

edmontonjournal.com

"... while (Cartmell) and other councillors undoubtedly need a break, if I was running for mayor, I would probably find a way to participate remotely in an issue that is clearly of major importance to Edmontonians. It’s especially galling that after supporting a six-unit maximum, he wasn’t there to cast the vote that would have ensured that outcome."

Pretty big fail on Cartmell's part.

 

[archited]

She would definitely boost profile of the city and bring a lot of strengths to the table.

Yes, and not the least of which would be encouraging a "do-something" slate of councillors to run. The current group of Councillors needs to be fired en masse (color me bitter from the dumb-ass vote re the cross river aerial tram)..

 

[Gronk!]

One of the City Councillors (Michael Janz) is a hardcore NDP supporter who voted against the gondola just to appease his union buddies in the EPS, and recently voted against the CRL extension because he didn't want to give money to a billionaire. What makes you all think Notley would be any different?

 

[David A]

Keith Gerein: Frustrated Cartmell was his own worst enemy during council's hearing on Edmonton infill

Edmonton mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell pitched a partial infill ban that went nowhere, then missed a key city council vote on limiting impacts to neighbourhoods

edmontonjournal.com

"... while (Cartmell) and other councillors undoubtedly need a break, if I was running for mayor, I would probably find a way to participate remotely in an issue that is clearly of major importance to Edmontonians. It’s especially galling that after supporting a six-unit maximum, he wasn’t there to cast the vote that would have ensured that outcome."

Pretty big fail on Cartmell's part.

Well at least our council is consistent - again no one comes out of this looking very good. Cartmell is just another bad apple in a bunch of bad apples.