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David A
Senior Member
This is ridiculous, but I really don't see the point of council meeting and voting on things at this point, with an election in a month or so.
Everything becomes political and any decisions that the incoming council does like will probably be changed. Time to wrap this sh*t up.
fromyeg
Active Member
How do you cut taxes by 22% while increasing the police budget? (The largest item in the City’s budget.)
It makes no sense.
I listened to Omar Mohammad on Jespersen today. He was saying 98-99% of people in Edmonton get around by car. Obviously wrong.
He wants to limit mid block infill to 6 units (fair enough) but wants to mandate the building of one parking spot per unit.
It makes no sense.
Cartmell has consistently proposed ideas that make no sense (infill moratorium and BRT to replace Valley Line West LRT come to mind.)
I don’t know Walters well enough.
Is he a serious candidate?
Knack seems like the only guy who is grounded in reality and isn’t coming up with half baked promises of cutting/freezing taxes without any plan of how they would do so.
archited
Senior Member
I'm talking about P3 investments where the City is essentially a silent partner and those where there are substantial incomes from patent issuances.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
policyenthusiast
Active Member
I wonder what would happen if Council amended the zoning bylaw to be more lax regarding setbacks for garages. Mandated parking spots or not, developers want to have the option to provide parking, especially with alley access.
TAS
Senior Member
Cartmell and Jaffer announce they both want all city workers back in office full-time.
The two campaigns seem really close in policy.
If elected, I wonder if they will order everyone back 5 days a week almost immediately or if they will wait until the bridge projects and LRT/Jasper Ave projects are complete - otherwise they are just adding to the massive traffic congestion and commute times and inefficency.
The two campaigns seem really close in policy.
If elected, I wonder if they will order everyone back 5 days a week almost immediately or if they will wait until the bridge projects and LRT/Jasper Ave projects are complete - otherwise they are just adding to the massive traffic congestion and commute times and inefficency.
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TAS
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Edmonton mayor candidates at odds on return-to-work mandates for city employees | Watch News Videos Online
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Knack notes that Cartmell/Jaffer's back to office policy can't happen due to contract signed with workers.
So how is back to office policy going to work?
Friendmonton
Active Member
More and more, Knack is the only one who is realistic. The rest of the field is just such amateur hour.
kcantor
Senior Member
policyenthusiast
Active Member
I was going to ask the same question. Administration does not report to council, and the remote work mandate was ratified by the union.Edmonton mayor candidates at odds on return-to-work mandates for city employees | Watch News Videos Online
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Knack notes that Cartmell/Jaffer's back to office policy can't happen due to contract signed with workers.
So how is back to office policy going to work?
We're getting to the stage in the election where people are just saying whatever they think sounds good, regardless of the facts.
ntt1
Active Member
Unfortunately, that might not matter to a lot of potential voters.
TAS
Senior Member
Seriously I don't think there are any city employees that don't have to come into the office at least a couple of days a week - certainly the higher ups do. And many city employees - transit drivers, parks and maintenance are on the road much of the day.
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fjordgard
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Ministry of Podcasts: Episode 2
Podcast Episode · The Strategists · 2025-09-19 · 51m
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In the last 2-3 minutes of this podcast, Stephen Carter, who is managing the Tim Cartmell/Better Edmonton campaign, appears to refer to the whole campaign as a tire fire. You love to see it.
TAS
Senior Member
I know in Finland - where some reps from Oulu came here for the winter bike conference in 2024 - they put in practice such a plan. Maintenance crews that were contracted to do snow removal on their extensive bike network, as one example, were required to also ride those paths as the public would and report on it based on some key accessibility factors. It provided a high level of quality control.