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Old 01-12-2024, 01:31 PM   #2166
timun
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Pfff, just a bunch of vapid, populist piffle from council's resident Conservative boob.

This council was always going to be unpopular; btimbit and I said as much a couple years ago:

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I'm willing to cut this council some slack just because we knew ahead of time that this was going to be a very tough stretch for the city. Not a coincidence a lot of the former council left when they did
Yeah, the previous councillors who didn't run for re-election saw the writing on the wall: they knew this council was in for a rough ride and they got out while the going was good.
I especially had to laugh at the parting remarks at the end of the op-ed:

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“I could be quiet and go along and get along and just get re-elected over and over and over again. A councillor told me that. He’s been there for a while.

“Just stay under the radar. Go along and get along.

“I said: You mean sell out? I’m not going to do that.”
Buddy, you're a bought-and-paid-for shill. You'd sold out just to get yourself elected. 'Member how you got fined about a year ago by Elections Alberta for taking illegal corporate donations during your election campaign? 'Member how you got sanctioned four weeks ago for calling into meetings from the ####ing golf course? I 'member...
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