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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Originally Posted by timun
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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...