On January 2, 2020, the City mailed out over 500,000 assessment notices. These notices are also available online through the City’s myID. Assessment information can be found on the City’s website at http://www.calgary.ca/assessment. The City encourages residents to sign up for e-notices through myID. This will cut down on paper, reducing costs as well as […]
The Council transition allowance needs a change. I’ve said it before. I’m saying it now. However, there are a number of unique circumstance for Councillors that I will get into that leaves me disagreeing with the assessment that it should be outright scrapped. This is something that has been brought up before and I stand […]
So all of a sudden retirement allowances are in the news, despite this being something I have been working on for the better part of two years. Since it came up at committee on Tuesday, let’s take a look at the work that’s been going on. At the July 23, 2018 Council meeting, I made […]
Even when we do the right thing, we’re wrong Despite what you may have heard, Council did in fact approve an effective 0% change to the City’s operational budget. Before I get into the details, here’s an interesting tweet from an individual who has been very active in the political scene for a long time: […]
As a City Councillor, I have to wear at the very least two hats. The first hat is to represent the citizens of Ward 12. It’s the people in the communities of Riverbend, Quarry Park, Douglas Glen, McKenzie Towne, New Brighton, Copperfield, Mahogany, Auburn Bay, Cranston, Shepard and Seton that decided they wanted me to […]
If you have followed the course of my career as Ward 12’s representative, you know that I have been the fiercest advocate for the Green Line. After the news from the provincial budget came out regarding the Province’s third of the project’s costs, I was devastated and made comments suggesting I don’t know if I […]
The Green Line is the biggest infrastructure project in Calgary’s history and as such, it has also been the single-most engaged project in Calgary’s history. That engagement happened a little while ago now, perhaps an eternity ago in some people’s minds and has led to some forgetting some key details. There’s even been some rumblings […]
Today I’m sure you heard that Council defeated Cllr. Farkas’ “urgent” notice of motion regarding the reporting of City payments over $10,000. That’s at least the narrative being pushed, but that’s not the case. The notice of motion itself was not defeated, it was more a defeat of the manner in which it was brought […]
Recently, I shared that Council had passed some bylaw changes regarding transportation in our city back in March. It was shared this week because on September 1, a new safe passing bylaw for passing cyclists will go into effect. These social media posts spurred some questions so I thought I would try and provide a […]
The City and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) have agreed to a deal in principle for a new Event Centre that will help spur development of the City’s Cultural and Entertainment District within the Rivers District Master Plan. I recognize that the timing of this is not great, considering the budget talks we […]