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As soon as I heard about the financial plight of various Edmonton festivals, I turned to my husband and said, “Wait for it — the taxpayers will be on the hook for this, too.”
And sure enough, here came the headline “Mayor Sohi wants to ‘dig deeper’ to find ways to help Edmonton festivals facing financial struggles.” Mayor Sohi, how about digging deeper to find ways to help the beleaguered taxpayer?
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We are all for these amazing festivals in Edmonton, but if they cannot afford to continue in the same manner as previous years, they will need to face facts and make the appropriate adjustments. Their financial woes must not be solved by taxpayers.
Dawn Finnigan, Edmonton
Hiding public information wrong
Re. “Province again refuses to release results of pension consultations,” March 19
Did you hear that Alberta? We elected some people to represent each one of us in a governing body to get a job done for us. We hired them, we pay them, even if they hide in different parties. Hopefully, we convey our concerns and expectations to them and confer with them often. Basically we are their boss. Oddly enough, even the members of the other parties are their boss. Each and every one of them is responsible directly to us.
I find it unthinkable that an employee, or even several that have banded together, would even consider denying his or her employer information gathered in their line of duty, let alone do it. In my mind, there’s only one way to go from here. What do you think, Alberta?
G.A. Takats, Edmonton
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No to U.S.-style local politics
If our premier wants to have political parties in large municipalities then she, and anyone else in the UCP who supports this, can pack their bags and ill-conceived political agendas and move south of the 49th parallel. Albertans do not want nor need to have the crap and the horse road apples that we see in the politics in the United States right now.
Don Olenek, Sherwood Park
Nenshi lacks NDP connection
Naheed Nenshi is a good man with impressive credentials as a former Mount Royal professor and Calgary mayor. What is missing from his extensive resume is a deeply rooted, historical connection to the Alberta New Democratic Party he proposes to lead.
Harry B. Chase, Calgary
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