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Our esteemed city council imposed the single-use bylaw upon business owners to help keep single-use items out of the landfills. I applaud our council for their eco sense but question why they allow developers to bulldoze perfectly good doors, windows, appliances and functioning housing parts simply because it is cheaper than salvaging them.
As I passed the Eau Claire Market site I saw the start of the destruction of the River Run condos . . . how much will become landfill fodder? Will city council ensure that the developers have removed and reused all possible components — perhaps in the affordable housing projects?
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The city expropriated these buildings and, as such, should be following its own mandate for reducing landfill waste.
Barb Renaud, Calgary
Trump got what he was due — justice
Donald Trump’s hackneyed plea, “If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,” not only fails to clearly identify “they,” but also, rather than expressing a grievance, states a truism that has guided American democracy for 250 years — that no one is above the law.
In the face of felony charges, the American legal system curries no favour and gives every American — including Trump — an equal opportunity to defend themselves in front of a judge or a jury of their peers. That system (purportedly the “they”) offers him what it offers everyone — a fair and impartial trial.
Trump’s supposed “grievance” is simply a construct that employs intentionally disingenuous wordsmithing to convince his followers of the opposite. He’s counting on their ignorance to take his grievance bait and install him in the White House to begin his race to an American autocracy where his first order of business will inevitably be his presidential waiving of all convictions to date.
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God help American democracy.
Bob Mackan, Strathmore
Careers in trades serve society
What do you want to become when you grow up is a common discussion topic with kids and their parents and grandparents. And answers such as nurses, lawyers, teachers, etc. from the grade school students are all welcomed, and everyone smiles.
The reality is that we need plumbers, electricians, police and fire professionals, although those professions do not meet the bar of expectations of kids or parents and grandparents. Our communities would not exist (physically) nor be able to function without all of these professionals.
Let’s be as excited about having a plumber or electrician in our family as we are about having a nurse, doctor or dentist in our family. All of these professions make our communities livable.
Brian McConaghy, Foothills County
Trust lacking in online polls
Re: “What was bad is getting worse,” June 4
The article begins by saying these negative sentiments were obtained by a “public opinion poll,” and then clarifies that it was an “online poll.” This got my attention, as I have never seen any kind of online political poll asking for my opinion. The fine print at the end explains this poll was via an existing “online panel.”
A little digging reveals these panels are made up of people who are paid by Leger to do online surveys. It’s extremely disingenuous to suggest a bunch of paid responders is the same as a random poll.
If you want to know opinions on a subject as important as this, go out and ask people where they live and work, in a range of neighbourhoods. Go to coffee shops in each quadrant.
That is a public opinion poll.
Sarah Stelfox, Calgary
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