Perhaps you noticed the date on this post? This was from last winter and I can’t take the blame for voting Mandel in 2007 because I didn’t live here then.

On the other hand, while I did vote for Mandel this time, it was mainly a lesser of multiple evils kind of thing. I have written about the airport closure, of which I am in favour, and not because Mandel was pushing it. Let’s not overstate the case about Mandel. He’s one of 13 people on council. 1 vote.

Fortunately the new arena some want will not be $100 billion, but “only” $500 million. My thought on that is that Daryl Katz can build it himself or get stuffed. If the Oilers leave because the city won’t build him a new arena, he will have proven himself to be a liar.

Not sure why taxpayers should foot the bill for his arena from which he expects all the revenue. And they accuse people on welfare of having an entitlement mentality. If that’s what Katz expects, he can go fuck himself all the way to Hamilton or Quebec City.

I am a fan of public transit, and Edmonton can do a much better job of it. Unfortunately Mandel (and I am critical of him for this) is pushing above ground, in-street LRT that is going to make things worse for drivers in Edmonton. Bus service could be improved though. LRT should be above the street or below it, but should not interfere with existing traffic.

I’m with you on the photo radar. The city doesn’t really care if people slow down. They care if you do because revenues will drop. Don’t expect parking rates to drop, but increase. I simply avoid downtown as much as possible, to the detriment of downtown business.

I agree about snow clearing. I’ve gone on and on about transportation in Edmonton but nothing happens. I don’t know who runs the transportation department but they ought to be fired. It’s amazing that a city this size can’t seem to get its shit together on transportation issues.

As for a roof on the stadium, that would be a waste of taxpayer money.

I think they ought to do that with every city department to ensure our tax dollars are being spent efficiently. I heard that city spending has been rather brisk in recent years, with tax increases to accompany it.