Comments on: tory strategy leaves wildrose looking rookie green and bruised pink.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:02:58 +0000

If Wild Rose looks rookie green, it has nothing to do with government actions. It has everything to do with reality. This bunch is green as grass, fumbling around like a bunch of six year olds on the first day of school. Danielle has either been abducted by aliens or is back in witness protection, leaving Rob “Mr. Warmth” Anderson as their lone mentor. To paraphrase the old Mission Impossible tv series, “This party will self-destruct in five seconds.”

By: Rural gal

Rural gal — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:46:10 +0000

Small town mayor makes some good points but does he remember that one MLA vigorously campaigned that a vote for the WR would mean cancellation of the police college. He was right, he just got the party wrong.
Yes there may have been good fiscal reasons for closing Carmangay – but could they have not just let it empty as the dementia patients passed away? This facility passed inspection just 4 or 5 months ago, the boiler was replaced, and a big new patio deck was just completed. So is this fiscal responsibility, and why did it pass inspection with flying colors? Having dealt with dementia patients, this move was truly lacking any compassion. I hope that this is not the future of how we deal with these patients. I would also venture to say that this would not have happened in calgary or edmonton – and some facilities in both those towns would hlove to have a facility such as they had in carmangay

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By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:54:26 +0000

“Open the books”… and so it should of happened decades before the Wildrose Party became a party.

Where were ALL of YOU when the Alberta Liberals were providing policies that would bennefit ALL Albertans including Rural Albertans?

But wait, Rural Albertans want control over the Legislature however, the only ones who control the Legislature is the OIL industry who can buy the media and in one week turn the tides for the PC’s.

Alison Redford won by scaring Progressive Albertans into believing all the bad things Wildrose would do when all along the PC’s under Ralph had provided all the examples.

True democracy does not exist in Alberta because rural voters and small town Alberta do not want to give up a false power which provides them government hand outs from urban taxpayers.

We need a government that works for ALL ALBERTANS!

My sympathies to WRA. Opposition is likely not fun when the government uses riding favoritism to intimidate voters.

By: small town mayor

small town mayor — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:06:27 +0000

Lots of back benchers during the Klein years were not happy about the police college. If I recall correctly a certain MLA from Airdrie never quit lobbying for that facility to go a more sensible location in Airdrie (which may have lead to his floor crossing – well that and piles of WRA cash
). And many back benchers did not think there was any value whatsoever in constructing any facility at all! Why not invest in any of our existing colleges to offer this program? Just because there will be a few Tories that will think the icing on the cake is ticking off some WRA members on this decision it is NOT why the project was cancelled.

The WRA keeps nagging about no debt, balance those books and saying Tories can’t manage our money. The new Redford Tories made the right decision – this was a classic example of pork barrelling from the Klein years that needed to be corrected! The WRA needs to be reminded – be careful for what you wish for, you just might get it! They have no right to whine when the cost cutting they are demanding actually ends up cutting costs. You can apply this to the Continueing Care Center (its not a cost effective location – too few residents, too many workers needed, facility requires repairs etc…) and to Ms. Towle’s foley (the people asked for no more deaths – the right in right out lane accomplished this now the WRA thinks literally millions of dollars of upgrades need to be spent which would result insacrificing road improvements in other areas)Funny how the WRA screeched about money when they ran yet spend all their time now trying to get the government to spend money.

By: Jim Sutherland

Jim Sutherland — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:37:44 +0000

Will, you should not be surprised by the fact that it is business as usual for the PC Party here in Alberta. 41 years of firmly entrenched policy was not about to be changed by Redford as their left-leaning new leader.

You and many others defined the only viable threat to their long reign as a non-alternative. You likely painted the entire WR Party with the same brush illustrated by the two unelectable candidates who became the face of the party for many voters in the 11th hour.

Quite frankly I have little sympathy for you because you and other voters defined the only real option to 41 years of PC rule by two highly under-qualified candidates and failed to examine the WR fiscal policies.

There was a real opportunity to open up the books and see what 41 years of one-party rule has done to a province. but you chose to maintain the status quo. You have little reason to complain at this point.

By: Will Munsey

Will Munsey — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:24:18 +0000

This is precisely what will never change, regardless of our hope in the more progressive Ms Redford. Although political parties can be much influenced by strong leaders, there is a culture of coziness that has mottled into intimidation. Good people doing good things at local levels are actually scared of speaking against government. Doing so is suicide for any programme or initiative at local levels.

We’ve eroded democracy here to the point where citizens are nervous about how our government see us rather than having a government nervous about how citizens see it.

I had high hopes for Ms Redford, but my pessimism is starting to build. So many of us were relieved we escaped a Wildrose government… but we escaped right back to a one-party system where government can (and does) intimidate policy rather than invite open dialogue.