An alternate solution for Edmonton school closures
Re: Edmonton schools face possible closure
From: A Better Edmonton
The City of Edmonton keeps growing and growing. Unlike many cities, there are no meaningful geographical limits to this expansion. Edmonton isn’t bordered by the ocean or mountains, just miles and miles of limitless, wide open spaces. This terrain makes growth easy. Just decide were you want to build something and build it! The only problem with this growth model is that it’s unsustainable.
While the population of Edmonton is increasing, it’s not increasing at such as rate as to justify the physical growth of the city. It’s much cheaper, easier and faster to build new than it is to work with what you’ve already got.
This creates a lot of expensive problems for the city. When there are new subdivisions built, there are certain things the city must provide. Things like utilities, paved roads, traffic lights, police, fire stations, public transit and schools. These things all cost money.
What happens to the old things that are no longer needed? Nothing, really. The city apparently just ignores them and hopes a solution will present itself. Instead of fixing old schools, they build new and allow old ones to fall into disrepair until they’re no longer good for much of anything. Law enforcement and fire/rescue are spread thinner and thinner so they can patrol and serve new neighbourhoods. New bus routes are added at the expense of existing routes. This type of municipal thinking and spending is harmful, lazy and expensive.
Since there’s no physical barrier that stops developers from building further and further away from the existing core, council should impose an artificial limit to the size to which the city can grow.
Does a developer want to build 60 new houses? The city should instruct said developer to find an existing piece of land in the city and redevelop it. There is already infrastructure at this location, there are already buses that service the area and police and fire departments are already in place. Oh, and there are already schools that can serve the new development. Even if the school is so decrepit that it could no longer serve as a place of learning, it would still be more cost effective to tear it down and start over than it would be to build a new structure in a new neighbourhood with new infrastructure.
Make your move!
This is probably the only time anyone will ever mention David Swann, Brian Mason AND Carson Daly in the same breath. And I’m going somewhere with it. (Probably.)
It’s their time to make a move.
Don't stare directly into his eyes! Or you'll fall in love.
With all the chatter about Jay and Conan (I’m with Coco, by the way), and the renewed interest in all late night talk shows, Carson Daly is getting zinged left and right. I bet he’s being talked about as much, or more, than in his TRL days. Make your move Carson. It’s time to capitalize on your current name-recoginition before NBC just dumps your show (or puts you on at 2am), and secure your retirement with a sweet deal somewhere else.
Now, for our Alberta politicians I’d also say it’s time to make a big move. Though, they don’t have near the current name-recognition of doe-eyed Carson.
With the governing Tories taking a beating from all sides, the Wildrose Alliance is striding up the right-side of the policical spectrum to one elected member and two crossover MLAs. Plus, they’re all over the news and sinking into the consciousness of Albertans.
Why isn't Rick Mercer hanging out with this guy at WEM?
So…it’s time for the centre-left guys to do something big. I know people have told you to join forces, I know people have told you to work together, or start a new party for progressives, and those who are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I’m telling you this is your one real chance.
Hey, would you look at that. Someone has already gone out and started a party which is looking for enough signatures to become the real deal. If the NDP and Liberals could just suck up their egos for about a minute they might see that they aren’t being talked about at all these days.
At all.
Never surrender! Never win many seats!
And since they haven’t been able to do much with their current parties, and since Alberta feels like a two-party kind of parliamentary democracy, I think the only chance real centre-left, post-partisans have is something new.
Now is also the time because you’ve got a few years until the next election so you’ve got time for the Tories and Wildrose to split the partisan, socially conservative side of things even more, leaving a nice big swath of voters looking elsewhere. And maybe all this new action will get even more people out to vote.
Come on Carson, David and Brian, make a big move.
p.s. If you make a move to a new party, be sure to pay off your current party debts first.
Beever’s Best
Best & Worst of Edmonton 2009 according to me, Gregg Beever
It’s probably a week late for a “year in review” type post, but I’ve
managed to convince the Editor-in-Chief to let me do it anyway. So
gather ‘round Edmonton, here is the year’s best and worst according to
me, Gregg Beever.
Best Local Band: The Provincial Archive
Edmonton has a very good music scene. While I haven’t experienced
enough of any other city’s scene to be considered even remotely
expert, I think I can humbly and modestly declare Edmonton’s the best
on the planet.
Our city has a plethora of small, intimate venues like the Empress,
Blue Chair or the Hydeaway. Here the music isn’t deafening, neither is
it crowded with hordes of drunk teenage lunatics screaming in your
very aged and sensitive ears. These are venues where the nuances of
each tune can be soaked in peacefully over a pint or a coffee. I can
spend an entire show in relaxed mesmerization of a percussionist’s
talented movements, the concentration of a cellist or violinist, or
the deft fingering of a guitarist.
Small venues also give you the opportunity to chat with the musicians.
I always make a point of telling an artist when I liked their set. My
theory is no one gets tired of hearing they are awesome. Plus it leads
to some interesting conversations, for instance: I once had a chat
with Megan from The Last Town Chorus about the logistics of using
laminated bookmarks as tools for cleaning up sexual fluids.
A friend of mine once told me she avoided chatting with musicians for
fear of becoming “that girl.” You know the one; that wound up
pre-pubescent girl, lavishing band members with intense adoration
before giving in to hyperventilation and passing out.
Which bring us (finally) to The Provincial Archive.
Craig Schram’s melodic prairie tunes truly demonstrate the fantastic
level of musical talent that exists in E-town. The Archive’s soft
sounds, formed from a collection of guitar, accordion, mandolin,
glockenspiels and other absorbing rhythms, somehow find me
steering-wheel drumming like I was rocking out in my car to Motion
City Soundtrack. In short, they’re excellent.
So excellent, in fact, that when I was chatting with one band member
before a show at the Pawn Shop I sounded like that hyped up
pre-pubescent girl meeting the Jonas Brothers.
I’m willing to bet I didn’t come off quite so ridiculous, but that’s
how I remember it:
“You guys are fantastic, I listen to you in my car every day! It’s
weird that you guys are, like, from Edmonton and I’m playing your
music in Edmonton, you know? That’s just…weird, right? I love you
guys. I’m going to have your babies.” (more…)
Have yourself an angry little Christmas
By Janine Edwards
Sometimes you've just gotta punch some snow.
Sweet Mistress Winter is finally here. She came fashionably late to the party known as Edmonton, but does anyone really mind? Some of us are delighted our mistress has come back to woo us. Others, like me, know she rules us with an icy vice-like grip. Like it or not, she now controls us for the next few months.
Surely, I am being dramatic. But am I, Edmonton? Now, if you’ve lived here as long as I have… You should know how to cope with the season. However, we have a lot of people who didn’t grow up here… and even those who tend to forget. So, without further ado, here’s Janine’s guide to surviving the dark wintry hell known as Blizzard Season in Edmonton (and area).
First things first: DON’T BE A DOUCHEBAG.
That seems simple enough, (more…)
No parties while we’re away
Every time you look at this photo, Edmonton's tax rate goes up $80. (Photo: George Watts)
You know, I was trying to think of a new or different angle on the Rexall Edmonton Indy when everyone was on about that money-loser last week.
Then, today we’ve got the City of Edmonton announcing its $500,000 bid for the 2017 Expo. That half-a-million dollars covers the next phase of the bid only. This puppy will come with a $2-billion dollar pricetag.
So I think I’ll tie the two together for a rant.
I’m really starting to feel like a parent who figures their child is responsible enough to be left home alone for the weekend.
I’ve left emergency contacts, money for groceries and have a neighbour ready to check in.
But then my kid, let’s call them “City of Edmonton,” goes and blows the wad of cash on pizza and a kegger. Pizza being the Indy and the kegger being Expo 2017. Since I support the kid I’m left paying to clean up the party mess. By party mess I mean my taxes will go up. (more…)
Save Local (Real Estate) TV
By Janine Edwards
I can’t seem to fast forward through commercials without seeing those annoying ‘Save Local TV‘ ads. Or the ones that oppose… I’m assuming ‘Kill Local TV’? Maybe it’s ‘Abolish Local TV?’
Let’s just say I can’t make it through an episode of CSI: NY without ignoring the propaganda. I’m already watching your local station… Am I not doing my part already? (By the way… Gary Sinise? More like Gary-Sin-easy-on-the-eyes… Amiright ladies?)
My problem isn’t that these commercials are annoying. It’s not that I don’t care. It’s not even for the fact that they’re taking away commercial spots they could fill with REAL advertisers and earn the local station money… Oh no. My problem is that they’ve taken away the one, truest local TV channel – and never gave it back.
That’s right my friends… My heart yearns for the Real Estate Network channel.
Those of you new to Edmonton, or new to awesome, would not have heard of it. This is the synopsis: the Real Estate channel was a channel which featured listings of houses, apartments, trailers, hovels, mansions, and condos in the city. You’d see a picture of the lovely house, you’d see a price, you’d see the picture of the realtor, their name, company, and contact information. Is there an Open House this weekend? You bet your ass the Real Estate channel would inform you!
It was the ultimate in house porn. Every house would be up for about 30 seconds, then the next property would be featured. Every 10 minutes or so was a different area of town. (Like the north-side? Stay tuned! In 40 minutes, you too can live near the beautiful Clareview transit centre.)
Families everywhere would gather around the screen, looking at houses. Occasionally, you’d call “dibs” on a really nice bungalow in Mill Woods and point out that your brother would wind up living in that trailer in Heritage. It was truly a bonding moment that families all over Edmonton can reflect upon and cherish.
Then, suddenly, without any sort of warning or petition (this happened in an age before Facebook groups) – the best thing to ever happen to Local TV was gone. Forever living on in our hearts. Before, this city used to love looking at houses. We used to love and respect realtors! Now how do we treat them? Can you name one? Oh, okay… But how about 17? I didn’t think so.
Local TV should be about the city. It should be something that connects us all… And what’s better than shelter? We all need somewhere to live, don’t we?
So I will not be supporting Local TV until I get my Real Estate channel back! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go watch more HGTV. Take that Local TV!
Remembrance Day 2009: Remember Harder
Before I get into the meat of this Internet sandwich, let me use the bread to say that Remembrance Day is important and I value the sacrifice of those who would lay their lives on the line for others. (Let me also note I’m terrible at sandwich metaphors.)
That said, I wonder if having a day off each November 11th really lets people think about what the day means.
Yes, there are plenty of events around the city where people can pay their respects to veterans of Canada’s wars. Having covered a few as a reporter I know they will all be well attended.
But what of those who just sleep in today? How about if your parents aren’t dragging you off to such a ceremony; what are you learning about Canada’s military and peacekeeping role (other than it earned you a day off in the middle of the week)?
Lifelong Albertans always give me a look of shock when I tell them I didn’t grow up with Remembrance Day being a stat holiday. I was in school (in Ontario), always in assemblies and ceremonies for November 11. You lucky buggers also landed the first February holiday.
Now, I’m not saying I know any more about Canada’s military or peacekeeping missions than the next guy. I wouldn’t put my respect of the day up against anyone else’s. But I think about whether, growing up in a province with a stat, I would have paid as much attention not being forced to in school.
Of course, my point about being exposed to Remembrance Day, through school, loses its effectiveness when you look at adults in a province that treats today like a normal day. They’re at work, also not participating in any Remembrance Day events.
Though, I would argue, they may pay more attention, or pay some smaller respect, because school made today something to note.
If you didn’t work today, what, if anything, did you do to recognize the day? Did/does your family all head to a ceremony?
Am I right to wonder if a full day off is the way to go? Could a half-day be the answer that allows the ceremonies to co-exist with our love of not working?
If you’ve ever wondered if good things can happen…
…they can.
(No, they haven’t re-opened the doors next to Tim Hortons. But the sawhorse is gone on the second set of Jasper Avenue doors. Just let me have this one.)
Ed Stelmach: lone wolf pack
A letter to the Premier of Alberta, on his most recent television appearance, by Janine Edwards.
Dear Mr. Stelmach,
Your speech last night put me to sleep. It’s a good thing I set my VCR to record the speech, because I had to catch up on it when I woke up.
Now that I’ve watched it, let’s get a few things straight.
That cost HOW MUCH? $134,000. Wow. How many ‘Paranormal Activity’ or likewise indie movies could that purchase? And just what exactly cost so much money?
Was it all that beautiful stock footage? Was it the suit? (Which made you look frightening and awkward.) Was it the powerpoint slides swinging by on the screen? Was it for the speech-writer?
Here are some things you, Mr. Stelmach, and your team could do to improve these paid speeches:
1. Don’t read your prompter word-for-word. We CAN see you, and can tell you are reading as you are talking. Next you’ll be sounding out the big words.
2. Ask NAIT and SAIT kids to get the stock footage. It could be their assignment at school and cost nothing to the taxpayer.
3. Ditch the suit, wear something comfortable. Mr. Stelmach, by wearing that suit – you, yourself, just look like a suit. There is no personality there… you are exactly what I thought you’d be. Next time – how about a warm sweater-vest? Or perhaps a three wolf, one moon t-shirt. It will show that you’re one hip cat.
4. If you must use the powerpoint slideslow – do me one favour: creative transitioning. I want that dissolve feature, the curtain transition, and of course, the star wipe. The star wipe is key. Do this over and over, and we’ll take you seriously. As well, you’ll be watched by more people, all over the world – as we will ensure the world sees the video on YouTube.
5. Did you see when Harper sang that catchy Beatles tune on stage? Canadians went ape-shit. Step one: Learn the clarinet. Step two: A groovy jazz number to close your next speech.
6. Ditch the whole ’speech’ concept. Film it like an episode of ‘Cribs’. Take us on a tour of the Legislature, or your farm in Andrew, and discuss the economy as you tell us what’s in your fridge, and how many cars you have. The brief look at your forest was alright… but what sort of farmer are you? Is it a Beet farm? Beet farmers are popular nowadays.
As it stands, it wasn’t the exciting speech I so dreamed it would be. Do I think it accomplished what you thought it would? No. But I think you just found the opportunity to waste taxpayers money and have a solid 18 minutes of air-time too tempting to resist. I can’t fault you that.
Oh, and by the way – I recorded over some Survivorman episodes. Thanks a lot, Stelmach.
Opinion: Don’t give money to the homeless
The givers not knowing where their money’s going
Is as sinful as throwing away
- Cold War Kids, “Passing the hat”
By: Janine Edwards
We’ve established already that I’m an uncaring human being. If you are unaware of this, perhaps you should pay closer attention to my Letters to the Editors. If you’ve previously been offended by my point of view… you really aren’t going to like this.
Homeless people are ruining our city.
‘But Janine! They can’t help it. They’re addicts, they’ve had a bum deal, they are victims of an uncaring society.’ Bah.
There are places out there to help them. Lots of places. Okay, now we’re all recessionary… But there were tons of homeless even when we had staff shortages.
Now, in the style of our soon to be ruler of Colberta, I’m putting the Homeless on notice. (more…)
Most important item of the day*
This is Lucy, on the way to art class.
The City of Edmonton (rather, the Valley Zoo) is providing an update on the health of Lucy the elephant.
Not because Bob Barker is coming to town or anything…
Does it feel, to anyone else, that the two sides of this debate aren’t connecting?
It’s like the Bob Barker/Zoocheck side is arguing that elephants get lonely and need to be in warmer climates, while the City side is arguing that Lucy is loved and people should stay out of our business.
Sigh…at least there’s not a recession to deal with right now.
Health update on Lucy, the Asian elephant living at the Edmonton Valley Zoo Edmonton, September 14, 2009 - Community Services General Manager Linda Cochrane and Valley Zoo veterinarian Dr. Milton Ness will provide an update on Lucy's health, including the results of a recent examination of Lucy and the opinions of a third-party specialist. Date: Monday, September 14, 2009 Time: Noon Location: Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road Media representatives should sign-in at the Zoo's administration building.
* It’s not really the most important thing happening today.
Opinion: Why is there no money for healthcare in Alberta?
By A. Sumaru, C.F. Crozier and L. Richards
“In the analysis of social and political issues it is sufficient to face the facts and to be willing to follow a rational line of argument. Only [sic] common sense, which is quite evenly distributed, is needed… if by that you understand the willingness to look at the facts with an open mind, to put simple assumptions to the test, and to pursue an argument to its conclusion.”
- Noam Chomsky (1978) Language and Responsibility
We are going to preface our comments with Chomsky’s remarks because everything being written about is based on information that is easily accessible to any citizen who pays attention and/or has access to the Internet.
With the government of Alberta delisting services to cut costs, in order to eliminate the deficit in the health care budget, our analysis of this problem will focus on a simple line of reasoning that asks; “Why is there no money for health care in Alberta?” (more…)
Gimme (a reason for) Sympathy
Letter to the editor: By Janine Edwards
Where's the strike?
Alright Edmonton, I’ll admit it. I went to get groceries yesterday. And do you know where I went? Safeway.
Why Safeway? Because they don’t need me to buy cloth hipster grocery bags. They don’t charge me for the plastic ones either. And it’s about 2 blocks from my house. (See? I’m eating local.)
When I trudged home with my arms laden with groceries, a thought came into my head. Sure, there are a bunch of distribution centre workers on strike. (I think some make ice cream?) But how are they going to rally my support?
All of them are picketing in front of some warehouse I didn’t even know existed until this strike. Sure, if they were blocking the Yellowhead I’d notice. But where are they? I don’t see them, therefore they don’t want me to care.
However, I heard this morning that Safeway hired up some Scabs. Great! Now, you can picket those Scabs… OR you can rally the city by picketing rotating Safeway locations.
If I rolled up to a Safeway and there were tons of people standing with signs, perhaps chanting… my instincts to avoid conflict would kick in, and I’d immediately consider my options for other grocery stores. I don’t want to risk walking up and getting pummeled with produce, which is what I hear usually happens when distribution workers go on strike.
Even better – they could hand out hand-drawn maps to locations of other grocery stores! That would sure show Safeway! And, because they’re out where the people are, we could see them.
Who knows? Maybe that would make us start to care about the fate of these workers.
Opinion: Are you f&*!ing kidding me with this, Commerce Place?!
A nice week off, and the first thing I come across on Monday morning is this. What is this, you ask? This is the third of what were once four functioning doors at Commerce Place. Now there is one functioning door. That’s right, 75% of doors at Commerce Place’s Jasper Ave entrance are now down for the count.
Look, I know this is stupid. I know I have a functioning body and a low-to-average intellect and thus, I should be able to just immerse myself in other pursuits and let this go. Commerce Place has every right to spend the rest of time not fixing their doors, if they so choose.
And that is just what I thought to myself as I called GWL Realty Advisors to ask WTF is the deal with these stupid doors.
The person who answered the phone was very nice. I assume she was the receptionist, though she didn’t say, and I kind of felt like she couldn’t get me off the phone the fast enough once I identified that I was calling on behalf of the edmontonian. She told me that they are waiting for parts for the doors. I asked if parts typically take more than a year arrive. She said no, and told me it’s just kind of been one thing after another with the doors. First the parts, then the contractors. They may have to remove the doors entirely and put in new ones, she said.
Now, I would be lying if I said that I believed this was all just an honest mistake. Unless part of those doors are being smelted in the fires of Haley’s Comet, they should’ve been fixed, oh, A YEAR AGO.
But I would also being lying if I said that talking to a real live person about the real live constraints of their job didn’t kind of ruin my feud with Commerce Place. :( So, to that end, I’ve decided that the time has come for me to put the whole thing in more of a “glass half full” kind of perspective.
What do you guys think?
Doorwatch ‘09: Day 7
I know you think you’re winning this, Commerce Place. You think I can’t go the distance – but you’re wrong. There is one thing you must never underestimate about me: I am an incredibly petty. I’m so petty, I’m practically Dini Petty over here. This is UNEQUIVOCALLY a hill that I will die on.
So let’s discuss the “Please excuse our appearance, we’re renovating” poster. Because I don’t see any renovating going on anywhere else in Commerce Place. It’s just this door. And after months of being “under renovation”, this door had better be pretty spectacular when it’s unveiled. I’m thinking like, a thin film of pure energy that protects us from the elements without requiring us to open or close it. It also hydrates us and heals any minor cuts and scrapes we may have acquired throughout the day. I’m talking like the Osmosis Door 3000 brought to you by Polysporin(patent pending).
G.D. it, Commerce Place, it’s been 7 days. Just fix the door. 
Opinion: that g.d. door at Commerce Place
Look, I’m not one to criticize, y’know … people in glass houses and all that jazz. But Commerce Place, you’re killing me.
I’m pretty sure that the last time I used this door was in 2008 (and yet, I still forget it’s blocked off, every time I try to exit onto Jasper Avenue).
So I am sincerely asking: WHAT IS THE HOLDUP WITH FIXING THIS DOOR?
Are we waiting for breakneck advances in door science to level out, so we don’t get stuck with out-of-date door technology?
Are we unsure about the future of the west side of the building?
WAS IT REALLY LESS WORK TO BOARD THIS UP THAN TO JUST REPLACE THE DOOR?
Starting today, Commerce Place, I’m keeping track of how long this door remains blocked off at the bottom of each post. You even get a clean slate – today is day number one. How long until you fix the door?
Letter to the Editor: Roller Coasters = Education!
This would be way more educational if it went 100 km/h and spun you upside down. (Photo: Fort Edmonton Park)
I’ve decided to write another letter to the editor after a few weeks pause. Don’t worry, edmontonian editors, it’s nothing you’ve done – although I was very close to complaining about how you deep-fried olives with pits.
No, I’ve been on vacation. And you know what? It was great.
Vacations are great because you get to see how other cities are run and see what can be improved in our great city. Without further ado, I present the master plan I’ve learnt from some of the cities I’ve visited: amusement rides in educational places.
Yes, I’m talking about educational roller coasters.
We’ve all ridden on one or two emotional roller coasters in our lives, and I’m sure we’ve learnt something. But educational roller coasters (and other rides) will teach children (and adults) about the subject while letting them have fun!
By now you’re possibly thinking: ‘But Janine, how does this relate to Edmonton?.’ Ah, yes. I’m thinking Fort Edmonton Park.
I know, I know, it’s all about the olden times – but stick with me here. Do our children care about the olden days? No, they really couldn’t care less. These children demand Spongebob. They want Wiggles. They want bright colours and flashy things. So let’s give them what they want and have a great time doing it.
Here are my proposed upgrades to Fort Edmonton Park:
Opinion: Where my parks at?
This deserves a webpage.
While looking up information on Ezio Farone Park I noticed the City of Edmonton only has webpages for its major parks. You know, the Hawrelaks, Gold Bars and Coronations.
The Ezio Farones, the Dr. Wilbert McIntyres and Kildares don’t get a webpage.
I want them to get their own webpage!
OK, there’s a slight twist to them not having a webpage. There are a bunch of different pages you can slog through to find picnic sites, or sports fields, or your neighbourhood’s parks.
I’ll note with my work on the Strathcona Centre Community League, however, that people tend not to know the “official” name of their neighbourhood. The Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) and Next Gen can back me up on that, since it came up at their recent event to get younger people involved in community leagues. (More on community leagues soon enough my pretties.)
To make sure I wasn’t make an outlandish request, I poked around a couple of websites from other Canadian cities.
Certainly I checked on Calgary. They are like us, and only have webpages for their big parks. The community parks, nestled nicely into your neighbourhood, don’t have much more than a name and address mention.
A city of similar size to Edmonton (though not in a similarly sized capital region), Winnipeg, also doesn’t give its medium and small parks a page of their own. Though, they do provide information on the amenities of each park, which I think is a nice touch for anyone looking around at a neighbourhood to live in, or looking for a place to schedule the weekend pick-up football games.
Toronto beats them all. It appears all of their parks have their own webpage (except skateboard parks…) and at least one has its own website. I even did a measurement check on how big an acre was, to make sure these parks weren’t only the ones with giant swaths of land.
So, I’m writing this to the world (it’s the Internet after all) but I’m going to drop a line to the City of Edmonton and ask for a little more detail on our parks on the Internet.
We need to know more about the Garneaus, Montroses and Nellie McClungs. Those are parks we can have a BBQ in or saunter down to when we want a new place to read a book.
Are you with me or am I looking for too much from our city’s website?
The bear necessities, for a curfew
Once again, people seemed to miss a very important detail to a story. A
detail, which could change Edmonton for the better.
This week, everyone freaked out at the possibility of a human hand being found in a bush downtown. I’ll admit, I was worried. I quickly did a hand check of all those in the room, and after a brief moment of panic, found out we were okay.
Then the wheels began to turn… British Columbia has its severed feet.
Surely you recall the foot that washed up on the beach, the foot found by a
jogger, etc… The random, no explanation severed feet. This severed hand
could’ve been our foot.
Interview with CBC Radio
G’morning, team. If you were up at the crack of dawn like I was (I went to the Starbucks on Whyte at 6 a.m. and I’m pretty sure the barista was trying to kill me, but that’s a story for another day), then you may have caught our man Jeff and Twitter-hero Mack D. Male on CBC Radio, discussing the phased closure of the City Centre airport, and the role that social networking played in the debate.
If you didn’t, GUESS WHAT?! I have an audio recording of TERRIBLE quality that you can listen to right here. I’m deeply sorry that it’s stupid quiet, but I hope you’ll understand that I have been up since 5 a.m. and have second degree coffee burns all over my hands so I was a little ALL OVER THE PLACE.
**Thanks to @Derjis for cleaning up the original god-awful mp3 we had.
Letter to the Editor – July 7/09
Re: “Close the City Centre Airport,” July 6
This park has an amazing glow. Photo: Janine Edwards
While visiting one of my fast-becoming-favourite Edmonton-based websites, I was surprised to find an editorial on closing the Edmonton City Centre Airport. I think everyone is missing the big picture here in all this debate.
