ROCKY VIEW FORWARD

At their September 12th meeting, Council will be considering a bylaw that would overturn their earlier direction to Administration to enhance the electoral system and that would perpetuate Rocky View’s deficient electoral system. If adopted, those changes to the election process will be rushed in just six days before the 2017 election campaign begins. In early 2016, Council considered the option of introducing a voters’ list for Rocky View elections. Councillors Breakey, Ars

Please note the version printed in the August 1st edition of Rocky View Weekly was modified and omitted the final paragraph. What follows is the full letter. The recent flurry of letters to the editor makes it clear that Rocky View Forward presents a direct threat to what has been the status quo for far too long in Rocky View County. One would think there is plenty of room for two groups in this County. Oddly when a group of developers and landowners (most who don’t even live

Little concern has been shown for the needs and welfare of small landowners, and those who still want to maintain an agrarian lifestyle. Government should work for the people they were elected to represent. It is we who are in the majority who have lost control of our own destiny to powerful vested interests whose sole purpose is to line their pockets with cash conveniently "greased" by a group of political lapdogs. Development aside, this council's record is strewn with a li

At its June 27th meeting, the Council majority sunk to an all-time low in terms of shameful behaviour. Attending Council meetings on a regular basis leaves one somewhat jaded – but, they managed to far exceed even our expectations for depravity. The meeting went from one debacle to the next. In the morning, administration attempted to introduce an entirely new residential land use district as part of a specific redesignation application. That would have been newsworthy exc