Tag: transparency
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Complaint letter to Councillor John Middleton-Hope 26 March 2024
Dear Councillor John Middleton-Hope (and City Council) Please accept this letter as a formal complaint about your recent public behaviour toward me. It is unbecoming of an elected official and not befitting of a person of authority or public trust. I contend that you have violated three sections of the City of Lethbridge Code of Conduct (Bylaw…
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Complaint Letter to Mayor Blaine Hyggen, 15 March 2024
Dear Mayor Blaine Hyggen (and the City Manager and City Council) Please accept this letter as a formal complaint about your recent public behaviour directed at me. It is unbecoming an elected official and not befitting a person of authority or public trust. I request a public apology and that you refrain from unprovoked public…
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The Tail Is Wagging The Dog!
Have you ever heard the saying, “The tail is wagging the dog?” It’s a metaphor referring to a situation where a small part of something controls or influences the more significant part. In other words, it describes a scenario where a minor element dictates the actions or direction of the whole. Still don’t know where…
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(Yet Another) Open Letter to Mayor Blaine Hyggen
Dear Mayor Blaine Hyggen, Here we are again. Old times, it seems!! You slagging me in the press, complaining about my complaining. And me … well, I’m glued to my keyboard, you know, warrior-ing away. I’ve missed this! Why are we here today? After presenting my concerns to the Governance Standing Policy Committee last Thursday,…
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Statement to the City of Lethbridge Governance Standing Committee: Dr. Yale Belanger, 22 February 2024
I appreciate the opportunity to share my concerns about the City of Lethbridge administrative process. Recently, the Lethbridge Police Commission website listed Mr. Hunter Heggie and Mr. Matthew McHugh as new members who also serve as Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force members. Their serving as members of the Task Force and the Police Commission contravenes Procedure Bylaw 6250,…
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Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force (LTF); or, Don’t Forget About Fencing in Galt Gardens!
“I can be myself here in this small town, and people let me be just what I want to be.” John Mellencamp, Small Town In late 2023, in the wake of Mayor Blaine Hyggen’s and Councillor John Middleton Hope’s failed motion to study fencing off Galt Gardens, the Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force (LTF) was created at…