Letters to the Editor
Letter: Power plant sale risks Medicine Hat advantage
By Letter to the Editor on February 6th, 2021
Dear editor, Before discussing the proposed power plant sale, and related price, let’s review the current Medicine Hat electricity price advantage that we have over other Alberta cities. We save roughly $24 per month on our electricity bills. In the 2016 consensus there were around 28,000 private dwellings in Medicine Hat. So what we could ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Both sides of the aisle need to bury the hatchet
By Letter to the Editor on February 6th, 2021
Dear editor, Alberta is presently facing the worst economic and health crisis in recent memory. It is high time all members of the legislature, regardless of party politics, put the people of Alberta ahead of continually jumping to score cheap political points for their own benefit. The people of Alberta deserve and demand more. We, ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Operation of power plant should be kept ‘in-house’
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2021
Dear editor, I disagree that we should be looking at selling our power plant or entering into a private partnership of any kind. Keep it in-house, keep Hatters employed and let’s examine other options (such as not developing a downtown waterfront or continuing to subsidize taxes) so we can continue to reap the benefits of ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Power plant is an asset to Medicine Hat
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2021
Dear editor, It is interesting to see that there are members of council who think they should investigate the possibility of selling the only money generator outside of the taxpayer. For anyone who wants to think about this for a minute, back in roughly 2002-03, Pengrowth came to the city and offered $750 million for ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Let’s make sure we’re not left in the coal dust
By Letter to the Editor on February 5th, 2021
Dear editor, There’s been much discussion regarding the Open Pit Coal Mines planned for the Eastern Slopes. Alberta’s government willingly tangled itself in a net of challenges, and has now decided to take on sculpting our Rocky Mountains down to find coal! Days were spent listening to the AER hearings in October that bandied terms ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Power plant an investment that continues to return millions
By Letter to the Editor on February 4th, 2021
Dear editor, The last ‘Medicine Hat advantage’ will be gone if we sell the power plant and build a recreation centre in Box Springs. Selling at a time of low generation means a low price. We deserve a plebiscite, or at least open public hearings. Never waste a good crisis. The power plant sells power ... Read More »
2 responsesLetter: Hatters deserve a say on sale of power plant
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, My family is saddened to hear that Medicine Hat’s mayor and eight council members are making the decision to sell off property that does not belong to them, but does belong to the 65,527 residents of Medicine Hat. I do not feel the decision to move on something so big it will impact every ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Freedom of speech for all
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, I enjoyed Mr. Moore’s article as well, but apparently for totally different reasons than Mr. Mueller claims to. Cash Moore’s fear is that powerful, unbridled, monopolistic tech giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google now have the power to stifle the political news and views of half the population as they clearly did in ... Read More »
1 responseLetter: Alberta farmers need fixes to AgriStability program
By Letter to the Editor on February 2nd, 2021
Dear editor, The AgriStability program was once a key program for Alberta farmers, designed to protect them against large declines in farming income. Iconic Albertan cattle ranchers and grain farmers were especially reliant on it as a guaranteed backstop should they face a bad year. It accounted for millions of dollars in the pockets of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Power plant too valuable to part with
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Dear editor, Trying to understand the intricacies of our citizen-owned utility is mind numbing. Those who have worked with it for years don’t understand all there is to know, so how can the ordinary citizen (who owns this utility) begin to grasp all the issues? How can the ordinary citizen contribute to the conversation? Those ... Read More »
2 responsesWeekend Mailbag: Jan. 30, 2021
By Letter to the Editor on January 30th, 2021
Weekend Mailbag is a new online feature at the Medicine Hat News which includes letters to the editor that could not be fit into the paper in a timely fashion. Check back each Saturday for more thoughts from the community, or share yours by submitting a letter to the editor by email at letters@medicinehatnews.com. —– ... Read More »
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