Letters to the Editor
Letter: ‘Liberals hate Alberta oil’ doesn’t really jive with facts
By Letter to the Editor on May 9th, 2024
Dear editor, Re: Trans-Mountain Pipeline start of operation – May 1, 2024 About six years ago the federal government spent 4.5 billion taxpayer dollars to keep Trans-Mountain alive. About a year later, our MP, Mr. Glen Motz, wrote in the News about the “… crippling hurt this government has levied on our natural resource industry,…” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Governance structure and process is in your hands, council
By Letter to the Editor on May 7th, 2024
Dear council members Clark, Dumanowski, Hider, Hirsch, Knodel, McGrogan, Robins, Sharps and Van Dyke, As a former executive officer with the city and Speaker of the Alberta Legislature I respectfully submit that the current divisions greatly affecting our city may in part be about personalities, but more the governance structure and process. Only you can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Current school board policies prohibit proper explanation of trustee choices
By Letter to the Editor on May 2nd, 2024
Dear editor, Medicine Hat Public School Division board approved its three-year capital plan on March 26. One trustee voted against approval, but there is nothing in the minutes to reveal the reasons for this trustee’s negative vote. Any discussion of the proposed capital plan was behind closed doors after it was presented to the board ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Enough about the mayor, let due process run its course
By Letter to the Editor on May 2nd, 2024
Dear editor, I am so tired of all the whining about the situation with Mayor Clark. Common sense tells us “there is more to the story” that is protected by privacy and confidentiality. Misconduct or poor performance in any organization is generally handled with progressive disciplinary action. After discussions and warnings, with no improvement, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: SEAWA has not abandoned care of Connaught Pond trees
By Letter to the Editor on May 1st, 2024
Dear editor, Contrary to one readers’ view that South East Alberta Watershed Alliance (SEAWA) is ‘abandoning the care’ of trees planted around Connaught Pond in Saratoga Park (Ticked Off, April 23), SEAWA assessed the site on April 19. As a watershed planning and advisory council tasked with helping achieve Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy, SEAWA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Only a fool thinks you can ‘throw it away’
By Letter to the Editor on May 1st, 2024
Dear editor: Re: Enviro-fools There is no limit to human folly. April 22, 2024 was Earth Day this year. How did you observe Earth day? In Irvine, some time that day, a fool dumped a presumably defunct dishwasher kitchen appliance down a steep, rocky slope off the road, very near the Ross Creek Bridge. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Too much time spent behind closed doors at public school board meetings
By Letter to the Editor on April 23rd, 2024
Dear editor, What is the point of local government bodies establishing policies for their conduct when they do not even abide by their own policies? Case in point, the Medicine Hat Public School Board’s policy pertaining to “Meetings of the Committee of the Whole.” Meetings of “Committee of the Whole” are conducted behind closed doors, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: No accomplishment merits abandonment of democratic principle
By Letter to the Editor on April 18th, 2024
Dear editor, There are Hatters who believe the accomplishments of city council over the past two years merits blind faith in their decision-making capability, and innuendo is a perfectly acceptable way to undo the democratic will of citizens. Such individuals aren’t likely going to try to rationalize the need to redact the names of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Everyone needs to do their part to be water conservation AWARE
By Letter to the Editor on April 17th, 2024
Dear editor, We all need water. But will it be available for everyone this summer? Last year in Alberta, several agricultural states of emergency were declared across the province due to drought. Some municipalities implemented water restrictions for residents. This year could be worse with a current low snowpack in the mountains, limited precipitation, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: Both sides of the council riff have behaved in disappointing ways
By Letter to the Editor on April 16th, 2024
Dear editor, The last few weeks have been very disappointing watching the events with the city council. When all the elected candidates were running in the election, they all spoke of how they would work together and eliminate the problems of the previous administrations. It appears that what we now are witnessing is a lack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letter: The Medicine Hat Public School Division also needs a lesson in transparency
By Letter to the Editor on April 16th, 2024
Dear editor, Alex McCuaig’s April 11 letter cuts to the heart of the matter concerning transparency in local government. Medicine Hat city council is not the only body that deserves attention. The board of the Medicine Hat Public School Division could also be doing more to make its operations visibly accountable. At one time I ... Read More »
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