{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Speaking Municipally","title":"The fiscal gap makes for a SOBAring budget discussion","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2268,"description":"This week, budget season has begun. Troy and Stephanie guide you into the start of our year-end busy season, and explain how this will lead into next year's busy season, the election.\nHere are the relevant links for this episode:\n\nBudget\nEdmonton city council looks for cuts to lower 8.1 per cent tax hike eyed for 2025\nEdmonton city councillors question travel budgets and spending on Calgary Stampede\nElection\n9 candidates declare intention to run for Edmonton City Council\nCity manager\nEdmonton city council hires Eddie Robar as city manager\nBudget pressures top of mind for Edmonton's new city manager\nCarbon budget\nEdmonton fails to meet climate targets 2 years after launching carbon budget\nCondo association calls green bin rollout 'rocky', while city says new habits take time\nSingle-use bylaw\n500 days in, Edmonton has written 0 tickets under single-use bag, plastics bylaw\nFrom the Taproot newsroom\nEdmonton Arts Council has a new funding strategy and leader\nWhy the decline in public housing is 'the origins of Canada's housing crisis'\nTaproot presents: A conversation about housing\nCanadian Podcast Awards\nSpeaking Municipally is a finalist\nKaren's post on LinkedIn\nRapid fire\nCity underlines successes and challenges as the Valley Line LRT turns one\nMcDavid makes history with 1,000th NHL point\nSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community. Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mUtN74o21l0bnRqQ1zHLbXde-IrosiO1iUlYtjEJ_Oc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1My8xNTMzMjQz/MTA3LWFydHdvcmsu/anBn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}