My Edif-eyes are burning

The Downtown Recovery Coalition and the Edmonton Police Service funding formula make news this week without making any new or newsworthy changes to their composition or talking points.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

North side power couple

• When Gene Met Karen

Strategic plan

• Edmonton police eye public perception in latest strategic plan

Handsome coach

• Edmonton Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft named most handsome of 2022

Jason Kenney

• Jason Kenney says he never intended to 'be in this gig for a long time'

Bike lanes

• Edmonton councillors support spending $170M on new bike lanes by 2026
• Edmonton may spend $170 million to build 100 km of bike lanes by 2026
• Aaron Paquette's tweet thread

Affordable housing

• Edmonton councillors urged to include precariously housed people in creating affordable housing solutions
• Sohi: My reflections after today's Community and Public Services Committee meeting

Funding formula

• Rob's tweet
• Mack's tweet
• 2019: Edmonton's new police chief isn't afraid to shake up status quo, say former colleagues

Downtown Recovery Coalition

• Edmonton councillor wants to get rid of illegal parking lots Downtown and speed up development
• Working towards a safe and vibrant downtown Edmonton - Downtown Recovery Coalition
• Mack's tweet

Code of conduct

• Edmonton's integrity commissioner should have more power: city staff

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