Re-lease the Greens

Mack and Troy are joined by guest Michael Janz to talk about the Mayfair golf course lease. Council also gets a brief update about calcium chloride and LRT alignments.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Financial Insolvency

• 46% of Canadians $200 or less away from financial insolvency: poll

City Hall Tent

• City hall wading pool renovation on track for 2019 opening

Truck Convoy

• Smaller yellow-vest convoy tours Edmonton ring road with pro-pipeline message

Mayfair with Michael Janz

• Michael Janz
• Friends of our Park
• City lease talks with ritzy Mayfair Golf Course should be transparent: River valley advocacy group
• Kijiji: UNBELIEVABLE! LEASE 154 Acres of Prime River Valley for CHEAP

LRT Concept Plans

• Don Iveson's tweet
• Council Roundup: January 19, 2019
• Paige Parsons' tweet

Calcium Chloride

• City manager says information not intentionally withheld as brine debate returns to council
• Edmonton's controversial calcium chloride program to continue, council decides

Openness to new ideas

• Elise Stolte: Stalled out gondola project is a sad critique of Edmonton's openness to new ideas

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