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I believe it is time that we as Prince Albertans take a hard look at the leadership of our city. In the 21st century while many cities are looking at ways to improve the standard of living, our mayor Jim Scarrow sits on his hands and appears to do nothing. The current city council seems to be nothing more than a social club that rarely if ever is able to resolve any problem facing our city, instead they chase smaller issues around claiming victory if they are able to fix anything (potholes). Mayor Scarrow is a dead end municipal politician with no real aspirations or determination within himself to assist Prince Albert in becoming a key-player in the Saskatchewan economy. Please remember next year when the time comes to vote, take a long hard look at the candidates and ask questions so that we are not stuck in a worse situation then we are now.
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Dene1234 (ضيف)
I would have to agree, living in the west end with people who do not care what time of the day it is and party all walk around all night creating disturbances. The Downtown core businesses are moving out in droves, and leaving very little left. I grew up in Prince Albert and the downtown was the heart of the city of Prince Albert, you would'nt know that now.
Many young People just hang around the downtown area doing absolutley nothing, and a large number of them have thier children with them. Not working or even looking for jobs, This Welfare System is not working, I spoke with some and asked why they don't work, and they replied, If I earn anything they will reduce my assistance, then I would have to actually pay for rent and many other things, I said welcome to reality, but they said that they would not give this up.
Many other city's use the downtown core for many events, and this makes People enjoy what is being offered, here we have one festival in the early parts of summer and thats it, aside from the fair having the parade downtown, nothing else happens.
I ran for Ward number one and came in last, and as a First Nation Person, I was appalled by the number of People who actually voted, with a number of 646 total for the entire West Flat of Ward One. If were ever going to make a change in Politics and the way People think, we need to vote, and not just the First Nation, All People need to address Prince Albert best interests in the future, and maybe I will run once again...
TJ (مستخدم مسجل)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
@ Dene1234.
It surely is a true stat of affairs in this place we all call home. People need to realize that when you vote you are helping ensure the proper person is chosen, not voting is allowing corrupt individuals into office.
PAcitizen (ضيف)
I believe a young fellow by the name of Mr. Salmond ran last year, correct? Almost beating out Mr. Scarrow. This year, there is no doubt Mr. Scarrow will be out of office. However he is not the only one we should be caring about. There is lots of people in office that do absolutely nothing for this town and get paid substantially too much to do it.
Why is this city so overgrown with problems? Both Saskatoon, and Regina are bigger cities, and when I travel there I feel MUCH safer than I do here. Now I know each city has it's own problems, but everyone else seems to be under a controllable manner. I went to Edmonton earlier this month - didn't want to come back to pa AT ALL. I don't blame people for not wanting to live here. I personally don't want to either.
Thank you PAGuy for having the balls to bring this topic up. Perhaps someone should forward a copy to the mayors office? Dosesn't mater much -he isn't going to be around much longer...
JJ (ضيف)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
@ PAcitizen,
I agree with you completley, it is time for the reactive municipal government be replaced, with a new pro-active municipal government. Scarrow and his cronies are just collecting a handout for doing nothing whatsoever at the expense of us taxpayers. Enough is enough.
disappointed to return (ضيف)
pooky (ضيف)
But I agree that whoever is running this town is not doing their job.
Bull (ضيف)
You are so right. While they are congratulating themselves and suggesting that PA is so affordable, they send tax assessors door to door to ensure that you are paying your "fair share" [quote from citypa web site]. And by "fair share", they mean that you better not have done anything to improve your property and your neighborhood or your going to have to pay. And pay not just once for the work you did building a nice fence or deck, supporting local business and paying GST/PST while doing so. The city wants you to pay your "fair share" every year thereafter when you pay your municipal taxes. And why shouldn't you have to pay? You get to enjoy that deck every year after all. Just think of all the people with rickety fences, missing windows and no deck. They pay their fair share by driving down your property value if you happen to be on their block.
This city council is completely out of touch when they want to punish responsible home owners for improving their property and rewarding the slum owners (and those who rent them out). And if you owned a blighted house, why would you improve your property? Especially when there are others paying their "fair share"on your behalf. It's a guarantee that you will never have to. So yeah, PA is an affordable place to live, just so long as you are not one of the ones paying their "fair share". As Official City Tax Policy we attract people looking for a cheap place to live and discourage the "fair share" crowd. How is that working out for us??
aguy (ضيف)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
made (ضيف)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
Vlasic (ضيف)
PAGuy (مستخدم مسجل)
Go Riders (ضيف)
all I can say is....if there is any other viable option in the next election (preferably younger, more energetic, accually cares about the citys residents more than dismataling other city councillers) these clowns can stick they're heads between they're legs and kiss they're butts good-bye...
can they make any decisions? We STILL dont have any "welcome" signs...have something! Spray paint a piece of plywood if you have too, who cares what it says as a slogan, what does it really matter? when are they going to put it up, the winter?
absolutely rediculous way of running a city...its a good thing we pay the city manager a good wage, because it is the only reason we are still functioning...
megan (مستخدم مسجل)
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