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She/Her. Teacher, mom, wife, rural AB leftie on Treaty 6 Territory, CA president, and total homebody. I ❤️ Public Education.
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From the article: "It turned out to be something quite different. So we're going to see if we can maybe track down how that happened and do a reversal on that."
This has big dude in a hot dog costume "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" energy. 🌭
I'm not surprised. He's too busy with his war on big city bike lanes to bother with his own constituents' concerns.
I got a nice, thoughtful response from Sarah Hoffman's office today. No surprises there. (I cc'd her as the Shadow Minister for Health.)
My favourite submission to the Commission, however, came from a gentlemen in Sylvan Lake. All it said was "Stop the gerrymandering."
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Last night, I read a bunch of the written submissions to the Electoral Boundaries Commission and noted the high number of submissions from Medicine Hat residents, expressing their frustration and outlining in detail their very valid issues with their own "rurban" riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat.
Creating more "rurban" ridings is garbage and does a disservice to urban and rural folks alike. I've yet to see a convincing argument for it. But I guess if you can't have all of Lethbridge, none of Edmonton, and you lost ground in Calgary, your only recourse is gerrymandering. Gotta cheat to win.
👀 The City of Lethbridge could be carved into four provincial ridings that sprawl deep into the surrounding rural areas if United Conservative Party MLA Nathan Neudorf gets his wish.
I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to
I mean, she couldn't even be bothered to address me by name to at least make it seem like she opened my email or maybe even gives a little bit of a crap.
Way to MLA, JJ.
This is the no effort copy/paste email I got from my UCP MLA in response to my COVID-19 vaccine program concerns. I've highlighted Phase 4 where far too many of us would fall. Note the words "may receive" and "while supplies last". Also note, Phase 4 is where they've lumped healthcare workers. 😡
I would never have intervened in the process when our govt did a boundaries review. It would have been as highly inappropriate then as it is now.
The question for @albertandp.ca is whether they are going to allow this to happen. Right now, Lethbridge voters don’t know gerrymandering is likely.
Why? This is U.S. style gerrymandering. Torquing election ridings to get a better outcome for your party is gross.
👀 The City of Lethbridge could be carved into four provincial ridings that sprawl deep into the surrounding rural areas if United Conservative Party MLA Nathan Neudorf gets his wish.
I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to
