No Vision, "I Know Best" Politicians

Politicians have a habit of getting into office and then forgetting that it is the voters who got them the job. A great example is going on right now in Edmonton. We have a wonderful city center airport about 5 minutes from downtown, and our mayor wants to close it and put up condos. Did I mention our mayor is a real estate developer? Our international airport is 45 minutes outside of the city, because another mayor's family owned the land.

We have already voted once to keep the airport open, and now the mayor is trying to get around that vote and just close it down without our having any say about it. One of the main things that concerns me is that our Stars Air Ambulance lands there, and they would not be able to anymore. That would mean 45 minute ambulance rides from the international airport, leaving only 15 minutes of the golden hour to save someone. The people in the University area already shutdown Stars from landing anywhere near the hospital, bunch of NIMBY's!

It also shows the lack of thinking about the future that seems to impact local politicians. Edmonton is going to keep growing, and as the north develops, we will need more flights into the city. No vision, "I know best" politicians cost us taxpayers more in the long run. We needed an overpass at 34th ave. for years, but no politician wanted to spend the money on their watch, it's now being built for millions more than it would have cost 10 years ago. No vision.

Thankfully, a group has been working to get enough signatures to force another plebiscite about the airport. This time the politicians better listen to us. They think nothing of spending our money on the Indy race, but they want to shut down a profitable airport. Typical.

I'm Sick Of Politicians and the MSM!

Time for them to go on their summer break. At least at home in their ridings they might actually help a constituent or two.

Someone tell me what they have accomplished this session? Seriously, I can't point to a single bill that actually got passed that I thought was a good thing. I remember the age of consent being raised and I cheered when that bill passed, but that was a very long time ago. What have they been doing besides creating "fake" scandals?

Now the opposition is having an identity crisis and can't figure out if they are just lefties or far left lefties. Libby gives us a big hint of what is in store with the united lefties, and it isn't pretty. Funny how the "tolerant" left always expose themselves for the intolerant people they really are.

A conservative news network? The lefties are already telling us why that's a bad idea, and the CRTC hasn't even approved the license yet. I'm assuming that Kory released the details early so the CRTC couldn't deny them without us peons knowing about it. If Al Jazeera can broadcast in Canada, a conservative station better be approved or the CRTC is going to hear about it, and I suspect they want to keep their jobs.

I think ALL politicians should stick their heads in the "fake" lake and we will see who is smart enough to come up for air, because right now, I'm not sure any of them deserve to get re-elected.