Our View

The entire issue of offsite levies, and the proposal from city administration to let developers in the annexed areas saddle existing taxpayers with the cost of development, is just not in the interest of the taxpayer.

I don’t think that the stories that we are reading in our local newspapers that St. Albert doubled its amount of recycled materials this summer can be quite true. A lot of people living on the west side of St.

St. Albert Transit is still waiting for bike racks. Or is it, bike racks are still waiting for St. Albert Transit. I voted for Nolan Mayor Crouse because I believe he is capable of listening to us citizens.

Last Monday evening the citizens for Responsible Electricity Transmission for Albertans, (RETA), sponsored a question-and-answer session concerning the Heartland Transmission Project.

A town hall meeting took place on last Monday night in west Edmonton to oppose the West TUC route for the Heartland Transmission Project. This route skirts the south, east and northern boundaries of St. Albert, through the Sturgeon River Valley.

We should maintain investment accounts to handle the funds that come in for annual tax payments and grants, but these funds will be paid out to meet budgeted projects and annual expenses.

So, who is the boudoir photography really for? I'm sure that, in some cases, it is a boost to self-esteem for the women who partake of the services of the photographers.

The front-page headline, “Swann, seniors talk taxes,” in the Saturday, June 20 Gazette certainly does not capture the essence and tone of the town hall meeting hosted by the Liberal caucus and the leader of the opposition, Dr.

The proposed million-dollar John E. Poole interpretive boardwalk is a fantastic idea that will help spur eco-tourism in the area, especially in Lois Hole Centennial Park.

Two years ago a Prince Albert woman birthed a child in a Wal-Mart washroom and left it for dead in the toilet.