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Podcast minds the gap in Edmonton's finances
A report to city council's executive committee, outlining a roughly $60-million hole in the books, offers council a true deficit of options, said the co-hosts of Episode 280 of Speaking Municipally.
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Podcasters ponder parking and people in Old Strathcona
Suggestions within the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy to remove parking, add bus rapid transit, and further pedestrianize the ever-popular area prompted the co-hosts of Episode 279 of Speaking Municipally to offer their thoughts.
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Fare gate pilot could fail, podcast hosts suggest
A two-year pilot project that will cost more than $7 million to install and staff 30 fare gates at two stations on the Capital Line LRT system to increase perceptions of safety could be a waste of money, the co-hosts of Episode 277 of Speaking Municipally suggested.
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How Andrew Knack intends to remain a force in the 2025 election
The perennially optimistic Coun. Andrew Knack, known for thanking all who engage him, even if it's to tell him he's wrong, has planned how to remain at work during and after the 2025 election, the first municipal poll since 2007 that he won't run in.
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Podcasters consider councillor conduct and new revenue ideas
The confrontation between councillors Tim Cartmell and Aaron Paquette at last week's utility committee meeting caught the ear of the co-hosts of Episode 275 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's municipal affairs podcast. But it wasn't so much the tension itself as what could potentially be fuelling it that made the exchange so intriguing for the co-hosts.
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Transit trouble and Cartmell coyness attract podcast's attention
Decisions on what to do about an Edmonton Transit Service budget shortfall and how far in advance to post administration's reports to city council were among the topics discussed in Episode 274 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's civic affairs podcast. Co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek also commented on a city councillor's call for new leadership as we edge closer to the 2025 municipal election.
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Podcast hosts talk Stony Plain Road, Edmonton Elks, property taxes
A failed effort to support Stony Plain Road business owners through construction pain, the sale of the Edmonton Elks, and a potential 13% increase to property taxes were the hot topics discussed in Episode 273 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's municipal affairs podcast hosted by Mack Male and Troy Pavlek.
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Podcasters question why city can't publish reports in time
The proposed changes to when city agendas will be released for public consumption drew the critical ire of podcast co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek on Episode 272 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's municipal affairs podcast.
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Podcasters consider council's code of conduct
Edmonton city council's decision to say no to updates that city administration proposed for its code of conduct bylaw caught the attention of the co-hosts of Episode 271 of Speaking Municipally.
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