Wow. I was specifically invited by a press secretary to attending this news conference but the government will not be taking my questions. #ableg#yeg#yegcc
Some questions to start about the report produced by CSKA for the Edmonton Police Commission from Erin Rutherford.
Coun. Erin Rutherford asked about the discrepancies in revenue between EPS and Calgary police. Asks @YEG_Commission if they've explored other ways to generate revenue, chair John McDougall says no but he can.
Council is set to debate a new police funding formula this morning that would give @edmontonpolice *at least* $7 million more next year & annual raises. Also, conflict of interest concerns with a @YEG_Commission report recommending a formula. #yegedmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
More comments from the police commission on the police funding report (which concludes funding formulas = good) & why Chief McFee is not in a conflict of interest despite being the president of CSKA, which authored the report.#yeg#yegccedmontonpolicecommission.com/per-capita-pol…
Edmonton’s police commission needs to be more transparent & open up private meetings to foster public trust, says city councillor (& commissioner) Anne Stevenson. The police commission had its first public meeting with council today. #yeg#yegccedmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
Coun. Anne Stevenson, who is also a commissioner, said there needs to be a “cultural shift” so that the oversight body becomes comfortable asking difficult questions of police leadership in a public forum.
Police commission chair John McDougall told me the commission has been “remarkably transparent” already. Even so he supports the idea to have more public committee meetings.
MORE for you on the threat of wild pigs (aka boars / feral hogs) to #yeg I didn't have space for.
1. Re: idea 'predators will take care of it': here's a pig hanging out with a wolf captured on a trail camera in Alberta
“You cannot barbecue your way out of this problem": Mike Bodenchuk, USDA.
Hunting pigs for the foodbank was tried in one Texas city. But cities that try to make it into an asset instead of full eradication failed, he said. #yeg#yegcc
📸 Barrhead trail cam
“Trap them if you must, shoot them if you can, kill them before they get inside the city of Edmonton": Bodenchuk.
📸 Some wild pigs caught in one of the govt's traps Alberta #yeg