86 Percent Approve Of $ervu$ Place? Not Likely!

19/02/2009 07:14
Here is a link to a front page story in yesterday's St. Albert Gazette titled Servus survey positive, which states in part:

"Phone questionnaire of 300 residents finds 86 per cent satisfaction rate with users, and an 18 per cent jump in annual members

Servus Credit Union Place is finding its groove with customers, according to new numbers from city hall.

A survey of more than 300 area residents suggests 86 per cent said they found some level of satisfaction with the overall facility. The phone and Internet survey was conducted Nov. 27 to Dec. 12 by Bannister Research & Consulting Inc. and will be used for strategic planning."
----------------------------------------------
Well folks, this is another pile of steaming BS sitting down at city hall. This time it is in the form of a survey the city is touting on the satisfaction rate of $ervu$ Place.

You see the city had a 300 response phone and internet survey done by a research firm, and you read the results above. Which begs the question, why could not the city make the phone calls and tabulate internet responses using current staff without hiring researchers and waste even more taxpayers money?

But I digress, as the real point of this startling announcement seems to be a well planned PR move to boost the ratings of that white elephant.

Why would I think that, you ask? Well folks, I don’t have a lot of faith in the city stating there is an 86 percent approval rating among local residents, when 83 percent of those surveyed were members of $ervu$ Place at the time they were surveyed.

That’s where the PR BS comes into play. I mean really, who do they think they are kidding? And how does something like this rate front page play in the local paper?

This announcement by the city is clearly a setup and nothing more, in my humble opinion. I have opposed this financial disaster from day one when I cast my ballot against it and will continue to contest this type of shameless promotion of the joint using apparently stacked figures.

Let’s find out if that 86 percent approval rating holds true among St. Albert’s Place readers. Please enter your opinion in the survey below and we’ll see if we get a matching result.

Please do it now and encourage every member of your household, your friends and neighbours to also answer the poll questions. My bet is that we will see quite a different result than the one being promoted by the city.

Poll Closed.