Bits And Pieces . . .
25/10/2008 09:35
Lottery Woes . .
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Don’t say I didn’t warn you before, but another lottery is in big trouble. The folks that run the fund raiser in support of the Misericordia hospital, Edmonton’s oldest home lottery has sold just half the tickets with the draw date nearly upon them. How many times do lotteries have to be told they have reached a saturation point in the marketplace? Blame the Edmonton Oilers lottery who nearly faltered last year as a big part of the cause of the trouble. And oh yeah, lotteries might just want to consider the tough economic times too. Those $100 tickets are just too damn expensive.
Food Bank Usage Up Sharply . . .
Usually reliable sources tell St. Albert’s Place that the St. Albert Food Bank has seen a sharp upturn in the amount of local people in need of the service. It’s hard to believe in a community so rich that council can raise taxes a mere 27% over the next three years that this can be possible, isn’t it? In reality, which is out of council’s concept, economic times are likely the culprit here.
Ignoring The Taxpayer . . .
I find it astonishing that after Elke Blodgett ran an open letter here which ran in at least one local paper asking questions of all members of council and the city manager, that only one councillor chose to respond. When city officials at nearly every level refuse to even answer a series of questions from a concerned local resident it could be construed as contempt for local citizens, could it not? Shame on all of them for ignoring simple questions intentionally.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you before, but another lottery is in big trouble. The folks that run the fund raiser in support of the Misericordia hospital, Edmonton’s oldest home lottery has sold just half the tickets with the draw date nearly upon them. How many times do lotteries have to be told they have reached a saturation point in the marketplace? Blame the Edmonton Oilers lottery who nearly faltered last year as a big part of the cause of the trouble. And oh yeah, lotteries might just want to consider the tough economic times too. Those $100 tickets are just too damn expensive.
Food Bank Usage Up Sharply . . .
Usually reliable sources tell St. Albert’s Place that the St. Albert Food Bank has seen a sharp upturn in the amount of local people in need of the service. It’s hard to believe in a community so rich that council can raise taxes a mere 27% over the next three years that this can be possible, isn’t it? In reality, which is out of council’s concept, economic times are likely the culprit here.
Ignoring The Taxpayer . . .
I find it astonishing that after Elke Blodgett ran an open letter here which ran in at least one local paper asking questions of all members of council and the city manager, that only one councillor chose to respond. When city officials at nearly every level refuse to even answer a series of questions from a concerned local resident it could be construed as contempt for local citizens, could it not? Shame on all of them for ignoring simple questions intentionally.