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Tag Archives: Community
Going Backwards in Time
“I just want the community to go back to the way it was.” Really? The comment above in the title of this post is what I got from the gal cutting my hair today. She wants to go backwards in … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Community, hairdresser, middle-way, Municipal Election, new school, Old Boys Club, old school
23 Comments
One former resident’s take on an earlier time
Below is a well-written article on an earlier time that was submitted to the very same Facebook group I had my run in with over the weekend that I spoke about in my previous post. What a difference a day … Continue reading
The ‘Hijacking’ of our Municipality
It seems in recent weeks I’ve ruffled some feathers and interfered with the planned take-over or hijacking of our municipality by the Ratepayer Executive, and their mayor and councillors in waiting. Some of these people have been giving me sly … Continue reading
Crowsnest Pass: ungrateful, spiteful, irrational?
Ungrateful, Spiteful, Irrational? Is that what the Pass is? Last election this community chose (out of spite?) to ungratefully ignore both a sitting and former councillor for the mayor’s chair and instead put in a man they knew for the … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Community, Crowsnest Pass, Crowsnest Pass: ungrateful, Dostoevsky, irrational?, Municipal Election, Society, spiteful
23 Comments
Resident tired of all the moaning about elites
Resident Tired A commenter in a previous post said the following: Anonymous said… Mr Prince, you keep mentioning the elite and downtrodden and other classes of people in the Pass. Just what are your categories and the class structure here. … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Blogging, Community, elites, equality, establishment, quote, Resident tired of all the moaning about elites
16 Comments
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai “A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village’s request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves.” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/plotsummary Comment: In my … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Community, Council, Government, Municipal Election, Seven Samurai, social activism
15 Comments
The way forward: Restoring our Community Pride and Spirit
Restoring our Community Pride and Spirit Below is a comment found on a local blogger’s website where it went unappreciated (even unfairly ridiculed) for its depth of reasoning and understanding of our local situation. Hopefully, it will find a better … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Blogging, Community, Doomsayer, economics, Mayor, Municipal Election, pride, spirit, TITV
13 Comments
Bad talk going around about ‘dissolution’
Bad Talk Lately in conversations I have been involved in there has been much talk about the unhappiness and unfairness of the Crowsnest Pass being one community. Back in 1979, when Amalgamation was sneakily (underhandedly) forced onto the people living … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Amalgamation, Annexation, Community, Crowsnest Pass, Dissolution, MD of Ranchlands, MGA, Municipal Government, Ward System
41 Comments
Knowledge vs Intelligence
Knowledge vs Intelligence When out and about in the community engaging in conversations with ‘my family’, so to speak, I don’t know how many times residents here at some point don’t mention to me how intelligent I am. I know, … Continue reading
Wouldn’t it be nice, if…
Growing list of people who need to leave this community to survive Like previous councils – are truckers, and excavating companies and other such businesses not the businesses and families our council want living in this community? If so, tell … Continue reading
Posted in CNP Politics
Tagged Annie Orton, Community, Council, Crowsnest Pass, Crowsnest Promoter, Letter to the Editor, Mayor
3 Comments