Opinion

Congratulations to Peace River – Westlock’s first Member of Parliament, Arnold Viersen. In last week’s issue Viersen congratulated his opponents for representing their parties and themselves, honourably.

Arrogance should carry side effects like total hair loss or crippling weight-gain. It ought to turn your skin blue or cause some kind of a horrendous acne outbreak.

Dear Editor, It is with sadness, and yet with great anticipation, that I say farewell to Barrhead and to my role as the Director of Barrhead FCSS.

Considering the mess the province is in, it’s actually kind of surprising the first-ever budget from the NDP released last Tuesday isn’t worse than it is.

It was a tough week for Rachel Notley and her provincial government. The government faced arguably its toughest test since May as Notley revealed the NDP’s first budget. It wasn’t pretty.

Athabasca County is a region of volunteers. We have volunteers from all walks of life that help out in any way they can — from fundraisers for playgrounds, to building a trail system or stepping behind the bench to coach a minor hockey team.

Another week, another political candidate caught making inappropriate and offensive statement from their past, in large part, due to social media. One of the latest being NDP candidate for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Alex Johnstone.

Alberta Culture Days came and went, and I spent all of my time chasing after one lead or another. It was cold and windy and I would much rather have enjoyed a warm cup of tea with some poetry any day of the week.

Dear Editor, I have done a tally on what the 3 political parties have promised to us from August 3 to September, 2015 and have come up with the following: Total promises: $431,500,000.

Dear Editor, The time to vote on the pool the Town of Barrhead proposes is tomorrow. Regardless of which way you intend to vote, please vote. Plan Forward doesn’t have the budget for flashy ads to change your mind or encourage questions.