Opinion

Dear Editor, People who live in a democracy choose their representatives who then make reasonable, informed decisions on their behalf. For those who don’t make reasonable decision they face the electorate on a regular basis.

Dear Editor, I would like to address Bill Lane and the County Council with respect to the article in the Barrhead Leader concerning the West Power Line Route.

Anyone standing on the outside looking in would have to admit it’s been a seven-day stretch for Westlock County. There’s no denying it. Check out the headlines.

Next winter when residents young and old take a skate around the town’s newly fixed up outdoor rink, they will have the Westlock Interact Club to thank.

We take pride in the newspaper we produce, and we hope the community does to. But part of that pride comes at a cost. We often have to write and print articles that may not portray some community members in the best light. This includes court.

I must admit, I didn’t see this one coming. When I walked out of the Woodlands County council chambers on May 5, I truly thought the aquatic centre project was officially dead.

Athabasca town and county councils are each working with a different private enterprise towards the development of additional non-subsidized seniors housing in the community.

There is something that seems a bit odd about a municipal government raising taxes just so they can put away around $900,000 for spending sometime down the road.

At the first regular council meeting of each month, the council of both the town and county of Barrhead invite a member of the local clergy to recite a non-denominational prayer or invocation.

Orange is the new blue. At least in Alberta it is. Last week Alberta made a change that no one could have ever seen in a crystal ball, they chose NDP.