tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post6142111254528497305..comments2023-10-04T06:59:20.803-06:00Comments on The Enlightened Savage: Winter WonderlandEnlightened Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-59770489725427713582008-12-31T20:30:00.000-07:002008-12-31T20:30:00.000-07:00Happy New Year ES!Happy New Year ES!Allie Wojtaszekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288605727373925328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-9319637931458565362008-12-19T10:09:00.000-07:002008-12-19T10:09:00.000-07:00wuzzles: Wow. Your tax dollars at work. What war...wuzzles: Wow. Your tax dollars at work. What ward are you in now?<BR/><BR/>Naheed: I'm reminded of an experience I had at a local Safeway store about a year ago. We had spent literally 30 minutes in line at the check-out. When the lady in front of me actually got to the cashier, she good-naturedly made a comment, in a friendly way, about how she almost went to the deli to pick up a dinner to eat while in line. The cashier glared at her, said not a word, reached under the till and slammed down an application for employment onto the "cheque ledge".<BR/><BR/>The difference here being, these aren't just customers at a grocery store who are getting poor service, having the economy blamed and being told to "suck it up" - they're stock-holders in the City of Calgary, and they can't just go to the next municpality over and ask if Chestermere would mind ploughing their neighbourhood.Enlightened Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-16823883627712382042008-12-18T18:47:00.000-07:002008-12-18T18:47:00.000-07:00Did you see this in today's Herald? Infuriating.....Did you see this in today's Herald? Infuriating...<BR/><BR/>http://www.calgaryherald.com/with+snow+Chill+says+city/1090115/story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-37324616754830520172008-12-17T16:20:00.000-07:002008-12-17T16:20:00.000-07:00(UsedToLiveIn)Ward8Guy here...My alderman never em...(UsedToLiveIn)Ward8Guy here...<BR/><BR/>My alderman never emailed me back, but a staff-member of his did. All s/he mentioned was that the numbers I stole/borrowed from you regarding city size, budget, and annual snowfall for Edmonton and Calgary were *slightly* different than the numbers they had (the had Calgary being slightly larger, with slightly less snow per annum). That was it. I replied with the exact same email with <I>their</I> numbers in place of <I>yours</I> (since the point was still the same, and the number weren't very different) - but I heard nothing back.<BR/><BR/>Pretty exciting, eh?wuzzleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935392850268355021noreply@blogger.com