Calgarians are an optimistic bunch, almost to a fault. We’ll give second chances, third chances, and sometimes even fourth ones if we’re told it will mean better days ahead. But after the last four-year debacle at City Hall, you can’t blame residents for wondering if they’ve been misled again.
The new council has barely taken their seats, and already people are asking the same question I’ve been hearing for months: Will anything actually change?
To be blunt, Calgarians didn’t vote for more of the same. They didn’t vote for more ideological experiments, late-night procedural games, or policies that ignore the people footing the bills.
They wanted leadership, real leadership, not rehearsed talking points and feel-good slogans detached from everyday reality. And nowhere is that disconnect clearer than in the ongoing fiasco of blanket rezoning.
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