Contrary to what our City Councilors are telling us, the best thing about Spruce Grove is not their financial management of the City’s money, nor all the now unaffordable sports facilities, nor all the forced development and growth justified by the hopes of lower taxes in the future but the best thing we have is what we already have, the things that grow naturally. The images I made this morning in the park are the proof that the best things in Spruce Grove are not forced to grow but ar... [More]

I have been preaching for years that our banking system is the root of all our evils and here is the best confirmation of these thoughts yet.

Congratulations to the elected. Shame on the “voters”. Monday October 25th was the inaugural meeting of the newly elected Spruce Grove Council. I would like to congratulate the winning candidates on their victories in the municipal election in Spruce Grove on October 18th. I would like to wish, Louise Baxter, Searle Turton, Bill Kesenko, Wayne Rothe, Bill Steinberg and Jeff Acker all the best for the next three years. Having said all that I cannot ignore the fact that voter tur... [More]

Here is a terrific argument for an economy that is not based on creating wealth through debt.

That this past year City Council voted to let Doug Lagore (cit manager) borrow up to $5 million dollars on behalf of the citizens for any reason without having to inform the Mayor or Council? That they passed a Bylaw that prohibits the public of recording the “Open Council” meetings because they were afraid that they might be made fun of? The city borrowed almost $9 Million dollars to buy land for the Gateway Towne Centre and ultimately leaving us on the hook for it if the projec... [More]

Here are the links to the audio files from the Spruce Grove Candidate Forum held on Tuesday October 13th 2010 sponsored by the Spruce Grove and District Chamber of Commerce. The original recording has been split into segments so as to make for faster downloads. The segments are in order from first to last as presented at the forum. Please note that the question audio files are large and may take a few minutes to load Introduction - Moderator Tyler Perozni Forum Rules and Candidate introduct... [More]

Yes, its election time. I was over to the candidate forum at the Horizon Stage last night hosted by the Spruce Grove Chamber of Commerce. I even asked a question. But lo, the incumbents still did not get it excepting maybe one, well kind of. It seems they are unable to hear properly or something, as their answers did not address the question. They just repeated what they did. In fact it was the same cookie cutter answer that was given to me last fall by their hired gun (City Manager Doug La... [More]

Geez, judging by the numbers of yokels (standing room only) at the Spruce Grove City Council meeting on Monday June 14th 2010 you would think it was an election year. Oh I forgot, it is indeed an election year and the nature of the evening’s proceedings reflected this fact. Cont. Below First on the agenda the City was giving money away Aerials Gymnastics club. To the tune of $300,000.00 split fifty-fifty between a new partnership garnered between the City and the Aerials Gymnast... [More]

Since the most searched for terms at Local-Yokels.com are “Spruce Grove Post Office”, “Saskatchewan Ave” or search terms related to the location of the new post office, combined with the concern we have lately for the environment I thought I would examine what impact the move to the new location might have to residents of Spruce Grove. What I came up with was a big surprise not to mention disturbing. Since this is now a destination that yo... [More]