Lethbridge Accountability
Lethbridge Accountability is designed to be issue driven and provide "one stop shopping" for citizens who want to keep informed on issues that matter to them.
The site provides a significant amount of information in an easy to digest format so any citizen of Lethbridge can be informed on a variety of issues.
Our belief is that open, honest and transparent communication is paramount for a government to function.
Lethbridge Accountability is committed to staying alive and active to hold all elected officials to their word, and to ensure the recorded work of council aligns with what they promised Lethbridge voters. This is not just the responsibility of those directly involved with the website, it is the collective responsibility of all citizens of Lethbridge.
Thank you for visiting and we hope that the information contained within makes our great city even better.
Regards,
Jenn Prosser, content administrator
Lisa Lambert, content administrator
Annelies van Oers, website developer
Comments
Could or would you consider this website as a go to for public opinion or feedback about the performing arts center? I am not against a center, necessarily. But I have many concerns about our ability to pay for staff and maintence of a building that may need the tax base of a Calgary or Vancouver. I would like the residents of Lethbridge to be heard as to their abilities to absorb higher tax increases beyond the already projected 5% per year before this center may be build.
Hi Darlene,
I am not sure if I would consider this site a "go to" but there is an area where council members had the ability to enter their opinion on the Preforming Arts Centre. It is a good place for cursory information on there they stand regarding this issue and can be used as a comparative measure to hold their actions (votes, financial support) to account.
Thanks Jenn and Annelies for providing this service once again, to the citizens of Lethbridge. It's important to know where candidates stand on key issues. I am grateful to those who provided well thought out answers that show they care about the issues at hand and disappointed in those who didn't feel it necessary to respond or who gave answers that told us nothing or just showed defence of city measures already in place and didn't explain where the individual actually stands on the issue.
This site helps in the democratic process and your hard work and diligence is much appreciated. The layout looks great too and it's easy to navigate. Well done.
A good start but the Issues section appears to be a random collection of disconnected ideas. For example, City taxation revenues should also include utility surcharges as a significant portion of revenue generation for the City. Why not merge or list them closely together.The City's Capital Improvement Plan is ambitious, but two recent contract defaults show that Project scope creep led to the overexpenditures and eventual bankruptcy of the contractors. How can they do bether? Operational spending could easily include a number of items such as snow removal, parks and recreation, facility maintenance are all in need of rationalization. Sustainability in its current form appears to be about building lots of new infrastructure, but nothing about keeping the City affordable for both young families and those who chose to retire here.
City Investment policies are in need of an external review and the ultimate outcome of the ABCP fiasco still needs to be tracked.
Finally, the www.itsyourlethbridge.com site has provided both a record of controversy and analysis of many City problems. No mention of its role in the last election or any indication it will contribute to the next.