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SAAG cafe represents a massive subsidy by the city
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By Letter to the Editor on May 14, 2021.
Editor: What is the city social contract with tax-paying businesses? The Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) has been released. The Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) project is again proposed, and again, wants to open a café with taxpayer money. We believe the SAAG, in addition to sports, the Exhibition, Street Wheelers, and others, is one of many important pieces of our tourism draw. These draws pull people in who will use our hotels, restaurants, and shop throughout the City. The SAAG has operated superior programming that has enhanced Lethbridge for the past 30 years.
LTC looking forward to contributing to improved processes
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By Letter to the Editor on May 7, 2021.
Editor: Over the last few months, our City Manager Craig Dalton has engaged in open dialogue with the Lethbridge Transparency Council (LTC) on issues brought forward by the LTC. Our joint goal is to create a conduit to City Hall, where citizens can not just raise concerns, but also confirm information and understand the reasoning behind decisions and proposals being put forward by the City. A recent example illustrates this dialogue. Through media, it came to our attention that the City of Red Deer disclosed having a workforce of about 1,100 employees whereas Lethbridge was closer to 1800. The LTC could not find enough information to assess this difference, which if true would be concerning, so we put the question to Mr Dalton.
Efficiency will drive us out of transit problem
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By Letter to the Editor on April 30, 2021.
Editor: Over the past several months, the Lethbridge Transparency Council has observed that the majority of City of Lethbridge buses are driving around empty, or with only a handful of riders.  Figures from City sources indicate that a fleet of 42 buses (about 36 passenger capacity each) operate on 14 routes, logging around 970,000 kilometres per year. 40% of these are spares.  In 2005, Lethbridge Transit had an annual ridership of 2,555,695 passengers on 25 buses. Expenses for the same year amounted to $6,023,794. With revenues of $2,243,222, the net cost to the taxpayer was $3,780,572 or $1.47 per passenger per ride.
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