EDITED - After I published this, I got a message that Councillor (for another day) Hirsch piled on. Councillor (for the next day) Cassi Hider came out swinging against Mayor Linnsie Clark with a video casting the blame on Clark for this council's failure. Hirsch piled on this morning. Hider who in the past has described herself as the “Town Crier” (she got a little weepy during a meeting and it was a lighthearted self- deprecation) has now apparently assumed the role of Town

Voters have expressed frustration with the number of candidates in this election. I share their frustration. How does a person wade through 39 council candidates, never mind the 6 for mayor and the numerous school board candidates? The sheer number is overwhelming. A lot of people have given up even trying which leaves a lot of good candidates in the dust. How do we address the huge number of candidates? Here are some options. Filing Fees Medicine Hat has no filing fees, only

At the October 6 2025 Council Meeting Mayor Linnsie Clark revealed that someone had leaked her e-mail regarding former City Manager Ann Mitchell’s performance evaluation to Mitchell. This resulted in the Shitshow Showdown of August 21 2023 and a subsequent demand letter that quoted the performance evaluation and a threat to sue Mayor Clark for defamation. The relevant information starts at page 660 in the Oct 6 Agenda Packet 2023 August 15 Clark e-mailed Council ONLY regardin

Bringing back the Medicine Hat Advantage of low taxes and utilities. A number of candidates are talking a lot about reducing spending as...

We in Medicine Hat speak our city's name with reverence, drawn from a rich Blackfoot legend. We point to the World’s Largest Tepee as a...

Sept 3 The City of Medicine Hat removed all candidate campaign links from their website. Why? Because they received a complaint about MY ...

Many people are upset at the recent raise council members voted for themselves. This should have been done a year ago as per section 3.02 of Policy No. 8043 City Council Remuneration which says “Remuneration shall be reviewed in the third year of each Council term and compared against average annual base salary paid to City Council members in the Comparator (Peer) Group and considering the unique governance responsibilities of the City of Medicine Hat.” Because this was addre

There are a number of misconceptions Mr. Campbell is putting out there. Strong Towns Yes I am currently the co-chair of the Strong Towns...

I am Kelly Allard. I’m asking for your vote to serve on Medicine Hat’s City Council. You may recognize me from the 2021 election. My...

It’s Time to Restore Sanity, and Integrity, to City Hall Lately, something remarkable has been happening. People in Medicine Hat stop me...

At a community engagement event Thursday night Chief Electoral Officer Mr Andres Cardona Arias told me that the City will be making an...

I have seen far too much unprofessionalism around the horseshoe and in committee meetings. It starts with addressing others by their...

I’ve been a card player since I was old enough to hold cards in my fat little hands. At first it was simple games like fish, war and...

Cutting Red Tape We have heard from many business owners that the red tape to open a business in this city is ridiculous. Things like...

I have been asked for my opinion on the Transportation Master Plan (TMP), Division Avenue, the 8th St SE roundabouts and Bump Outs. Here...

Doubtless you have heard how all of the candidate campaign links were removed from the candidate list on the city election information...

It seems like the script of a bad movie, you can't make this shit up. The City of Medicine Hat’s latest action of removing election...

Yesterday the Candidate List on the City of Medicine Hat website showed the link to my campaign website. Today it is GONE! It had been...

I was disappointed recently (but not surprised) at the venom spewing out of a local “wealth advisor”, Craig Elder after we met publicly...

A lot of the people currently sitting at the horseshoe campaigned on transparency. (Yup, I’m laughing too.) We get the travel and expense...