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Our CAO Has an Impressive Resume - Or Does He?
I posted this all a few months ago on social media and reposted it all recently. Here are the companies Mr Nicolay has been involved in...
allardkg
Jan 17, 20224 min read


Our CAO Helped Fund the $830,000 that IMH Spent on Their Office Space
Do You Know How Lavishly Invest Medicine Hat (IMH) Spent on Their Offices? Here’s a hint, you could buy a couple of nice houses with it....
allardkg
Jan 11, 20222 min read


We Need Background Checks For All Administrative Positions at City Hall
I recently applied to be on the Police Commission (and the Municipal Planning Commission). I must pass a police check to even be...
allardkg
Dec 6, 20212 min read


Shout Out and Many Thanks to My Design Team
This has been a long campaign and I could not not have got as far as I did without the help of my design team Liz Goode and Megan Allard....
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


Financially Fit Post #3
(I originally posted these on my FB page, they got posted in the wrong order on my blog. I could have renamed them but it would make...
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


Financially Fit Part 1
I’m doing a few posts on this, lots to talk about. I hear a lot about Financially Fit and how well the City is doing, after all they ...
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


Financially Fit Post #2
I’ve been pushing for improving our transit, how we need it to grow our city and one reason why our young people go to big cities and...
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


It’s Been a Long Campaign.
I decided to run because City Hall could not decide to hold a vote on a mask bylaw last year. I did not care what they decided, I just...
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


I Had to Step Away From the Computer on the Night of Oct 15
In a discussion about better transit service I encountered a person who actually compared poor people to stray cats. I got so angry I...
allardkg
Oct 18, 20212 min read


My Take - the Deloitte Review of the IMH RFP Process Part 2
"The City spent $75,000 and did not even request a review on what people were so angry about. To be clear, Deloitte did the job they were...
allardkg
Oct 6, 20214 min read


My Take on the Deloitte Review of Invest Medicine Hat (IMH) Request For Proposal (RFP) Process
The City spent $75,000 and did not even request a review on what people were so angry about. To be clear, Deloitte did the job they were...
allardkg
Oct 5, 20213 min read


Upcoming Review on the Invest Medicine Hat RFP Fiasco Part 2
Timeline on the Request for Proposal to Outsource Invest Medicine Hat Oct 2018 – Bob Nicolay hired as CAO/City Manager. Aug 2019 –...
allardkg
Oct 4, 20211 min read


Upcoming Review on the Invest Medicine Hat RFP Fiasco Part 1
We are promised the results of an independent review at tonight’s council meeting. https://chatnewstoday.ca/2021/09/07/third-party-review...
allardkg
Oct 4, 20212 min read


My Views on COVID
I’ve been asked a number of times what my opinion is re COVID and restrictions. First let me express my deepest condolences to the...
allardkg
Oct 2, 20215 min read


We Need New Blood!
Ad preview This was originally posted on Facebook July 22 2021. The RFP was shut down; we are promised the results of a review before the...
allardkg
Sep 27, 20212 min read


Hydrogen Hub – A Real Possibility or Another Helium Hub?
IMH and NGPR have been crowing about the possibility of a Hydrogen Hub, many are practically salivating over the possibility of big...
allardkg
Sep 21, 20212 min read


City Hall Rewards Failure
In 2016, the general manager of NGPR (Natural Gas and Petroleum Resources) produced a business plan called Return to Profitability It...
allardkg
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Ward System or At Large?
I have heard some people saying they want a Ward system instead of our At Large system. I think residents feel that most of current...
allardkg
Sep 6, 20212 min read


Cricket in Medicine Hat -The Gentleman's Game
I went to my first cricket match August 28. :) Earlier this year I made a post about cricket pitches being on the Parks and Recreation...
allardkg
Sep 5, 20212 min read


How Much is Your Petty Cash?
Million Dollar CAO Capital Contingency Fund Reduced to a Mere $500k for 2019-2022, How Ever Does He Cope? (Btw, there is also a Council...
allardkg
Sep 4, 20212 min read
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