Comments on: To go, finally, where only some other governments have gone before

By: Weekly Roundup (Dec. 1 – Dec. 11)

Weekly Roundup (Dec. 1 – Dec. 11) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:35:57 +0000

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By: Open Data and You: Low Fat & Acronym Free

Open Data and You: Low Fat & Acronym Free — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:33:02 +0000

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By: Raffaella Loro

Raffaella Loro — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:54:17 +0000

I'm interested in hearing debates about what should be private and public. Clearly I'm a little biased, but I want to know what others think so we can better tailor the content of this blog for the people who read it. PS. There sort of is an app for sharing beer.

By: Dimmy

Dimmy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:05:34 +0000

…I really wish you had split the infinitive in the header, Mr. Moyles. Would’ve made my evening. Still, good post.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:27 +0000

I’m sorry I might have posted in the wrong section.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:35:56 +0000

I am really interested to see what comes out of this initiative. I think this is a great opportunity. I hope this blogging would be an opportunity for people to share ideas and thoughts that may help improve the City as a whole.

With the downfall of the economy all we hear about is deficits and everybody trying to find ways to save more money or be more cost effective than we already are. One idea that comes to mind is the partnerships between the different levels of governments. We already do it but not to the extent where the added value is optimized everytime. For example, The Provincial Government had a program called the HEP (Homeless and Eviction Prevention) Fund and the City of Edmonton was into building affordable housing. I thought if the 2 Governments actually came together and worked something out, we would have had the potential to not only help those in need but be able to recycle tax payer dollars. How? There are too many people who abuse the HEP Fund which was set up to help with the damage deposit and first months rent to people, but those who came in to get it just got evicted again month or 2 after anyway and just kept going back for more income support. The Province has already burned through a few million dollars that was allocated for this fund. Now if the City built Government run affordable appartments which was reserved for people on income support and the Province made a regulation that in order to receive income support they would be assigned to these Government run appartments. The HEP Fund would be recycled and the rent being paid every month after the first which was paid for through the HEP fund would be a source of contribution back to the HEP Fund to pay for the costs of running and maintaining the appartments. This is just a thought and I am not too familiar with the whole processes of both of the initiatives therefore am not sure if the idea would even work out, but it is an idea if it would work that could save and recycle money, keep people off the streets and help the Government keep track of what’s going on and have some sort of statistics to see if the funding is really making a difference in our communities.

Is this a possibility or am I just out in the woods on this one?

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:02:12 +0000

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