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On Monday, we're in court to see if the man charged with 12 indictable offenses will finally be getting trial dates (after his previous two trial dates were pushed due to him changing council repeatedly). While we wait, he's still able to work in #lethbridge as a realtor, accessing people's homes 🫠

Ironically, this man infringed against us, too, back in 2023 .... (Non-payment for services rendered & identity fraud using the identity information he accessed from us as part of his licensed role as a realtor lol) According to reddit threads, we aren't the only people he didn't pay, either.

Call me cynical, but I feel those who "might be at risk of" being influenced to change their vote .. off a motion made by city council .. likely aren't politically engaged enough to read the motion in the first place?! Also: did anyone ELSE read the vote-influencing-mail sent directly by the ABGov?

I'll be honest & admit the UCP mail I got, "paid for by the Govt of AB", I stopped reading after the first line about how Alberta was NOT getting a fair shake from to Ottawa. 🙄 (Or maybe that was the radio ad?) Either way, some taxfunded people definitely were trying to influence the vote.

Call me cynical, but I feel those who "might be at risk of" being influenced to change their vote .. off a motion made by city council .. likely aren't politically engaged enough to read the motion in the first place?! Also: did anyone ELSE read the vote-influencing-mail sent directly by the ABGov?

I was more apprehensive about the 9 #Alberta referendum questions than the separation one. I don't want to say too much until all the tallies are done & counted. But the "proof of citizenship" being the highest "yes" so far really underlines the power of propaganda.

I also find it interesting the drop off between each ballot -- each question received less votes than the last? Voter fatigue in real time. Confusing, delibrately misleading questions, designed to create a specific narrative

I was more apprehensive about the 9 #Alberta referendum questions than the separation one. I don't want to say too much until all the tallies are done & counted. But the "proof of citizenship" being the highest "yes" so far really underlines the power of propaganda.

Only citizens can vote! It's the equivalent of a question being "should we put in a law to make it mandatory for humans to breathe air"

It is scary to speak out. It is much safer to remain "neutral" But if our elected officials choose not to speak out for us, in efforts to protect their own positions of power, what good is that power?

We are finding a noted increase in rac!st graffiti & stickers on the streets of Lethbridge, words championing that some people "don't belong" in Lethbridge, or Alberta, or Canada. If council doesn't think this referendum isn't encouraging a very angry subset of our population, we have a big problem

It is scary to speak out. It is much safer to remain "neutral" But if our elected officials choose not to speak out for us, in efforts to protect their own positions of power, what good is that power?

Yes, everyone can vote their conscience & believe whatever they wish. But remaining neutral on a topic that is anything but is not protective of the electorate. Using the idea of "swaying votes" as an excuse, is not in the best interest of Lethbridge, no matter how you look at it

It is scary to speak out. It is much safer to remain "neutral" But if our elected officials choose not to speak out for us, in efforts to protect their own positions of power, what good is that power?

There is a videographer in #Lethbridge that has been using AI to generate rac!st & v!olent videos. He has also been targeting us (& others) mal!ciously for years. I have been quiet about the h/r/ssment I have received but clearly silence is what allows this behaviour to entrench.

This individual is affiliated with a well known church charity in #Lethbridge that aims to uplift vulnerable people. The manager of this charity also jumped in the fray to belittle me when I raised concern about the rac!st videos I saw.

There is a videographer in #Lethbridge that has been using AI to generate rac!st & v!olent videos. He has also been targeting us (& others) mal!ciously for years. I have been quiet about the h/r/ssment I have received but clearly silence is what allows this behaviour to entrench.

Its a little late for spring cleaning, I admit, but.... ..better late than never.