The best (and worst) tweets

LOLs and rage in this week's Municipal Round-Up

As the municipal elections gear up in Alberta (voting takes place October 18), you can expect a revival of favoured local government subjects, too.

There’s a perennial discussion in Edmonton about whether we should have a nice downtown, or turn it into a surface parking Valhalla for those who commute:

Serena's shivering in YEG 🇭🇰🍞 @unicornwheels

This is what #YEG will look like as a $0.05 city. A donut with some parking lots for all your cars. What a beaut.

Dan Rose @The_Rosbif

I've been informed that Mayor Mayer is not running again in Camrose. Is it time to fire up the Dan Rose for Camrose campaign, or should I leave it to my brother, actually named Cam Rose, to take a run at the Mayor's seat? This #DanRose4Camrose political theatre wrote itself.

Meanwhile in Calgary, dreams of the 1940s are alive as the fluoride debate surfaces like a cavity in an un-flossed mouth:

Jason Markusoff @markusoff

Gah. —signed, father of 2 kids whose teeth would be better off if councillors heeded the advice of public health officials on *this issue* as well.

Madeline Smith @meksmith

VOTE on restoring fluoride to Calgary's water supply: LOST 6-8 #yyccc Farkas N Farrell N Gondek Y Keating N Magliocca N Sutherland N Woolley Y Carra N Chahal Y Chu N Colley-Urquhart Y Davison Y Demong N Nenshi Y

Paul Fairie @paulisci

An amazing ad from 1989 that I imagine will be revived again: THE KIDS IN EDMONTON WILL GROW UP WITH BETTER TEETH THAN THE KIDS IN CALGARY We can change all that.

Madeline Smith @meksmith

Absolutely no one asked, but I have delivered. Today I went trolling through 60+ years of fluoride plebiscite history in the Herald archives. By the 1970s, they were already writing about how the issue was coming up "once again." #yyccc https://t.co/WHPky9REsd

Another topic that’s likely to get some column inches during this election season is speed limits, and photo radar OF COURSE:

Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus

Calgary city council has been going in circles on lowering speed limits for over a century—no exaggeration. And it's often been women who have organized for change. I dig into this, and more, in the new Sprawlcast (includes transcript!) #yyccc

sprawlcalgary.comSprawlcast: The Longest Playground Zone in Calgary | The SprawlA history of city speed limits.

Jeff Samsonow @jeffsamsonow

Edmonton may finally be living up to being the first big city in Canada to adopt #VisionZero. With the vote minutes ago at #yegcc, speed limits on most streets would go down to 40 km/h, with many in mature neighbourhoods possibly going to 30 km/h (in early 2020). #yegCoreZone

And a few councilors on #yegcc are trying to offer sage advice:

Andrew Knack @AndrewKnack

When elected representatives lie or mislead, do everything possible to avoid amplifying their message. When you share that content, even with the truth, those lies reach more people. Since lies often spread more than truth, try to do what you can to amplify and share the truth.

But, honestly, we probably won’t be taking his advice:

Mike Nickel @MikeNickelYEG

My dog 🐶 ❤️ Bailey has decided to put her hat into the race! She has a strong platform, including: ✅ More Fire Hydrants ✅ Fish Stick Fridays ✅ Cats on Leashes Good luck pup! #yeg #yegcc #abpoli

And finally, some good news:

Dean Kurpjuweit @deankurpjuweit

Some HUGE news @mustardseedyeg . Tuesday the Edmonton Oilers 50/50 raffle funds will go directly to The Seed directly support those in need through increased emergency assistance services (food, shelter & basic care) Buy lots of tickets that night. And please spread the word!

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The Truth, the Coal Truth and Nothing But the Truth —an interesting peek the original energy war room over on Daveberta.