Comments on: “Although I’ve grown to like the city I feel that this is not the place that we will be raising our children…”

By: Not to BE

Not to BE — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:44 +0000

Yes the new parent Link in town is great. But the lady that opened it had nothing but issues trying to find space to rent and was shown very very little support while trying to get the centre up and running! Why would the city make this so difficult for her?
As for the comment about the Reserve, the people in Wetaskiwin are very quick to turn their head on the issue. But are very quick to use it as the cause of all problems! I do not think that it is in anyway right to think that Hobbema is the only issue in this town. There are many other issues that are much closer to home that need to delt with!
I do want to make Wetaskiwin a better place so that one day it iwll be a good community to raise a family in and be very proud to say that I am from here but untl then I have little faith. I have not seen a change in the 30 some years that I have been around the area.

By: Not To BE

Not To BE — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:31 +0000

I also agree 100%. I don't know what is wrong with the council members and the city employees in this town but they all have a mentality that there shit does not stink. This City will not change unless new blood is introduced in the decision making in this town! I also feel that there is way to much influence on the city from a few major last names (which I will not mention…but its pretty easy to figure out).
I was born and raised in Wetaskiwin, 3 years ago my husband and I moved out of the Edmonton for the very reason of starting a family. Our decision was easy buy a house in Millet! We both knew what Wetaskiwin had to offer young families…. Nothing to write home about, so Millet was the best option and Leduc is the Same distance for awesome facilities. Why can't Wetaskiwin bring anything here for the younger families? ……

By: To Be Or Not To Be

To Be Or Not To Be — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:33 +0000

The programs available for youth in wetaskiwin are an effort at least, but they are a sad comparison to what they potentially could be. We ourselves are not leading by example, as we should be. It seems we expect the younger generation to take on our burdens and learn from our mistakes, but we refuse to do so. We keep on making these eternal errors with no thought to the consequences of our actions. Nope. That belongs to the next generation.

Wake up and smell the fossil fuels. If we don't ALL make an honest effort to make OUR community a better place, then it will eventually be overrun and lost.
C'mon Wetaskiwin….what are we waiting for??

By: To Be Or Not To Be

To Be Or Not To Be — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:14 +0000

I agree whole-heartedly. The focus of the city needs to be ensuring that a solid, even base is available to build upon rather than piling projects on top of the sand…which is exactly where we sit right now.

Wetaskiwin is a unique case because of the reserve, however, that in itself seems to be an area no one wants to go. Wetaskiwin NEEDS to look at the bigger picture. Rather than trying to deal with the vagrants in Wetaskiwin as they come on an individual basis, we need to be proactive and engage in healthy communications with Hobbema and foster a trust that was lost long ago. We need to collaborate between nearby cities and town on our education techniques, and what we are teaching our youth by the example we are setting….