Greg Banks
Active Member
Incremental? Ward 2 grew by over 16% between 2001 and 2006....yes that pales somewhat to 715% that 6 grew by but it is hardly incremental. Point is, both wards have added a lot of people since Mr. Hutton made his mark and I bet both have a lot of voters that have no idea what he "is".
That said, I think the biggest issue anyone has representing 6 is its very bizarre shape/configuration and very large land size. I have a hard time believing that such a large area, covering such diverse neighbourhoods can actually have the same "local" issues all over the ward. That is way less an issue in 2 but when you combine the two wards (as our strange electoral system does) it just exacerbates the issue.
Yes Ward 6 is a pretty big pill to swallow...
I don't know if you were in Ward 2 back in the original Heart Lake...however what you suggest in Ward 6 today was going on in Ward 2 at the time....the developments south of TCP had no relationship to the original, the builds of Stonegate and North of Conservation were too uppity and the only newer area that seemed Heart Lakian was west of the creek to 10, Sandalwood to Conservation....that calmed down after a couple of years and then was exacerbated by the developments west of 10...