Revolutionary Moderation

Disgusting, anti-democratic



I could come up with other ways to describe the farce at Calgary City Council yesterday, but how many names to we need? For those of you not here, Council was debating a motion to change the title of representitives from "Alderman" to "Councillor". Four Aldermen spoke to the motion, all in favour, and Council defeated the motion 11-4.



Put aside the reasons to keep or change the title. After all, City Council did. Seriously, there's a certain responsibility to debate motions you're going to defeat - for at least one member to read into the public record the reasons Councillors will be voting no. The ten (and the Mayor) who silently failed this motion, however, are not Councillors. They are not Aldermen. They have proved themselves to be empty chairs.