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To ensure fiscal responsibility I would like to see more of the municipalities working together regionally to share the cost of developing certain communication pieces when rolling out their programs.

There’s only one way to lower taxes, and that’s knowing how to say “no.” I’ve never shied away from saying no to the big spenders. In the last term, I said no to tens of millions of dollars worth of unnecessary expenses.

Police continue to investigate the cause of a crash northeast of town earlier this week that claimed the life of a 72-year-old Cochrane man. Cpl. Curtis Peters said a dump truck was travelling west on Highway 567 Monday morning about 7:30 a.m.

To ensure fiscal responsibility, the elected council will need to carefully sift through the wants, needs, and must haves of Cochrane.

Police took a step forward in the ongoing investigation of a missing woman last week by searching Morley area wetlands exposed after this summer’s dry weather.

“I believe that my track record speaks for itself. I have always been and will continue to be very conscious of every dollar we spend. Over the last 4 years this is what we have done in regards to tax increases and in one year a tax decrease.

My goal if I am elected councillor would be to ask the hard questions of everyone on administration during budget reviews. What is this for? Why do we need that? What is the use for this expense or that expense.

Getting value for our tax dollars and keeping spending under control is what we all expect. It’s how I’ve approached my decision making as one of your councillors over the last 10 years.

A fixture on the Cochrane landscape will rumble down the road to its new home next week to make room for an eventual twinned highway through town.

Cochrane officials will be better prepared to handle large-scale emergencies when a new portable incident trailer is completed later this year. “It gives us the opportunity to go out to any event ...