MD of Ranchlands and annexation

At the last Council meeting CAO Myron Thompson reported that the MD of Ranchlands council were meeting the same day (May 7) and that he was hopeful that they would respond to our municipality's request for further discussions on the issues of either amalgamation or annexation.
Having had some interaction with the CAO and council of Ranchlands during my terms on council I expect that in the not too distant future possibly as early as next week it appears they will lay out their position.

My fellow blogger John Prince has the following post available @. http://blog.johnprince.ca/2013/05/news-tip-what-goes-around-comes-around.html

If the speculation proves to be true that they are taking out advertising in the local papers both here and in Nanton, that advertising may appear at first to be directed towards the residents of the Crowsnest Pass and the MD of Ranchlands.
Keep in mind the real audience is in Edmonton at municipal affairs our local politicians can make the case all they want about inequalities of linear tax bases but at the end of the day a decision will be made by the Minister of Municipal affairs.
Bottom line, will we be seeing Ranchlands tax base has our financial saviour anywhere in the next few years? Call me negative call me what you want the answer is No.
Edmonton will not make this process easy for us and neither will Ranchlands, give me one good reason why they would, and don't think for a second that every MD in the province isn't watching this. We all know how much sway the rural areas have amongst the provincial conservative party.
Will our Mayor try to spin this into it's now critical to keep myself and those other six fellows I spend Tuesday nights with in power to finish of the process of annexing Ranchlands?  
 

Nomination day is almost here.

Well Nomination day is Monday September 20th.

Still thinking about running you can pick up a nomination form at the municipal office until 4:30 today. You can even down load a copy of the form from our Municipal Web site. http://www.town.crowsnestpass.ab.ca/

You have to have your nomination form in to the municipal office between 10am and noon on Monday.

Its shaping up to be a fairly diverse group of candidates I fully expect at least two for Mayor, and twenty for Councilor position if not more.

If you went on rumours around town there would be more people running than voting. Democracy is alive and well in the Crowsnest Pass.
In contrast I was talking to a councilor from Pincher Creek and they do not even have seven names that have annouced yet.

Voter Apathy in Alberta, Why do so few Choose?

Why do so few choose?

Looking at numbers from the last three municipal elections in Alberta.
The minority really do make the decisions for the rest of us.

2001 38% of Albertans voted in municipal elections
2004 40%
2007 34%

Locally here in the Crowsnest Pass we went from 67% in 2001 which was one of the highest turnouts in the province to 54% in 2004, and down to 48% in 2007.
All of our numbers compared to provincial averages were high but still a minority made the decision in 2007.

In 2007 2449 people in the Crowsnest Pass did not vote.

I just can not understand why more people do not participate.
Are most people satisfied with what they have or have they just given up?