Greg's Public Awareness Blog

12/23/2025

Bad Management at City Hall?

There is just so much wrong at City Hall management - we do not even know one-tenth of what needs to be corrected.
Like I have previously posted: "will this Council be strong enough to stand up to the Administration, or will they be baffled by bu****it like always?"

This post is from Sheila Frey:
would you like to know why administration is not following council's motion to release quarterly payroll spend budget to actual? is this how we got to a nine million dollar over budget payroll spend (despite numerous vacancies) over 2023 and 2024? Who, on Council, is going to ask Admin why they are failing to deliver yet another council motion? Please ask them: https://forms.medicinehat.ca/Mayors.../Contact-City-Medicine Hat City Council

There is more information on her page, but this sums up her point.

I think we will never see any payroll information or even a whistleblower policy in place. Admin does not want the taxpayers to see where their money is being wasted or who is not following the rules.
I am starting to think ALL the Managers and their assistants do what they want, when they want. And if they don't want to carry out Council's motions, they ignore them. So far no one has made them conform.
I think this is a pathetic situation for us taxpayers. How about we all say " cut the BS. and lets back to democratic rule."

Again - this is just my opinion. What is yours?

Please share this post with anyone with concerns about their tax money being manipulated and wasted.

12/21/2025

nice!

12/21/2025

too funny.

12/21/2025

Chloe Wagner (granddaughter) won First in Class for her heifer . Congratulations Chloe

12/21/2025

Does the bald one run a restaurant in Medicine Hat? Just asking for a friend....

12/20/2025

This sums it up nicely.

Relatable 😅😂

12/19/2025

This is why I'm hiding out at home.!! Lol

12/18/2025

I have received a very well written and thoughtful letter from Stuart Young regarding my inquiry about the implementation of the "whistleblower" apparatus.
I voted for Stuart because I felt he had talent and possessed insight and the ability to learn and understand very quickly. After reading his response I feel that I chose wisely.
Here it is.

-------- Original message --------
From: Stuart Young
Date: 2025-12-17 3:28 p.m. (GMT-07:00)
To: gregbueckert1@gmail.com
Subject: Fw: Council Feedback - Other

Hi Greg,

Thanks for reaching out and apologies for not responding sooner. I received a few emails on this topic and wanted to give you a similar response.

This policy was brought to our attention after we were sworn in November. I understand that the original deadline was December 31st, 2025. In discussions with administration, we felt that it was best to move the deadline to March 30th, 2026 to give everyone time to review the policy and provide feedback. With the new council coming in, we just wanted to make sure we were giving it the attention it deserved. This was voted on during the last open council meeting.

This is a very important piece of work, and I commend the previous council for moving it forward. We have every attention of meeting the Q1 2026 deadline and ensuring that this policy provides the appropriate mechanisms for any potential whistleblowers. At the end of the day, it's critical that people are able to bring issues forward without the fear of repercussion.

We will be discussing the Whistleblower policy at our next Administrative & Legislative Review committee on January 13th. Right now, I'm not 100% sure when this will be brought to open council, but we'll make sure it's done in time to meet the March 30th deadline. I've sent a note to Admin to see if they can provide a specific date but at this point, I don't have one.

I hope this helps. Thanks again for your message.

Stuart Young BComm

I still think the Administration is dragging their feet on what must be an unpopular (for them) motion. We all must continue to push for its completion AND IMPLEMENTATION. Two very different things.

Greg

12/17/2025

Re: Heather Vokes/Heather Vansnicks/ the"Inner goddess" - The original article from Elections Alberta that I saw stated she could stay anonymous due to death threats. She was outed, or came out shortly after that. I updated the information as I learned more. I must have been out of the loop because I missed the publication of her name(s) .

I was, and still am, incredulous that one individual would challenge democracy and launch a politically motivated attack on an elected premier. This is very audacious unless you have some powerful backing. So who else would have the motivation to undermine democracy? Possibly losers that just can't get elected. Sour grapes? Desperate actions by desperate people? Or just people that were never taught that there are consequences to bad behavior? Those who were given participation badges when they should have learned they just didn't have the talent or didn't try hard enough to win.
I think so.

If my suspicions are correct then it should be pointed out that while Danielle Smith was fighting for Alberta the leaders of the opposition were raiding the buffet table, or tables. They missed the accomplishments made while the province was in her tenure.
I personally applaud Ms. Smith for those milestones and the ones coming up.

I think this recall issue will fail as will the other ones started by the same group. From the comments I read it seems like the outcome of this recall and the others is heavily weighted against the petitioner and her underhanded backers.

Like my caption states: this is my opinion.

Greg