Since 2007, Jeff Browaty has been a regular guest on TGCTS in his role as city councillor for North Kildonan. Currently the Finance chair, Episode 38 features a long-from interview with him discussing numerous civic issues . We start with an explanation of how the concerns of the residents of Elmwood-East Kildonan are being handled until a byelection fills the seat.
6.30- The revised Transit stop and route system is touched on, as North Kildonan faces an influx of vagrants and criminals taking a free ride to the suburbs- "I'm ready for a crackdown" on freeloaders, says Browaty. He discusses planned fare payment options, which likely won't include accepting paper cash.
20.00- Coun. Gilroy's motion to enforce bans on illegal camping in parks and playgrounds has Browaty looking to eliminate encampments beside major traffic routes. Hear his view of the disorder and crime "happening brazenly right in the open."
While Mayor Gillingham, Coun. Vivian Santos and the CBC harp about potential lawsuits, there are three court decisions that Browaty and council has not been briefed on backing the enforcement of public safety. We wonder why.
28.00 Part 2 - Browaty answers questions about increased water bill costs and the reasons driving the hikes; we raise the issue of tax dollars expended on pet projects like bike lanes and decorative painting on roads.
If "calming curbs" are being installed to manage traffic, why aren't the engineers and bureaucrats who drafted the inadequate road designs fired? Browaty goes on to express his support for photo radar but is unaware there are performance reports long overude; on the other hand, he thinks some of the school zone enforcement practices are "baloney".
42.00 - Browaty is asked whether bike lanes and other laneway modifications proposed in the Moving on Marion project actually violate the required standards for provincial truck routes. He commits that the residents of the St. Boniface Hospital district will finally be directly consulted about the project.
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Today in the Winnipeg Sun: ”We have a homeless man and woman in a yard near us. I’ve spoken to him and the situation is interesting,”
The male, 30, is struggling to overcome his addictions and doesn’t want to be near the drugs endemic to theinner-city camps. The 33 year old female is disabled and, he noted, pregnant. They had been in contact with Main Street Project, yet there they were, in his neighbour’s yard, using the outdoors as a commode. They needed help and the readerwasn’t sure where to turn.
But I did. I told him that Marion Willis at Street Links should be notified and provided the contact details. He was led to believe that they were put out of business after the city cut their funding - but I assured him they were still operating and were not limited to St. Boniface.
Within two hours, he emailed me again.
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