Dear Editor,
Wake up fellow citizens of Sylvan Lake. You have two candidates for mayor that live in a dreamland.
The provincial government is not going to give us Urgent Care with the simple request of a new mayor. That is a naive approach and shows that neither Mr. McIntyre or Ms. Starcheski have done any homework on this matter. I have not seen either of them at public forums with AHS for the Central Region or at the ‘open to the public’ meet and greet with the provincial cabinet.
Your present mayor has not missed one and she has been pressing our case for Urgent Care to both groups on a regular basis. I know this for a fact, as I have been to most of those meetings. I have learned it is not as easy as meeting with the provincial government and expecting that the province will respond to everything requested for our community. It requires skillful, patient negotiating and lots of factual data to back up any request to the province.
I suggest to all citizens of Sylvan Lake that if you really want Urgent Care, you should continue writing on a regular basis to the Premier, Minister of Health, Dr. Eagle and the senior Vice President AHS for Central area – Kerry Bales.
Plan to attend any public functions involving AHS or the province.
Most importantly voters, be realistic about those candidate’s promises and do they have an actual plan on how they will get the province to deliver on their election promises. I have not heard one plan from those candidates.
Laurie Norris,
Sylvan Lake