What ever happened to the change?

Times Reporter

 

One question many Strathmore residents have been asking since the election is, what happened to the Change for Strathmore group? The group was formed prior to the election, and the purpose of the group was to make people aware of what was going on leading up to the election. 

“Basically what it came down to was change. We believed that there were discrepancies in the way the town was being governed,” said Roger Clancy, spokesperson for the group. 

“Who knows it, could revive itself. It really was about change and we certainly got it… it’s not as much as we had hoped, but change has occurred,” said Barry Muncrath, former spokesperson for the group. 

“There’s still several members that go to meetings….council meetings and stuff, but there’s no organized effort at the moment.”

Some residents have referred to the group as a party, which is not the case. Muncrath said calling the group a party is incorrect terminology and that they are by no means a political party, which is what the word party indicates. 

“The Change for Strathmore group was never a party. Never has been, never will be. We’re not a party, we didn’t have any candidates running for the Strathmore group,” said Clancy. 

Clancy said if anybody attended a meeting, it was because they were curious to see what the Change for Strathmore group stood for. Attending a meeting did not necessarily mean that person was a member of the group. He said they are looking at a new name and trying to get people involved as the concerned citizens of Strathmore. Clancy also said there are still issues and people have been questioning the wage increases for the mayor and council. Clancy recently submitted a letter about the pay increase and said he hopes other people will ask questions too, even if it is through a letter of their own. He said it is the right of any citizen to be able to question the government. He said it’s hard to question a council that has been in power for only a few months. At this point, when they don’t really have a history yet. 

Clancy said moving forward, if people are interested, contact him at 403-470-5903 to get together and ask questions.