![]() ![]() ![]() One of the delegates at that meeting was Marianne Cerilli, founder of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, an advocacy group that supports progressive and sustainable urban planning. But he’s at it again, this time at the April 26 meeting of the East Kildonan-Transcona community committee. If that were his only crime against progress, it would be tolerable. ![]() Browaty weighed in on an issue that didn’t really affect his constituents, screwed over the people who live and own businesses downtown and then scurried back to the ‘burbs. That was certainly my reaction when he almost single-handedly triggered the 2018 plebiscite on reopening Portage and Main. ![]() However, I cannot be alone in squirming any time Browaty ventures out of his suburban enclave to engage on citywide issues. His current position as chair of the finance committee of council proves he has the respect of at least some of his fellow councillors. Now, let me say that I respect the fact that Browaty puts his name on a ballot every four years and - if election results are any indication - has done an excellent job of representing his ward. In this city’s ongoing efforts to build a better, more progressive and more sustainable city - for those of us here now and future generations - the veteran North Kildonan councillor has emerged as a major impediment. Winnipeg, we have a Jeff Browaty problem. Free Press 101: How we practice journalism. ![]()
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