Less than 24 hours after Calgary council refused to upend city management, the province landed on the water problem like a trampling elephant.

Nobody in Premier Danielle Smith’s contingent will admit there’s a timing connection.

Don’t make us laugh.

Council decided at about 9 p.m. Tuesday not to take action on chief administrative officer David Duckworth’s contract.

The demand letter from Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams appeared on X at 12:47 p.m. Wednesday.

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Coincidence? Not bloody likely.

Work had already gone into Williams’ very detailed........

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