Keith Gerein: Knack struggles to find the right tone in first state of city speech Knack will have at least three more cracks at state of the city addresses in the coming years, and hopefully those will offer more to showcase in terms of Edmonton finally turning potential into progress |
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Keith Gerein: Knack struggles to find the right tone in first state of city speech
Knack will have at least three more cracks at state of the city addresses in the coming years, and hopefully those will offer more to showcase in terms of Edmonton finally turning potential into progress
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Mayor Andrew Knack’s first “state of the city” address last week was a bit of a surreal affair, in the sense that Knack was essentially speaking to what might be considered Tim Cartmell’s audience — with Cartmell literally in the audience.
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Yes, the former city councillor and runner-up in last year’s mayoral election, now an executive with NAIT, was seated at one of the tables in the Edmonton Convention Centre.
Almost exactly a year ago, he was the one at the podium, in the same ballroom, in front of largely the same crowd of business and civil society elites, making his pitch to lead city development. At that moment in the campaign, it seemed a........