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By the time you read this, Calgary’s city councillors may have hammered out a meaningful solution to their rather unfortunate and unpleasant property tax predicament. It’s also possible that things will once again collapse into the same sort of dissension and inertia that got them into this mess in the first place.

Either way, however, the state of affairs heading into this week is a damning indictment of this council, and the mayor in particular.

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Amid the anger, despair and frustration from so many small business owners trying to cope with unreasonable and unmanageable property tax increases, there have been serious and well-argued calls for the Alberta government to use the powers that exist under the Municipal Government Act and fire the entire council.

It’s an idea that has found a receptive audience. Council’s dithering and lack of leadership have left many small businesses in a horrible situation. No one seriously believes that there’s an easy solution to all of this, but it is to this council’s shame that it waited until after the tax notices went out before finally discovering a sense of urgency.