Paul Dechene

AI told me I ask very intellectually stimulating questions and that I'm the handsomest boy. So I wouldn't trust a thing it says.

YouTube video by PD City Hall — Paul Dechene May 02 2025 - Dr James A Dickinson On Why Water Fluoridation Is Good, Actually

Water fluoridation is going to be relitigated AGAIN during next week's budget meetings. I'm not going to engage with anyone on whether fluoride is dangerous (it's not) or if it's good for teeth (it is). I'm going to point them to this clip from May's 10 hour meeting on the subject. #yqrcc

One hour left! #yqrcc

City of Regina | Registration to Request to Address City Council Budget City of Regina

If you want to submit a written delegation on the budget, you don't have to write a 100-page Treatise Upon Sound Public Policy! You can send in a few sentences. A tweet, even! And I'm betting the smaller the submission, the more likely it'll be read! www.regina.ca/city-governm... #yqrcc

You know… we could probably install a cheaper fluoridation system if we didn't have to build one w/ multiple layers of computerized monitoring that we only really need to put in place to mollify the fears of anti-fluoride loons.

City of Regina | Registration to Request to Address City Council Budget City of Regina

The page specifically for registering to speak to the budget is this one…
www.regina.ca/city-governm...
#yqrcc

City of Regina | Register to Address Committee/Council City of Regina

Don't forget you have until noon TODAY if you want to register as a delegate or submit a written delegation for the 2026 Regina city budget debate.

Appendix M13 contemplates cutting so much, I'm sure there's something in there you'll want to show up to defend.
www.regina.ca/city-governm... #yqrcc

Also this isn’t true, I remember 7 months ago

I put the blame for this fluoride cease and desist squarely on the shoulders of Clr Clark Bezo. He opened the door to this Regina Safe Water crowd & now they're never going to leave. Doesn't this man read? YOU DON'T INVITE VAMPIRES INTO YOUR HOUSE!! #yqrcc

I wish Louis would put this kind of legal elbow grease behind an actual toxin in the drinking water of some Regina homes: lead. #yqrcc

I'll say this for Louis Browne: he makes doing law look as easy as "just making up some shit." #yqrcc

Oh FFS Louis… Your "AI assistant calculates…"???
Well MY AI ASSISTANT checks your math and says: "Wow. He's an idiot." #yqrcc

FTR… I KNEW they were going to use the budget to take a run at fluoride again. Even warned my dentist it was coming.

Did not expect them to lawyer up though. Fukken hell. #yqrcc

(Thanks to @sqirlgirly.bsky.social for bringing this to may attention. For some reason they didn't send me a press release!) #yqrcc

Here's former councillor Louis Fucking Browne throwing his support behind the anti-trans homophobe bigots of RCAAN. #yqrcc

Oh, look. It's former councillor & RCAAN supporter Louis Fucking Browne with some anti-science anti-fluoride lawyer shenanigans.

Also: Their celebrity lawyer Michael Connett? A fucking American. #yqrcc

Guys! They got a lawyer to protect your precious bodily fluids! #yqrcc

Oh, for fuckssake. #yqrcc

Fun council sidenote: Communications from the public do not get read aloud in the council meeting. BUT! The mayor has to read out the file number and name on every submission. If there's just 10 or 20 communications, that only takes a minute. But if there's A THOUSAND?

hint hint…

Hey Folks…
If you want to be a delegation at next week's Regina budget meeting and you've found that the online form to register is not working, you can email delegations@regina.ca. You can either send your speaking notes and say you intend to speak, or you can send a written communication. #yqrcc

Seriously? That few? #yqrcc

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ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.

China is leaping ahead in clean energy while Canada and United States keep falling further behind
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

This 100%! We are contemplating massive cuts to transit at a time when it's never been more popular. If the cuts go through, we'll wonder why people stop using it. Then use diminishing ridership as justification for more cuts. #yqrcc

Transit Cuts Are Back On Council's Menu — Queen City Improvement Bureau Council will consider $12,150,000 in transit cuts during next week's budget debate. This is what that will look like. On the chopping block: • accessibility training for drivers • accessibilit...

In addition to @pauldechene.bsky.social excellent piece on what a bargain Regina Transit (RT) is, is what a success it has been. RT recorded 7,368,050 boardings in 2019 or 614,000/month on avg. In 2024 RT recorded 9,548,000, or 795,000/month, 2 million more rides!
queencityib.com/blog/2025/12...

Sign the Petition Stop the cuts to community grants & associations

And if you just want your name on the record as opposing the cuts, there is a petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
You can even include a short blurb about your support for transit along w/ your sig. #yqrcc

City of Regina | Register to Address Committee/Council City of Regina

Reminder, you still have time to register as a delegate or submit a written delegation to next week's five-day budget circus. Here's how to do that: www.regina.ca/city-governm... #yqrcc

Transit Cuts Are Back On Council's Menu — Queen City Improvement Bureau Council will consider $12,150,000 in transit cuts during next week's budget debate. This is what that will look like. On the chopping block: • accessibility training for drivers • accessibilit...

I turned this morning's monster bsky thread on potential transit cuts into a 1,300 word essay on the transit cuts on the Queen City Improvement Bureau memos page.

TL;DR: I am not happy about the potential for transit cuts.
Warning: There is some swearing.
queencityib.com/blog/2025/12... #yqrcc

cutting the high school routes?

those busses are packed. That's some high-demand stuff, and the passes cost hundreds of dollars already.

sigh.