Lorne Gunter confirms what I've said many times that it's easy to spend someone else's money. To fund its agenda Edmonton Council has become very good at it. Yes, they deflect by saying their reckless spending will be covered by raising local taxes, the province or Ottawa but taxpayers know the money inevitably comes out of their and their families' pockets. Its time for some serious accountability NOW by the individual councillors, moratorium on spending and raising taxes, cost budget cutting where possible. Another aspect of accountability to the taxpayers is the polling booth. And the polling booth serves to remind us of the saying "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" and the song lyrics "I won't get fooled again".