Add Dave Bronconnier to the list of people I'd like to headbutt

Why do I want to headbutt Bronconnier? He seems to have contracted Chronic Myopia Syndrome, something that has been circulating quite virulently in Alberta's dominant political circles.

In this article, Don Braid describes how Bronconnier attended the PC's relatively inconsequential announcement for a new science centre in Calgary , yet no-showed for Kevin Taft's announcement about his party's proposal to grant Calgary and Edmonton city charters.  As Braid points out, were Calgary to be granted a city charter, (assuming that it was properly designed) Bronconnier likely wouldn't have needed to lambaste the province for months on end in the run-up to the province's announcement of its municipal funding package (the Municipal Sustainability Initiative, which contained a funding formula very favourable for Calgary relative to Edmonton).   

It seems now that he got the funding he wanted, he doesn't have to concern himself with the well-being of the province or city beyond his term in office. As is all too typical with Alberta politicians, he seems to be focusing solely on short-term, primarily economic outcomes, and not on addressing the structural deficiencies that create the problems we need money to solve.

I was surprised to see at the end of Braid's article that apparently PCs are starting to whisper about Bronconnier -- who was touted by some as the man who could possibly defeat the PCs under the Liberal banner -- as a possible successor for Stelmach. Amazingly, Liberal MLAs, showing restraint not characteristic of certain Tories, have thus far resisted the urge to offensively liken Bronconnier to a prostitute...