Ralph. Ralph. Ralph.

I liked him as Mayor of Calgary. And mostly liked him as Premier of Alberta.

Sure he had his faults. OK, many faults.

But ran consistent, increasing surplus budgets.

Politicians are trustees of other people’s money.

I wish he was still running the show. We’d be in much healthier shape than with Stelmach or Redford.

The best summing up I’ve read is in Macleans by Colby Cosh – Ralph Klein, R.I.P.: the deceptive shape of a shadow