How quickly can a city councillor expect to make significant change?

Andrew Knack made change look easy last winter.
He took his first vacation in Europe, was floored by how easy it was to get around as a tourist, then returned to start Edmonton working on a new intermodal transportation hub in this city.
It looks like a sitting councillor can do anything — promise the moon and take action. 
That’s a myth, says Coun. Bryan Anderson, watching the election from afar this time as he cleans out his office to retire.
Knack’s motion succeede